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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.
Why are these phrases being used so much these days? Didn't it used to be don't you and aren't you?
Therefore Cadburys fruit and nut should be fruit and fruit!!!
In the US, the term 'block' i used as a measure of distance, eg "I'm 3 blocks away.' How far is a block?
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In the 19th century, a lady who was very annoyed was said to be 'beside herself'. In the early 1900's, when my mother was young,, her mother would sometimes 'hit the ceiling'. Somewhat later, if I was...
On a TV programme, SPY, the young prococious son used the word heptatudinous and there was some discussion between him and his father re the fact that the father didn't know what it meant and doubted...
When someone's name suits the job they do? Like Mr Taylor, who is a tailor, or Mr Coates, who sells coats. Do you know any that are not quite so obvious, where the link between the name and the...
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Where and how did this expression come from ?
So which is worse if you're at the recieving end in your opinion?
Which era did this come from and have any of you heard of it actually being used?
Well, I think I know the answer, but I wanted to find as many examples as I could of pairs of words beginning with 'French', like French windows, French cricket, French leave, French letter. According...
Does anyone know what well known saying these initials stand for ?
Just saw a quote on another thread which really did make me L.O.L . ( On the same theme ) Stan - " Well , what did he die of ? " Ollie - " He died of a tuesday... " Can anyone...
Just seen a suggestion from Chaffinch on an Animals and Nature thread that Midlanders use 'mom' instead of mum; I'm from the Midlands and have never noticed this; definitely not in writing and acn't...
To save the economy, on NOVEMBER 18, 2011 The PM will announce that he is ordering the immigration department to start deporting old people (instead of illegal’s) in order to lower Social...
Hope this question doesn`t offend. Can anyone tell me the story that leads to the punchline, "It`s mine and I`ll wash it as fast as I like"?
A mum with black hair pushes a pram along the street. Another woman stops to admire her baby boy and notices his ginger hair. 'Is the father a redhead, then?' she asks. 'I don't know,' the mum says....
Got Record but can't find crossword. What is the page number please?
Is this anything to do with the Dance Card that ladies used to carry when attending a ball?
i am writing a programme for the school play. They want some special thanks to several people. Can i put 'A special thank you to:' and then list different people? Or does the thank you have to be...
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