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Phrases & Sayings
Welcome To Phrases & Sayings where it is what you say and how you say it that is important.Please feel free to share what makes you chuckle in the Jokes section.
does anyone know the entire verse of this? My nan, she would be about 100 if she were still alive used to sing it to my dad. It was as above and then went 'someone get hold of the horses head and dont...
were does the saying peeing in the wind come from
where does the saying you dozy mare come from.
Attention, French-speakers! I know what the phrase means, but where did it come from? Who coined it? And although you should "never say never", what's the meaning if you DO say it?...
why is the name of the end of a loaf called a nobby,\I think this is a london term.
I have just heard of someone of being bilingual in several different languages, and I was wondering how one defines a native level of language, as individuals differ so greatly in their own level of...
Everybody and everything nowadays seems to be described as 'devastated'. What words have we lost to describe personal disappointment, tragedy and loss?
What does the stan bit mean as in Afghanistan, Pakistan, Tjurkistan etc please?
can anyone help me please.
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Find a 5 letter word to begin or follow these 6 words:- Off Slippery Sky Merchant Paper Yard
Let me apologise first off, sorry.
Anyone know how/why this saying came about for being very drunk.
The yorkie with the sausage in the middle - does anyone know why it's so called? TIA
why are "old wives tales" called old wives tales? are they saying all wives go around making up rubbish?? What about the husbands?! Ha
when people get a shiver down their spine and say, someones just walked over my grave. What does this mean?
Why tea towel, why not dish towel or something?
Why do people say when they are thirsty "Im spitting feathers"? Does anyone know where it originates from? Thanks in advance!
In a couple of American t.v shows I've seen, when looking at their pay cjhecks characters have mentioned FICA, what is it??
how does it go? he swallowed afly then a spider ?
Please help : To B in T M
usually used to describe food which should be hot, can anyone tell me me where `clap cold` comes from. It may be a Northern expression.