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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.
who is dickie and where is his meadow
A while ago i heard a welsh word/phrase that meant that your heart is always in wales or something to that effect. Does anyone know the welsh & english of this phrase/word? Thanks.
In a Yorkshire chippy today I asked for chips and fish cake, and ended up with what we in Derbyshire call a fish fritter ,fish sandwiched by two slices of potato in batter ,( a fish cake to us is fish...
from whence does the term `tush' derive? i presume it is american slang although it could be yiddish? is it's useage euphemistic or intended to be insulting etc?
I am looking for the word "cat and mouse" in yiddish, polish and german. Can anyone help please?
Just heard on the news that aliens have landed and are abducting males with a penis over twelve inches long, just thought i would say goodbye to you all ,
I notice a trend lately to replace the word 'ARE' by the world 'IS'. For example I read the following in a newspaper report:- ' We can conffirm that a group of Western tourists 'IS' missing in eastern...
Hi I'm doing a quiz with abbreviated proverbs, for example TMCSTB = too many cooks spoil the broth. I am stuck with the following three: SIB FISTF VIIOR Would be very grateful if anyone can help.
The US Democratic Party Slogan aimed at the somewhat untrustworthy figure of Richard Nixon in the 1968 presidential election has since passed into common usage. What was it? (from a newspaper quiz)
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Is there a reason for the difference between the Mac and the Mc (MacDonald, McDonald) ? Or did it just get shortened over time?
What advert is the song "tasty tasty it's very very tasty" from
Where does 'taking a slash' come from?
Help, please; what everyday nine-letter word has only one vowel?
where does the saying "the great and the good" originate?
why the term "studying medicine" -surely pharmacy students study medicine - not future doctors?
what is the correct latin for.. ..fortune favours the brave.. ?
who was teenie fae troon
Of whom was it said "the only time his hands are together is when he is praying"?
What on earth does "nils illegitimae carborundum" mean? Can anybody help please?