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Phrases & Sayings
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“But you can’t get them in the shops”
It’s a quote or catchphrase from a CHARACTER from radio, tv, literature, cartoons or other sources. Any help on this quote above??...
... I was reading an article about the young ex-soldier who has been sentenced to jail in Turkey. He talked about his fiancée and I thought that it was a very long time since I heard or saw that...
This is a very long shot! I am going crazy trying to remember an obituary I read in the Daily Telegraph over 40 years ago. Can only remember bits of it: "Could love.....that bridge of...
Completely stuck on just one of these and would appreciate help, please. TFRDR...
Hi, I'm looking for a word that means because something has gone on for many years, it is now accepted practice. It is an old fashioned word (I think) and I can't for the life of me remember.
In local newspapers from about 1905 to 1910 I have come across the word 'teaser' which, by the context, seems to be a word for waterpistols (which local youths were using in an anti-social manner)....
I need your help on the following Dingbats 1 GOODBY E 2 SAHARRODSA 3 free dawn zing 4 BBBBBBBB 5 camougraceflage 6 G IUO J 7 Notts Forrest 3 Notts County 3 8 . --------- . I Thank you in advance...
Has anyone come across this saying meaning having no vested intrest
Habit rules the unreflecting herd.
- William Wordsworth...
Heard this saying years ago but I do not know the correct english for it. He who "accuses accuses" meaning by pointing the finger at someone the finger is really pointed at the accuser. Any...
Cryptic clues :
Wing holds three notes = type of cake...
I once heard or read a statement about life that went something like this. The world is made up of two sorts of people. Those who spend their lives moving objects over the surface of the earth, and...
I wondered if this Mnemonics question was deleted by someone in error. It was indeed a duplicate question but was first asked (and was not resolved) 5 months ago...
In the same way as xenophobia means FEAR of foreigners, is there a Greek root implying HATRED of things?
Promises are like pie crusts (4,2,2,6)
Thanks in advance...
Where I live at the moment is just a temporary stop-gap. The other day I said to my son “but it’s turning out to be more temporary than I thought.” He said “shouldn’t that be less...
Are the European and American phonetic alphabets Identical?
What are photography recommendations training received
1 P H on a F
Which verse from Bible was read out by Milly in Seven Brides for Seven Brothers?
