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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.
HI I'm looking for a website or academic research that backs up my theory that if someone sends an rsvp back they feel more committed to attend than if they didnt send one. Also does the act of...
In a train carriage there was an Englishman, a Frenchman, a spectacular looking blonde & a frightfully awful looking fat lady. After several minutes of the trip the train happens to pass through a...
What is the origin of the above word?
why when people describe someone as she do people reply who is she the cats mother? Why is she the cats mother?
Where does the phrase 'Have a butchers' come from? I was in Egypt recently and thought it was hilarious when a local man tried to entice me into his shop and used that phrase! Another local greeted me...
Who invented this phrase? When?
I Know of no other word that is used in so many different situations, but where does it originate from? I know what the word relates to these days but has it always had the same meaning or has it been...
what does it mean?
what are the origins of this phrase
What does the actual phrase "in over my head" actually mean?
I know that when you have a lot of success but then, finally fail it is called "Meeting your Waterloo." but what is it called when you fail for a long time and then succeed right at the end?
Could someone please help me find the full quotation or origin of this quote ............ it goes something like Take a moment to rest a while for we may never pass this way again. Thanks for any...
yes - me again!! Some foreign phrases required - english translation is given: 1. on an equal basis (French) 2. Popular opinion (latin) 3. I have found (ancient greek) i have looked all over the web...
i heard someone say this the other day and i was just wondering what it means. it's the first i heard of it and i dont have a clue!
command for an adult male to leave
Where does 'Scab' come from... as in someone that crosses a picket line? Why are they called Scab?
When somebody says: 'Please don't put yourself out; a sandwhich will do' ... What does it mean?
has anyone got any idea who was associated with the catchphrase AITHANGYOW i am really stuck on this one
Who or where did the saying "i don't know it's all covered in mud" come from. I think it came from a T.V show but which one? The saying had a yorkshire accent to it.
In my language, the word 'blana' stands for animal fur but also for a board of wood too. Is there an English word to have both these meanings?
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