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• Spagged by a cat - Chris W 05/14/02
• Clinton Phase - Sue Koseck 05/12/02
• Mother - Bruce Kahl 05/12/02
• Angels on the head of a pin - ESC 05/09/02
• Smart Alec - James Briggs 05/09/02
  • Smart Alec - ESC 05/09/02
  • Angels on pin heads - Pamela 05/09/02
    • Angels on pin heads - James Briggs 05/09/02
• What did thought do? - susiesusie 05/08/02
  • What did thought do? - TheFallen 05/09/02
    • What did thought do? - R. Berg 05/09/02
• It takes one to know one. - nicole 05/08/02
• Cancer schmancer? - nicole 05/08/02
• Daresn't - Marian 05/08/02
• Spiffing - Linda Edwards 05/06/02
  • spiffing - R. Berg 05/06/02
• Getting your clock cleaned - Jannie 05/05/02
  • Getting your clock cleaned - masakim 05/05/02
• Mudroom - Armorel 05/05/02
• A cat among pigeons - joel 05/05/02
• Baseball phrase - Give him the neck - Word Camel 05/04/02
  • Baseball phrase - Give him the neck - masakim 05/05/02
    • Thanks, that seems likely. - Word Camel 05/06/02
  • Baseball phrase - Give him the neck - Bob 05/05/02
• "Nipper" for child - Word Camel 05/03/02
• Dead as a doornail - Dorothy Caffrey 05/03/02
  • Dead as a doornail - ESC 05/03/02
• Blow Smoke - Missey 05/02/02
  • Blow Smoke - Bob 05/02/02
    • Blow Smoke - ESC 05/02/02
• Whistle stop - Rob 05/02/02
  • Whistle stop - Bruce Kahl 05/02/02
• The human condition - Weston 05/01/02
  • The human condition - ESC 05/02/02
  • the human condition - R. Berg 05/02/02
• Catch a tartar - Jim 04/30/02
  • Catch a tartar - Bruce Kahl 04/30/02
• Searching for the origin of a poem - James Briggs 04/27/02
  • No luck yet - ESC 04/28/02
• "Short Horse" expression... - Jack 04/26/02
• Love - rayxa mendez 04/24/02
• Smell and Taste - Jim 04/24/02
• The law of the jungle - Pivvy 04/21/02
  • the law of the jungle - ESC 04/21/02
    • the law of the jungle - WordCamel 04/21/02
• Origin of the phrase "ignorance is bliss" - Jennifer VandenBrooks 04/19/02
  • Origin of the phrase "ignorance is bliss" - Bob 04/19/02
    • Origin of the phrase "ignorance is bliss" - Jim 04/24/02
• Up in Arms - JaneS 04/19/02
  • Up in Arms - ESC 04/19/02
    • Up in Arms - masakim 04/19/02
• Boil the ocean - David Sper 04/19/02
• Tom Foolery - eddie edwards 04/19/02
• Too cute for your own good - Nate 04/17/02
  • too cute for your own good - TheFallen 04/17/02
    • too cute for your own good - R. Berg 04/18/02
• Flag on the play - Niklas 04/17/02
  • Flag on the play - Bruce Kahl 04/17/02
    • Flag on the play - Bob 04/17/02
• S.S. - Tiko 04/16/02
  • S.S. - R. Berg 04/16/02
• Have the cake... - Ray 04/15/02
  • Have the cake... - masakim 04/17/02
  • Have the cake... - Barney 04/15/02
    • Have the cake... - ESC 04/15/02
• Found phrase -- chair bodger - ESC 04/15/02
• Eye teeth - lb 04/13/02
• Judas Priest - Horvath 04/12/02
  • Judas Priest - ESC 04/12/02
• To make short work of - bill 04/12/02
  • to make short work of - TheFallen 04/12/02
    • to make short work of - R. Berg 04/12/02
• Cost an arm and a leg - Sunny 04/09/02
• The real McCoy - Ray Atlee 04/09/02
  • The real McCoy - Gary 04/09/02
  • The real McCoy - TheFallen 04/09/02
• Fiddlers Green - Dan 04/08/02
• Bull market; bear market - Marian 04/07/02
  • bull market; bear market - ESC 04/07/02
• The old college try? - Seth 04/06/02
  • the old college try - R. Berg 04/06/02
    • the old college try - masakim 04/06/02
• Candy ass - Jay 04/05/02
  • candy ass - ESC 04/05/02
• "If not me, then who: if not now, then when?" - Paul Curry 04/04/02
  • "If not me., then who: if not now, then when?" - Paul Curry 04/04/02
    • "If I am not for myself" - R. Berg 04/05/02
• Encroaching Senility & The Possessive Apostrophe S - TheFallen 04/03/02
  • Possessive Apostrophe S - R. Berg 04/03/02
    • Possessive Apostrophe S - Thanks - TheFallen 04/03/02
• Old Remedies and Recipes - Barney 04/03/02
• What does "Winks at you coming and going" mean - Soo 04/02/02
  • What does "Winks at you coming and going" mean - Anon 04/03/02
• What is the phrase that pays? - beverly 04/01/02
  • The phrase that pays - R. Berg 04/02/02
• Torpedo juice - Jay 03/30/02
  • torpedo juice - masakim 03/30/02
• Uncle Miltie phrases - ESC 03/28/02
  • Uncle Miltie phrases - James Briggs 03/29/02
    • Uncle Miltie phrases - ESC 03/29/02
• "Makes my stomach turn". . . - Barry Kaiman 03/27/02
  • "Makes my stomach turn". . . - ESC 03/31/02
• Question about a phrase - Sarah 03/27/02
  • Kick in the pants - TheFallen 03/27/02
    • Kick in the pants - DGW 03/27/02
• Skeeziks - Pam 03/27/02
• Polysemous people - ESC 03/25/02
• Iota - Horvath 03/25/02
  • Iota - James Briggs 03/25/02
• In A coons Age - serenade 03/25/02
• Having a barney - TheFallen 03/25/02
• To Get the Hump - origin - Word Camel 03/24/02
  • To Get the Hump - origin - James Briggs 03/24/02
    • To get the hump, humped - ESC 03/24/02
• Origin of "box office" - Chris M. 03/22/02
• SEPHITUS DANCE - Neil smith 03/22/02
  • Saint Vitus' dance - Bruce Kahl 03/22/02
• Draco dormiens nunquam titillandus - Mario 03/20/02
• Attracting attention - ESC 03/20/02
• Phrase Help - CRB 03/19/02
  • Can't win for losing - R. Berg 03/19/02
    • Can't win for losing - stile 03/26/02
• Good luck - psi 03/19/02
  • Good luck - 337 03/19/02
  • Good luck - Bob 03/19/02
    • Good luck - R. Berg 03/19/02
• Crutch phrases - ESC 03/18/02
• Origin of 'piffle' - ESC 03/17/02
  • Origin of 'piffle' - R. Berg 03/18/02
• Phrase - Mouche 03/16/02
  • Phrase - psi 03/18/02
• Oopsie-daisy or whoopsie dazy? - Jim 03/16/02
  • oopsy-daisy - R. Berg 03/16/02
• Woofle dust - ESC 03/15/02
• Military Musical Slang - Martin Tordoff 03/15/02
  • Military Musical Slang - TheUnlurker 03/15/02
    • Military Musical Slang - James Briggs 03/15/02
• 'ise' vs 'ize' - James Briggs 03/14/02
  • Just superb - TheFallen 03/14/02
• Bless His Little Cotton Socks - Lynda 03/14/02
  • Bless our little searchable archives - R. Berg 03/14/02
• And then some - Meg 03/14/02
  • and then some - TheFallen 03/14/02
• Out of Joint - Meg 03/13/02
  • Out of Joint - ESC 03/13/02
    • Have your nose out of joint - ESC 03/13/02
• Cleave - should I stay around or split? - TheFallen 03/10/02
• That which is bred in the bone - Patty 03/08/02
• Schediasma - Bruce Kahl 03/07/02
• Wimpy, wimps, and names in general - nita 03/07/02
  • And Katzenjammer Kids - nita 03/08/02
• Long Dog - Never Said Dog - Lee 03/06/02
• Don't Be Such a Big Girl's Blouse - Word Camel 03/04/02
• NY Times Blooper? - Bruce Kahl 03/02/02
• Put more lipstick on the pig - ESC 03/02/02
  • Put more lipstick on the pig - nita 03/07/02
• Tea at Three - Bruce Kahl 03/02/02
• Dogwatch - Rick Kane 03/01/02
  • dogwatch - R. Berg 03/02/02
• To get ahead - Weston 02/28/02
• Regional Euphamisms for Death - Word Camel 02/28/02
• Spike Milligan - TheUnlurker 02/27/02
• Bitch on wheels - Word Camel 02/27/02
• One-trick pony - Marian 02/26/02
• Tioc faidh ar la??? - Jade 02/26/02
• Found phrase - ducks - ESC 02/25/02
• "Excuse my French" - Michael Kirk-Smith 02/23/02
• Yellow Jingoism - Jenna 02/23/02
  • Yellow Jingoism - ESC 02/23/02
• Nose to the wind - Gary Pash 02/22/02
• Important ENG-LAT phrase - Lyndsay 02/20/02
• Nine yards for the sheer heck of it - The Fallen 02/19/02
• Spelling - The Fallen 02/19/02
• Bleedin' Nora - Robert Piras 02/19/02
• Catch my drift - ty 02/18/02
  • catch my drift - R. Berg 02/18/02
• Found phrase - wigger - ESC 02/18/02
• Nautical Term - Nicholas Moore 02/18/02
  • Architectural term? - R. Berg 02/18/02
    • Over the transom - ESC 02/19/02
• "Beat to the socks" - Patty 02/18/02
  • "Beat to the socks" - James Briggs 02/18/02
    • "Beat to the socks" - Patty 02/20/02
• Lion of Lucern - Suzi 02/17/02
  • Lion of Lucern - Bruce Kahl 02/17/02
• There's no love lost... - Steve 02/16/02
  • No love lost... - ESC 02/16/02
• Swing a cat - Tom Ross 02/13/02
• Speak of the Devil - Jennifer 02/12/02
• Charge it to the ground and let the rain settle it - Michael 02/12/02
• Goes with the territory - Bill Bougourd 02/11/02
• Names with the same initials? - Amanda 02/10/02
  • Names with the same initials? - Bob 02/10/02
• Why Cockney? - Word Camel 02/10/02
• To go "get the stink blown off us" - Marian 02/09/02
• Stiff drink - psi 02/08/02
  • Stiff drink - Marian 02/08/02
    • OED on "stiff" - R. Berg 02/08/02
• Tinker's dam - John McHugh 02/06/02
• Hens, Roosters and Foxes - Word Camel 02/06/02
• Riffs, riff-raff - an idle segue - The Fallen 02/05/02
  • Riffs, riff-raff - an idle segue - Word Camel 02/05/02
    • Riff, riffle - ESC 02/06/02
• You smell, I stink - Frank Lynch 02/04/02
  • You smell, I stink - Gary 02/04/02
• He could walk between the raindrops - Weston 02/03/02
• A dish best served cold ?? - Andie 02/03/02
• "Dear Mr. Jackson" (continued from previous page) - R. Berg 02/02/02
  • "Dear Mr. Jackson" (continued from previous page) - Word Camel 02/02/02

• Meanings of phrases
• Guts for garters
• Meanings of phrases
• Not a NY thing
• Grand Prize
• Clock...
• Attaboy
• Poster child
• Mind your p's and q's
• Origin of "Knock your socks off"
• Knock your block off
• On the Ball
• To keep someone honest
• Dead Nuts
• 6s and 7s
• To do "in the spirit of the chase"
• Red White and Blue in 2002
• It's Official - I Am A Racist
• It's Official - I Am A Racist
• Local English Sayings
• The Word "Bonk"
• Cross my heart
• The Whole Nine Yards
• Throw your hat in the ring
• Kicking and screaming
• Meaning of a Phrase
• Long time no see
• Dare to be bad
• Meaning
• Rod in pickle
• More modern russian derivatives
• Book about the "[word removed in order to comply with Google's Publisher Policy]"
• Unsure About Wedges
• The white glove test
• Found phrase - tipping point
• Bob's Your Uncle.
• To call for
• Latin translation for 'safe haven'...