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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.
Can anyone tell me the origin of the saying "just wait a cotton pickin..minute"? Thanks Moggie
hi I am new will any body say hello to me yet.
It gets on my wicket that DFS and PC world and the like say that something only costs 'four nine nine' or is down to 'three nine nine'. Do we not have a currently any more, then? Surely it's ?499 or...
Where did the word "faggot" come from in some narrow-minded people calling gay men that?
I heard David Gower earlier describe an Indian cricketer wearing his "gubbings" about his person. The man in question had, braclets, charms, bangles, wotnots, necklaces, talismen etc. I have not heard...
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A rude guy who lives in my block of flats said to me: You f****** punk. Anyone could explain to me what th eword means. I have not grown up in this country.
thanks
Bartholomew
Anyone have any good sayings/phrases/quotes about horses? thanks
Where & when did the word "restaurant" come from in using it for a place to eat?
I work with my girlfriends dad and he jsut recently got back from Salou in Spain. He said that during the hotel entertainment the entertainers would say "Come on Venga Tom". He asked me what it meant...
as above many thanks
I belong to another forum and we have had a rather eccentric member use this as a final statement. Has anybody come across this term? I have trawled acronym sites, but with no luck. Can anybody shed...
Gardeners often quote a saying along the following lines: For an hour of pleasure,a bottle of wine. For a year of pleasure,a marriage. For a lifetime of pleasure, a garden. Does anyone know the actual...
Didnt really know where to post this question so am trying here as well. I once saw a verse on 'Someone or Somebody' - it wall all about passing the buck and not taking ownership of a problem and...
Could the word have come from out side Europe? In Telugu language of India, "chekku" means cheek.
Could the name Cupid have come from outside Europe? In Telugu language of India, Kaamudu means Cupid. This name is more close to the European name than the Sanskrit name Kama. The Telugu name is being...
The stereotype of a really posh person with perfect received pronunciation, seem to say "what" at the end of each sentence. For example "Spiffing weather today, what" "Good day for hunting, what"...
i'm really stuck on these three 1. there is more politics in fottball than in politics. 2.the moon is a splendid object in our skies and we naturally tend to think of it as important. 3.women leave...
Hello, I have no idea what section to post this question in so I put it in the most popular. Does anyone know how to say Grandad in Welsh? Ive tried Google and Ask but I feel like Ive hit a brick...
Five boys of different ages 6 to 10 live in adjacent houses numbered 6 to 10 . Each has some sweets in their pocket . There are humbugs , acid drops and jelly beans , numbering 6 to 10 for each of the...
any idea what
T B L S O' M A' M G A A-G
might stand for
