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bartholomew

Ollie

Can anyone say what gnarled ollies are?

jools27

quote

who said an army marches on its stomach

tiny tim

in the hole

according to the saying to have a secret or powerful advantage is to have what 'in the hole' ?

farm

******

why is this word so bad, what is its meaning

commoner

Lucky in Love

..Is there a saying that includes the line "Lucky in Love...." Or it could be "UNlucky in love..." Please help...

BigBlue

Chinese Proverb

Can anyone help me. Who is this Chinese proverb is attributed to? When I see I forget. When I hear I remember. When I do I understand Thanks

mr. piper

pronouncing acronyms!!!

In line with my single handed crusade to rid the English language of the weapons of grammatical terrorism. There is another particular bad habit which drives me to destraction, which is to try and...

Phantaxus

Think of a word...

Just for fun. If you could invent a word, What would it be? and what would it mean?

randomsugar

Phrases/words

Post the word(s) and/or phrase(s) which you hate and why you hate them. I dislike the words wedge, ointment and budge, because they sound horrible.

chris skeat

sixes and sevens

dear answerbank, i have always wanted to know where the phrase 'at sixes and sevens' comes from? does it have anything to do with golf?yours sincerelychris skeat

ll_billym

Post Modern

Can anyone tell me what this means and examples of things it can be applied to. Thanks.

Hannah1981

Words

What's the name given to words that are spelt the same forwards and backwards?

Blonde babe!

fu chizzle!!

Does anyone know what Chizzle my Nizzle means? Help!

esran

Well known sayings

What could these initials be to make these well known sayings? L. a B. of F. A. W. Y. F. to the B.

piccadilly

new site

I don't like the way that only half my question appears since this site changed, does anyone else agree?

smudge

Manslaugher - Man's Laughter.

Manslaughter - Man's Laughter. I noticed this on the pin board of a crime series last night. Are there any other interesting words you can think of that you could change into meaning something else?

esran