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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.
proverb stressing the importance of the past when looking into the future
Any tips?
I'm an Essex boy, a bit of a geezer, well versed in the ol' cockney rhyming slang. Worked in Dublin for 10 years, they have their own rhyming slang but it aint half as well known. Who else has unknown...
Has any one answer to Div?almost or or Public School absence note yet please
Just to settle an ongoing disagreement in the office: Which is grammatically correct: - A whole new range of houses is coming soon to Royston - A whole new range of houses are coming soon to Royston I...
I'm never sure which is which. In my head Pros = Problems and Cons = Conveniences. I think I have this wrong as Pro is 'for' and often see people use it this way round. Which is right?
1. Which slang expression for the Queen's Christmas speech is derived from the name of a 20th century opera? 2. What was mid to late 19th century slang in Britain for an inn or tavern called the...
the above phrase seems to be popular for football club signings but I fail to see the connection with the original meaning Can anyone explain ?
i do, sometimes you see or hear something that makes you smile or laugh.
Throwing the toys out of the pram,
any you would like to share....
Has anyone heard a saying about two good days and a thunderstorm? Is that exactly how it goes?
About 45 years ago a stall-holder in London's Chapel Market, selling peanuts, used to repeatedly shout out something that sounded like 'Bristol Me'. Can anyone explain this?
I downloaded this programme to try it out. Somehow or other, lots of files (jpeg, pdf, etc) have become associated with it - which I don't want! Can I just uninstall the software to get back to my...
When I was a youngster (many years ago) we used to call fish & chips, fish & nerks, and we used to go to the nerkery for them. Was this just a local slang term, or did other people use the...
What is the name of light around dawn / dusk? It's not twilight, but I think there is another word to describe it.
TIA....
anyone agree, would you rather knwo the truth and get hurt or be left in the dark
Please correct me if i'm wrong, but....
Is sic only used when a word is deliberately misspelt - if so is there a word for a deliberate misquote...
Whats does “Media are a mirror and a model of society” mean?
13d trained(7)d--l-ed
10a. gave off vapours(7)s-e-m--...
Most people will be aware of the following words to describe things, but is there a correct order in which one is the least and one is the most? They are: Super, Mega, Ultra, Hyper, Fantastic,...
"FA moves to ban terrace songs aimed at overweight players".
Ha! Fat chants....