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Phrases & Sayings
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When did 'incredible' become the popular intensifier that it now is ? It seems that everyone (apart from me!) now uses it, whether they are academics in TV documentaries, politicians or footballers,...
1. TUTC
5. FAFF
9. WTCOYH
12. MPYTE
23. TIOLFTRAAFTP
25. OSNDTSFA
26. RSANSD.RSITMSW
27. YCTIWYWYD
28. TIATAPFE
31. MTBOABB
34. TBIOTOF
35. ILLFANIAH...
'To boot', meaning 'as well' or 'also'.
But where did the expression originate ?...
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21a Play tune no end, hit by Armstrong originally [9] ??L?D?A?A
19d size of horse used for riding [6] ???U?T
Thank you for any help!!...
My nieghbour was telling me she's got to have a new boiler because her existing one was"No Cop" meaning not working, no good, useless, etc. Made me wonder where the expression came from......
well why? if the apostrophe is meant as a replacement for a letter that is not there (as in other words like can't) then what are the full words supposed to be? wo not? why isn't the word willn't?
Anyone have an idea what ITLTSTSD could be? or what any of the letters of TBWCOOAOV could stand for. Any suggestions gratefully received!
God was overlooking his creation the other day and said,"Now what shall I do to make things better?" So, with one sweep of his mighty hand he vaporised the House of Commons, just as Mr...
If anyone out there can help with the following acronyms - DTIACTT, FUWTWS, ILLFANIAH, OSNDTSFA, SFTSHS, TBWCOOAOV, TATAMP or TCBTAC i would really appreciate your thoughts. Thank You
In a couple of crime novels I have read recently, there has been reference made to a'Bridewell', being a police station with cells. Anyone know where this saying originates pse.
How many times have you read or heard the word 'crescendo' being misused? I have lost count. (Tbh, I never started counting.) Almost everybody seems to think it means a peak or a climax. Just search...
27a A tired Peer resorted (Obviously anagram) to a second home 4-1-5
_ I _ D / - / T _ _ _ _
Even though I know it's an anagram I still cannot work it out....
if 'it is becomes it's' what does 'it has become'? thanks
initial letters L.N.H.G.O.T
We have a manager at work who these last few days has used the saying we need more joined up writing, she means this in relation to us all getting on doing our work no niggles etc . None of us at work...
Still not sure of the sayings or phrases of these T-F-P-O-T-J, S-I-T-B-P, S-W-O-T-M PLEASE CAN YOU HELP
After Quasimodo's death, the Bishop of the Cathedral of Notre Dame in Paris, France sent word through the streets of Paris that a new bell ringer was urgently needed... The Bishop decided that he...
Women always say that giving birth is way more painful than a bloke getting kicked in the nuts. Here is proof that they are wrong. A year or so after giving birth a woman will often say" It would...
A blonde city girl named Amy marries a Northern Territory cattle station owner One morning, on his way out to check on the cows, the stockman says to Amy, 'The...
2d, as found at the cinema: *i*e*c***n
