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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.
I've often wondered how 'mews' houses came to be known as such when they're usually linked to stables - I'm sure it has nothing to do with cats! Anyone know?
where did the phrase blalocks bull come from?
does anyone remember the planet Rhyme that reminds you which order the planets go in?
Where did this saying come from
Below quizmonster says 'Its use as a colour-name dates only to the 16th.' so what was the colour orange called before then? (i know should be on phrases really!)
help i'm still stuck on one proverb beginning with the letter's l.w.w.a.y.l.t.h.
I would like a list of english / american euphanisms and after a long hunt on google etc etc i still cant find any ! does anyone know where i can find a list or maybe a list can start on this...
Quote: 'One should only strike a child but once... and when you do, strike to kill!' Who said this? I have my own thoughts on this (and a story to go with it explaining why) but I'd prefer to wait and...
I would just like someone to tell me how to say ' there is no fate' in Latin. Any help would be much appreciated. Thanks in advance
e.g.lbyl=look before you leap. acmcnf, apaap, lafoow, lwwaylth, maamh, tihat, tmtm.
I have hunted high and low for a definite answer but so far without success. I was taught 'A myriad of...' as in 'I saw a myriad of stars in the night sky.' is incorrect. My understanding is that 'I...
You often see this phrase in cinema adverts.What is this mysterious list and why is it often necessary to suspend it?
it is written on a metal bell i've got. what does it mean?
thank you much.
After a heavy weekend and a (very) subdued Monday I got to thinking about the origin of the above phrase - I googled the John Heywood proverb from 1546 but does anyone know how this phrase came to be...
When something goes wrong, why is it described as going 'pear-shaped?'
Following on from Kags question 'Grammar does it matter?' I have often wondered why it is said 'He hanged himself' rather than 'He hung himself' Why is this?
I was just thinking that maybe the archive could have a box with key word- go just as you have category search- go. That way you do not have to go through the whole 200 plus articles if you are...
12=litha, 13=sitlrfoac, 35=iaea
What does it mean? thank you.
What does it mean? thank you.
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