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- Never
- John Pursel 01/01/03
- Five-by-five
- guy andrews 01/01/03
- "Deep
six" - guy andrews 01/01/03
- Seashells
and balloons - Guy Andrews 01/01/03
- Wife-beater
- sorehand 12/31/02
- One-eyed
Jack and Salad days? - sorehand 12/31/02
- Dred
Scott/Scott Free - Jay 12/30/02
- Tripping
the Light Fantastic - felix423 12/30/02
- Draco
Dormiens Nunquam Titillandus - Hali Bote 12/29/02
- Sweet
and easy - miri barak 12/28/02
- I'll
be your huckleberry - Kathryn 12/28/02
- I'll
swan to goodness - John Green 12/27/02
- Forest
- John Pursel 12/27/02
- Black-eyed
peas for luck - ESC 12/27/02
- BRAN
TUB - MOLLIE BRIARDALE 12/26/02
- The
Full Monty - german explanation? - A.A. 12/26/02
- Pink
fruitcakes - Anne 12/24/02
- "If
Wishes Were Horses" and other "Ifs" - Michael Mayer
12/24/02
- "If
Wishes Were Horses" and other "Ifs" - Michael Mayer
12/24/02
- ORIGIN
III - Frank 12/24/02
- Don't
want to throw your money on the table and get a lemon ... - Cat 12/24/02
- Must
have to - Tom 12/24/02
- You
don't know jack . . . - Elkins 12/23/02
- This
page rules! - Ocho 12/23/02
- 'Going
the rounds'? - experiential 12/23/02
- Angry
as a cut snake - Kathleen 12/23/02
- Testing,
testing - Gary 12/23/02
- Apples
& Teachers - james baker 12/20/02
- "Step
up and pet the pony." - Charles George 12/19/02
- "My idea of heaven is to be the
only guest on a talk show for all eternity" - david kipen 12/19/02
- ORIGIN II - Frank Callaway
12/19/02
- Down
and out in London and Paris - Philippa 12/19/02
- Body related phrases - Andrew
Davies 12/19/02
- A
chip off the old block - jim 12/18/02
- Phrase
Finder: The Next Generation - Word Camel 12/18/02
- HELP
i NEED these Meanings!! - Kirstie 12/18/02
- Re:
Sweetest Taboo - Arden 12/18/02
- Euphemisms
- Edgar R. Schneider 12/18/02
- ORIGIN
- Frank Callaway 12/18/02
- Most
Popular Phrase - Josh 12/18/02
- Stuck
in his crawl - Patrick Simon 12/17/02
- Greyhound
Racing - John Empson 12/17/02
- Help
with a crossword - ian barnhurst 12/17/02
- Season's
greetings - James Briggs 12/17/02
- What
is the origin of these phrases? - APlusC 12/17/02
- (straight) from the horse's mouth
- Leslie 12/17/02
- Up
the Wazoo - Brian Hicks 12/16/02
- Heaven
save us from the wild Irish - James Briggs 12/16/02
- Why
Milk and Honey - Jonathan Cohen 12/16/02
- Get
run over - tamio 12/16/02
- Cartographically
Dyslectic - Kathy O'Brien 12/16/02
- Chinese
Fire Drill - Chris 12/16/02
- Nine
yards again - Shae 12/15/02
- Help
on completing this frase - sarah macdonald 12/15/02
- "The
proof is in the pudding" - Nina 12/15/02
- A phrase - paul johnsen
12/15/02
- Texas
saying: Cute as a Bug's Ear - jackalope 12/15/02
- Two-fisted
drinker - burnbryght 12/14/02
- As
honest as the day is long - Kathleen 12/14/02
- Has
anyone else 'heard' either of these ? - Maggie 12/14/02
- Blow them to Kingdom Come - Tami
12/14/02
- Western
beef/political baloney - butcherblock 12/13/02
- Horse of a Different Color - Mark
Laskowski 12/13/02
- Defecate
- Peter Brown 12/13/02
- Work
is the curse of the drinking classes - Pat the Hat 12/13/02
- Air hostesses - Thomsa
Sealy 12/13/02
- The
Swamp? - ESC 12/13/02
- Water off a lizards back -
james grant 12/12/02
- Windshield
cowboy - ESC 12/12/02
- And
yet...and yet... - david kipen 12/12/02
- "Rod
and Staff" - Vinod 12/12/02
- Obsessed
with speed - just another girl 12/12/02
- The
phrase: "to hell in a hand basket" - skip 12/12/02
- Moment
of revelation - Mark Bennett 12/11/02
- Put
your money where your mouth is translated - queixadinha 12/11/02
- Taking
wine in the wood - miri barak 12/11/02
- Re:
the ins and outs of a ducks bum - David Agranovich 12/11/02
- "O,
w'ad the power some giftie....." - Tidepool 12/10/02
- ...has a lot of gall... - Anne
12/10/02
- Skating
on potentially thin ice - tamio 12/10/02
- Peppercorn
sum - Matt Butcher 12/10/02
- Freedom/democracy
- J. McEvoy 12/10/02
- Origin
of phrase... - dustin 12/10/02
- "You
go girl" origin - Word Camel 12/10/02
- The
clappers - RogerFisher 12/10/02
- Beat
the band - Shae 12/10/02
- Peck's
Bad Boy - Woodchuck 12/10/02
- Chinese
auction - teacher 12/09/02
- Why
with the museums and restaurants - Tom 12/09/02
- Retribution of past sins -
Travis Gates 12/09/02
- Ｗｈｙ
with the museums and restaurants - #65332;#65359;#65357; 12/09/02
- Quote
for the season - ESC 12/08/02
- Hit
the jackpot - tamio 12/08/02
- A
group of lawyers - Jeremy 12/08/02
- Wrong
as two left shoes - ESC 12/07/02
- Bigfoot
dies - ESC 12/07/02
- Woe
is me! - Mike Whitburn 12/07/02
- A
Sailor's Moon - Laurie 12/07/02
- Pharse
- Bob Vernon 12/06/02
- Wooooo!
- ESC 12/06/02
- Bread
& milk syndrome - ESC 12/06/02
- Any
website or reference about.... - Leslie 12/06/02
- God
put the good stuff where... - ESC 12/06/02
- The
words 'Brummie' and 'Brummagem' - Steve Thorne 12/05/02
-
ORIGIN - SHEILA 12/05/02
- Squat?
hankers down? or what? - Leslie 12/05/02
- Us-me
- Miri Barak 12/05/02
- When
did the expression "to rain on one's parade" come into use? - Hedda
12/05/02
- Prat ? - Robert 12/05/02
- Francophone
needs help - Jess 12/05/02
- Pea
soup - sheri parker 12/04/02
- A
fair old lick - Samuel Roberson 12/04/02
- Don't
let the bastards wear you down. - Douglas Edwards 12/04/02
- SHS
and football - ivan 12/04/02
- Softly...
- Q 12/04/02
- Erowid
- tamio 12/04/02
- "Dead
to Rights" - Vinod 12/04/02
- "Devil
Take the Hindmost" - Vinod 12/04/02
- Meaning
to "One grain at a time brings good fortune" - Joanna 12/04/02
- The sticks - Bookworm 12/03/02
- Bitch
in whelp - Peter 12/03/02
- No
good... - Tiko 12/03/02
- Re;
P.S. at end of a letter - meaning - Caroline 12/03/02
- Can
someone help me decipher a phrase into its original words?? - Michael Fredde
12/03/02
- Found
phrase - Mayberry Machiavellis - ESC 12/03/02
- The
meaning of 'star' (e.g. TV star/film star, etc.) - Steve Thorne 12/03/02
- John
Heywood's book - ESC 12/03/02
- The
origin and meaning of "mom's the word" - ThisGuy 12/03/02
- A
camel is a horse - Geri 12/03/02
- Found
phrase -- refrigerator rights - ESC 12/02/02
- Bunny
boiler - Jack 12/02/02
- See
you on the ice - Graham Catterall 12/02/02
- Who
coined this phrase? - Jim Collura 12/01/02
- Meaning
of the phrase "Don't take yourself so seriously" - mike
12/01/02
- Take
anything on faith - Miri 11/30/02
- Seven-year
itch - Leslie Otis 11/30/02
- Two
phrases - JGF 11/30/02
- Any
Dictionary about Frequency of words? - Leslie 11/30/02
- Origin of these phrases - 3saintjoan7
11/30/02
- Monkey
Say, Monkey Do - S Maddock 11/30/02
- Whats
the best way to say... - tamio 11/29/02
- Naughty
word - Julia 11/29/02
- Now
is the winter of our discontent - Gail 11/28/02
- Please
help me find an idiom! - jasmine.zhang 11/28/02
- Cometh
the hour, cometh the man - James Briggs 11/28/02
- WHO WROTE "Men will fly from starvation
to the uttermost ends of the earth . . ." - Phil 11/28/02
- Road to Hell - D B Prell
11/28/02
- Boot-shaped
and pick up on - tamio 11/27/02
- Need
a hand - John 11/27/02
- Phrase
from a book title or story - dean 11/27/02
- "My
old son" - Patty 11/26/02
- Fruedian
slip and "blows" - Prakash 11/26/02
- Covenant
of salt - guy andrews 11/26/02
- Standing
tall in the saddle - guy andrews 11/26/02
- Two
words - Leslie 11/26/02
- Welcome?
popular? - Nic 11/26/02
- Brace
of geese - Shae 11/26/02
- Origin
of 'keeping it real' - Marissa 11/25/02
- Duck
Soup - Bookworm 11/25/02
- Dead
as a doornail - DONALD Prell 11/25/02
- Who
Said this Please... - Promthanom 11/25/02
- Jimmy
Riddle - John Parr 11/25/02
- What's
the exact meaning of "bite me"? Thanks. - Christine 11/24/02
- To
grass up - as in to inform on someone - Word Camel 11/24/02
- Brass
Ring - TheFallen 11/24/02 (17)
- Urgent
question - Claudia Duarte 11/24/02
- Looking
for a phrase - Andy Blitzer 11/24/02
- Live
Long and Prosper - Colt 11/23/02
- Pooky/Pookie
- Woodchuck 11/22/02
- Re:
Necessity is the mother of Invention - Brian Sandine 11/22/02
- Re:
Necesity is the mother of Invention - Brian Sandine 11/22/02
- "...not
worth his salt" - Roland 11/22/02
- The
whole nine yards - Gary 11/22/02
- Re:Staw
Man vs Man of Straw - Jaqui 11/22/02
- 'There
are three kinds of lies; lies, damned lies, and statistics.' - Geoff Chubb
11/22/02
- In Response to Miriam
Bell "Witch's Tit" 10/24/99 - Hal Whittaker 11/21/02
- 'Tis
the season... - Dru 11/21/02
- Kids not buying
corporate slang - ESC 11/21/02
- Phrase?
- Marissa 11/21/02
- A
hundred and five - Alf 11/21/02
- Vampire
creativity - ESC 11/21/02
- Twig
in your shorts - ESC 11/21/02
- Wind
- Miekie 11/21/02
- Trix
- Tamio 11/21/02
- ANY
ONE HEARD THIS PHRASE - John 11/21/02
- "Good
for the order" - Steve W. 11/21/02
- Comparisons
are odorous - phil kendall 11/20/02
- "Watch
your 6 (or six)" - guy andrews 11/20/02
- An Eye for an Eye a Tooth for a Tooth.
- M. J. Adams 11/20/02
- What's
the meaning/origin? - alf 11/20/02 (22)
- Zero
clearance - Tiko 11/20/02
- Meaning?
- Miekie 11/20/02
- Little
question - tamio 11/20/02
- Shopping
days until Christmas - ESC 11/19/02
- Dead
Ringers - mm 11/19/02
- When
the cat´s away the mice will play - Michael Chapman 11/19/02
- Need
exact words for phrase - Buzz 11/19/02
- Hmmm?
- rose 11/19/02
- Italian
proverb - sandy 11/18/02
- "Living
The Life of Riley" - David S. Riley 11/18/02
- Take care of TCP
- Gladys 11/17/02
- Meaning
of "Five by Five" & "Hawaii Five 0" - Steve Kohlmann
11/17/02
- Hacktivist
- ESC 11/16/02
- Found
phrase - time poverty - ESC 11/16/02
- Love
and youth - J. McEvoy 11/16/02
- Stories
- Tom 11/16/02
- Tea
and sympathy - gorio 11/15/02
- Terms
of endearment, chuck. - Word Camel 11/15/02
- Patton
for a dance - maddog 11/15/02
- Kelly
pool - James McCabe 11/15/02
- Crow
mcgee - James Mc Cabe 11/15/02
- Humdrum
- Chris 11/15/02
- She's
the Cat's Mother - Barry 11/15/02
- What is Bull shit
- Mpal 11/15/02
- Jack
The Lad - Robert 11/15/02 (16)
- "Where
the rubber meets the road." - Stan 11/14/02
- Frost
on the Pumpkin? - Robert 11/14/02
- I
don't have a dog in that fight - D. Barr 11/14/02
- Thick-headed
- Tamio 11/14/02
- Angle
of repose - Patty 11/14/02
- Offer
a rubber - kai 11/14/02
- Don't
be square - Prakash 11/14/02
- Illusions
vs facts - Tom C. 11/14/02
- Left-handed
compliment - jim 11/14/02
- Latin
translation - J. Green 11/14/02
- Stiff
Necked - A.R.Duncan 11/13/02
- Re:
sands of time - Laura M 11/13/02
- A
slang - Miri 11/13/02
- "Hold
Your Horses" - Razi 11/13/02
- 86
- Gary 11/13/02
- CIA
and pudding - Bookworm 11/13/02 (15)
- Phrase
"battle goes down to wire" - edith 11/12/02
- 16
PENNY NAIL - SUSAN 11/12/02
- Good
stead, Good steam - Uma 11/12/02
- Spoonerisms
- Shae 11/12/02
- Panties & scanties
- ESC 11/12/02
- Real
time - Jan 11/12/02
- Meanings
& Origins - Patti 11/12/02
- Meaning
of the word "okay" - Jim Broadbent 11/12/02
- Worry
Wart - Kathy 11/11/02
- Nook
and cranny OR crook and cranny - distraught copyeditor 11/11/02
- Can
ne1 help me, please? - Tamio 11/11/02
- Rubbing
it in - Prakash 11/11/02
- Yonks
- James Briggs 11/11/02
- There’
s none so blind as those who won’t see. - B Cleary 11/11/02
- Potter
- Heather 11/10/02
- Clarification
needed in "The unexamined life is not worth living" - Goldie
Leoppky 11/10/02
- Thesauri
Recommendations? - Woodchuck 11/10/02
- Help with correct
phrase and origin - Hi 11/10/02
- The
Boy Who Sticks - Marc Moss 11/09/02
- All
your data are belong to us - rodger 11/09/02
- Beyond
the dreams of avarice - Andrea Ford 11/09/02
- Meaning
of "flip out" - Cheng 11/09/02
- What
does "think the world of you" mean? - Cat 11/09/02
- Please correct this referance.
- Greg Zumwalt 11/09/02
- DIY
man? - ESC 11/08/02
- The
cat's ass - Carmen 11/08/02
- Googlefight
- TheFallen 11/08/02
- Language
evolution and nudity - TheFallen 11/08/02
- Please
help solve an argument... - anthony austin 11/08/02
- Alan
Walker Read. Wordsmith. RIP - James Briggs 11/08/02
- Do
not stand by my grave and weep - Shana 11/08/02
- Why...
- Nicole 11/08/02
- Settling
the dispute - Anwar 11/08/02
- "Conventional
wisdom" definition? - David Slee 11/08/02
- The Phrase
Finder - ESC 11/07/02
- Crossword
Madness - Bookworm 11/07/02
- Where
does this come from? - Cyndi 11/07/02
- Wool
over the eyes - jeff 11/07/02
- Whole
nine yards, the - Barry White 11/07/02
- The
Pitt Principle - ESC 11/07/02
- Third
World - Day Dreamer 11/07/02
- Origin
of "Fair winds and following seas"? - Jonathan Boyne 11/06/02
- Splitting
Hairs - Stitch Jones 11/06/02
- Get
the skinny? - Michael 11/06/02
- "Sour
Grapes"-Bruce? - Stitch Jones 11/06/02
- Money
- Niki 11/06/02
- Sink
estate - Georges 11/05/02
- Bang
for the Buck origin - Dina 11/05/02
- It's
been awhile! - kate 11/05/02
- O.K.
- Cozmo 11/05/02
- The
Real McCoy - Cozmo 11/05/02
- Meaning
of a certain phrase in a M&M song - LISA 11/05/02
- Kicked
ass - Tamio 11/05/02
- Crossword
Puzzle - Michael 11/05/02
- Damn
pretty - Tamio 11/05/02
- Hauling
Ash - Cinderella 11/04/02
- To
Have One's "Ashes Hauled" - Guy 11/04/02
- Found
phrases - ESC 11/04/02
- War,
women and lipstick - ESC 11/04/02
- Distaff vs. ? - Bookworm
11/04/02
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