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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.
Anyone know the origin of "The Full Bifta " and what does it mean ?
I'm looking for anyone out there who can translate the phrase ''Fortune favours the brave'' for me into irish gaelic.
Thanks
'Put money in your purse' What did Iago mean?
Can anyone translate the following inscriptions I found on some gravestones. "Multum in brevi temore" "Ignosce nobis la grimas nostras"
Who, who, who??
Thanks to all who are contributing to the new 21st Century dictionary of refreshed old proverbs. Today we move onto the following: "One swallow..." Suggestions please..!
What would you say are characteristics of 'Standard English' and how is standard Enlish maintained? Would you say the characteristics are things like grammatical accuracy and good vocabulary? Surely...
Please take a look at my poodle question a couple below
All poodles are dogs but not all dogs are poodles what does this refer to?
what does it mean if someone says they are going to hang you on the mantle or hang the mantle on you?
After much time spend pondering the meaning of old proverbs, I got bored. I think it's time we modernised them. Thus, from today, I'd like to enlist the help of ABers to rewrite them. We'll start...
Why do the armed services referr to a flight as a "Sortie"
Would some kind Francophone write a short 'thank you' note for me to copy and send to the parents of a Parisienne friend we visited in Paris recently. My wife and I are learning French but are still...
Does anyone know what the following stand for? a) F is F and b) S from the S H S
16 across is "This cat terrified about spread (7)" I feel sure the answer is "scatter" but, if so, what is the logic? "Cat" yes, but where does the rest come from?
I'm working my way through the testing out the proverbs and have reached 'Look after Number One.' Mathematically this seems a bit selfish. Who looks after all the other numbers?
Just having a discussion with friends and we've queried where the saying "Leek geen as a possers y'head" my grandma always used this to describe someone who was a bit forward with the ladies (a bit of...
Does anyone know what the following proverb/saying is : "F.M.F.A.W.M.E.T.". It is the only one I am stuck with.
Anyone know a rhyme relating to squeezing the flower pod of bindweed to make the flower pop out? Could be 'granny pop up' or granny pop out of bed' somewhere in the rhyme.
If necessity is the Mother of Invention, then who is the father? This sort of grammatical illegitimacy sets a bad example to younger ones trying to learn proper English, like what I did.