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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.
Is there a proper name for the ribbony-pagekeeper-thingy in diaries?
Thank you. I'm after the Punjabi meaning, not the Italian
A closed mouth gathers no foot.
I wonder if anybody remembers this, and can tell me where it originated. I think it was back in the 70s, that Kenny Everett - perhaps - kept running a mad sound clip that ran for about 2 or 3 minutes....
I was watching the snowboarding from the Winter Olympics this morning and, after one girl had had a fairly difficult round, one of the male commentators said something about her having "slugs in her...
Compliment or insult?
Hang around for a caroller. 5. A???t thought await...
"Wiltshire farm foods"...
Page 40 -Now for something different - Can anyone please give me the answer to this puzzle. I have done a complete mess of it
5PCCBLVB
Stage or film.
1. Select a singular hardware store for this musical (8)
2. Night fantasies of Mumbai (6.6)
Not sure what I have pencilled in is correct. Any help appreciated....
i think it's chip-ot-ull
Do you say 'ha RASS ment' ? If you do, I bet you don't say emba RASS ment ! Trying to work out when the given pronunciation became popular in Britain. Within the last 40 years, I think. Even...
Are there any phrases or sayings which seem only to be used by your family?My Granny said, "There's corn in Egypt yet." Anyone heard it used?...
Afternoon all, I wondered if any of you had a good word for me? By that I mean: what words do you believe aren't currently used quite enough or have been completely abandoned by our (or anyone else's)...
I saw a fabulous 'made up' word to describe the cellophane wrapped flowers that are tied to lamposts near fatal accidents but can't remember what it was. I'm almost sure it was a combination of...
Is this a statement, a saying, or just a Political Opinion? It comes via George Orwell: "During times of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act". I'll leave it to you ABs to...
What is the point of life when the effort is incommensurate with the result?...
THE ANSWERS ARE ALL BIRDS. THEY ARE SONG LYRICS;
1. LAND OF THE ..........
2.SHE'S MY LAUGHING .............