Why do people say 'He knows his onions' meaning that he is an expert in some trade or skill or that he is worldly and wise ?How do onions come in to it ?
What does the Skoda ad mean; the one where the supermarket manager (?) puts out a call for the Skoda driver when a customer gets his tie caught in the checkout conveyor belt ? Is it that any Skoda...
Why is a beanfeast so called? It seems unlikely that any happy gathering could be based on a menu of beans. Or is it perhaps a reference to an old practice where a bean was hidden in a cake and the...
Furtherto the Q about the chimes and words, what are the words written in Gothic script under the clock faces of 'Big Ben'? They are pretty much indecipherable .
What is the origin of 'billy-o' in expressions such as 'it hurt like billy-o' and 'he yelled like billy-o' , meaning ' a great deal, extremely' ? Who was Billy or is it ,perhaps ,some mis-hearing of...
Is there any easy way to type accents in French or German on a standard English Windows 2000 QWERTY computer keyboard? How do French and Geman users manage with their version(s)?
