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- Quisling
- S. Ryan 02/12/03
- On
the verge... - S. Ryan 02/12/03
- Meaning
and origin - curious 02/12/03
- Third-rate
burglary - ESC 02/12/03
- Slippery
Slope - S. 02/12/03
- Lying
in State - S. 02/12/03
- Taking
the Bull by the Horns/Tail - S. 02/11/03
- China-man's
Chance - S. 02/11/03
- John
keats - norm 02/11/03
- The
411 - wanted 02/11/03
- Found
phrase - Martha moms - ESC 02/11/03
- Unread
bestseller - ESC 02/11/03
- Gnothi
Sauton Greek "Know Thyself" - Joshua M 02/10/03
- Eat a peach - Lesley
02/10/03
- Apparatchiks
- ESC 02/10/03
- Dog's
Bollocks - Nigel 02/10/03
- "To
a T" - John 02/10/03
- DVD
Rot - Bookworm 02/10/03
- Meaning
- Saxon 02/09/03
- Raised
by wolves - clark 02/09/03
- Mondegreens
- john coxon 02/09/03
- "The
Wanderer" - Miri Barak 02/09/03
- Fiddling
While Rome Burns - Kyle 02/09/03
- Bunky
- BSea 02/08/03
- Out
of your mind - rfiery 02/08/03
- Yesterday
wouldn't be too soon! - Leslie 02/08/03
- "By George" - Mike
Venini 02/08/03
- Like old jelly - janes_kid
02/07/03
- Bad
luck to kill a cat - ESC 02/07/03
- 11th
hour - Safari 02/07/03
- Southpaw
- Boomer 02/07/03
- Neck
of the Woods - Boomer 02/07/03
- Help:
800 pound gorilla - David Rubin 02/07/03
- Help
- tree 02/07/03
- Hijinks
Ensue - S. 02/07/03
- Looking
for the origin of a Southern US phrase...."took short" - Mollena
(Mo) Williams 02/07/03
- 46
long - urgent! - Niklas Hellgren 02/06/03
- Phrase
- Ian McCloskey 02/06/03
- Phrase
origin - Sean Ryan 02/06/03
- "It's
gonna to eat my lunch." - Yolanda 02/06/03
- Phrase
- DH 02/06/03
- Origin
of phrase - Sean Ryan 02/06/03
- "Spin
a tale" - ctrl-alt-del 02/06/03
- Monkey
Hanger - Ian (alias 'Beefy') 02/06/03
- Mackem
- Ian (alias 'Beefy') 02/06/03
- As
the crow flies - Saxon 02/06/03
- Cool
as a cucumber - R. Berg 02/06/03
- Skin
off your nose - nrk 02/06/03
- Indian
giver - Chris 02/05/03
- Word
origin - Thomas Healey 02/05/03
- Is
this new -- "retro-peril"? - ESC 02/05/03
- Groundhog Day - James Briggs 02/05/03
- Spinning
wheel - Sara 02/05/03
- Names
of Knots - S. 02/05/03
- Cats
have nine lives?! - Behtany 02/05/03
- Meaning
/origin - Garrett shaw 02/05/03
- Fry
In Their Self Importance - John 02/04/03
- Eeny
meeny miney mo - Kai Lung 02/04/03
- Phrases
- Allie Peterson 02/04/03
- Pop
one's cherry - rosy capon 02/04/03
- See
a pin/penny - blue 02/04/03
- Brimstone
and treacle - 3saintjoan7 02/04/03
- Brown
Bag Lunch - Viv 02/04/03
- "It's
the *, Stupid" - S. 02/04/03
- Blue Blood - O
Elissa 02/03/03
- Origin
of "company of rogues" - scott bruce 02/03/03
- "Left
to my own devices" - Danny 02/03/03
- Take in
charge - Stephen 02/03/03
- "No
Great Shakes" - S. 02/02/03
- Castles
in the air - saxon 02/02/03
- Found
phrase - rash and a s*** - ESC 02/02/03
- Found
Phrase -- "Fly in the ointment" - rillian 02/02/03
- "
the devil knows not for whom he works " - J.D. 02/02/03
- Poem? Phrase? Help!!! - Becky
Neal 02/02/03
- Who
said this>? - Bob miller 02/01/03
- Keeping
up with the Joneses, the meaning - Kevin Snow 01/31/03
- Third
Spoke in the wheel - Kurt 01/31/03
- All
hands to/on the pump - Philip 01/31/03
- Stood
here like a lemon - Michael Ragg 01/31/03
- How
are the mighty fallen - Lewis 01/31/03
- Saying
- Ken 01/31/03
- Old
Dan Tucker? - Fort Briscoe 01/30/03
- Can
anyone tell me... - Rex Nihlio 01/30/03
- Georges
and stiffs - Jamie 01/30/03
- On
the box - Michael 01/30/03
- Twists,
Slugs and Roscoes - ESC 01/30/03
- Chatham
House Rules - G Atkinson 01/30/03
- Do
you blame the pig or the man that feeds it? - brian r 01/30/03
- Turn
of wood - Ann 01/30/03
- The
phrase "I rest my case" - Jan-Erik Hagelund 01/30/03
- "With any luck" -
ic 01/29/03
- Barn
Burner - Scott 01/29/03
- Feeling
Minnesota?? - Ben The Kiwi 01/29/03
- Cloud
nine - Dusty 01/29/03
- Give
a Monkey's - Jon 01/29/03
- Flopsweat
- Shacheendra 01/28/03
- Trojan?
- Mister 01/28/03
- Found
phrases - ESC 01/28/03
- 'Dressed
to the nines' - Raphael Mankin 01/28/03
- Complete
"tattle tail" verse? - ESC 01/28/03
- "A
poor tradesman always blames his tools" - Sean 01/28/03
- Three
score and ten - Drew 01/28/03
- The
Good - Michael 01/27/03
- Much
obliged - Jodi 01/27/03
- Seven
and six - Don Clark 01/27/03
- Brass
Monkey weather - gradivus 01/27/03
- Mox-Nix,
QT, and Side-Show Bob - WirledPeas 01/27/03
- Rome
wasn't built in a day - Debra 01/27/03
- Loud
and pushy - Tamio 01/27/03
- 86
- Dan 01/27/03
- Last
Legs - Shacheendra 01/27/03
- Phrase
" nap-of-the-earth" origins - Burt 01/26/03
- "Done For"
- Shacheendra 01/26/03
- Old
Saw - Shacheendra 01/25/03
- Well
i'll go to the foot of the stairs - Mike 01/25/03
- Origin
of a phrase? - Kelley Duffield 01/25/03
- Done
& dusted - Fergus Finegan 01/24/03
- Agony
Aunt - Brian from Shawnee 01/24/03
- Throwing
caution to the wind - mel 01/24/03
- Pot
calling the kettle black.... - Joebagofdonuts 01/24/03
- Origin of an Australian
common phrase - Rob Sinclair 01/24/03
- 24/7
- EveB 01/23/03
- Do
you copy? - ARE 01/23/03
- What
is the meaning of "Vanilla" friend? - Joe 01/23/03
- Your
mother wears combat boots! - Jim 01/23/03
- Sweet
as a Nut - Simba J 01/23/03
- Beyond
the Pale - Sean Ryan 01/23/03
- Treating
a brain tumor by getting a haircut - ESC 01/22/03
- Whistle
your ducks to water! - Sean Ryan 01/22/03
- "Pisses
me off"! - Bill Dunn 01/21/03
- Working knowledge? - Vincent
01/21/03
- Cow
Tao? - Carl Grey 01/21/03
- Candle
- Cha Toyaint 01/21/03
- "Coffee
is the rocket fuel of the business world" - al hering 01/20/03
- TKO
- Lewis 01/20/03
- Graduate
of peers/peer - miri barad 01/20/03
- Re:
the perfect breast fitting in a wineglass? - Laura Russell 01/20/03
- Mulligans
picnic - Sheila 01/20/03
- To
Kill a Mockingbird - Lc 01/19/03
- The
'v' sign - alan 01/19/03
- Tow
the line - Alan 01/19/03
- Guilt
riddled vs. guilt ridden - Robert 01/19/03
- Yikes!
- Word Camel 01/19/03
- Piss
or get off the pot - angela 01/19/03
- "Thanks
for yours overnight" in different contexts - D. Trovatto 01/18/03
- Meaning
& Origin of A Phrase! - Tom Dunmire 01/18/03
- Lamb
and Lettuce - flopsy and mopsy 01/18/03
- Silver
lining - Kovit 01/18/03
- Cut
One's Teeth - Shacheendra 01/17/03
- Over-used
with no added value - P.M. Donnelly 01/17/03
- Silence
--Gap filling - Q 01/17/03
- Another
possible origin of Okay or O.K. - LinK 01/17/03
- Winning Hands Down
- A Ruben 01/17/03
- Heaven's
too Betsy. - Liz 01/17/03
- Soapy
Scrabble Squabble - TheFallen 01/17/03
- Advertising/catchword
(?) - George Renn 01/16/03
- Scary
phrases - ESC 01/16/03
- Thunder
snow - ESC 01/16/03
- Looking
for a phrase - penny 01/16/03
- I
NEED SOME HELP PLEASE! (and quick) - nikki 01/16/03
- What
does this phrase mean? - Joshua 01/16/03
- For the love of Pete! - Lucy
01/16/03
- In
the Bag - Robert Miller 01/15/03
- Show
must go on - or 01/15/03
- Warning
- Not PC - ESC 01/15/03
- Foul
Fortune Cookies - TheFallen 01/15/03
- A
New Eytmology of SHIT (15-1-2003) - Peter K. Smith 01/15/03
- "Blow
this for a lark" - bunyip 01/15/03
- Don't
shoot until you see the whites of their eyes. Earliest quote - James Briggs
01/15/03
- Does
fortune favor the bold or does it favor the brave? - Dave 01/15/03
- Does anyone
know where I can find the meaning of the phrase "red headed stepchild?"
- sb 01/15/03
- Journeyman
origin? - Matt 01/15/03
- "Played
like a fiddle" and "yours truly" origins - Michael A. Jundi
01/14/03
- Fight
Clichés Like the Plague! - ESC 01/14/03
- Misheard
lyrics - vicky exton 01/14/03
- Swirl
baby - ESC 01/14/03
- Working
like a dog - Karim 01/14/03
- What goes up must come down
- finbarr 01/13/03
- "The
Gods We Worship Write" - N Barrett 01/13/03
- Tsar, Czar, King, Emperor, Caesar.....
- bobbi 01/13/03
- Left
footer - Tony Sheehan 01/12/03
- He's
full of himself - linclon 01/12/03
- Proverb
- R gurnani 01/12/03
- Follow
a paper comet - green 01/12/03
- Origin
of "love lies bleeding" - 3saintjoan7 01/12/03
- I
ran like Sebastian Cole. - pete 01/12/03
- Dragging
the lake? - sjgirl 01/11/03
- Racial
Profiling - Word Camel 01/11/03
- Cleave
versus cleave - Shirls 01/10/03
- Immediate
family? - ESC 01/10/03
- Nothing
to Sneeze at - Darcie 01/10/03
- Severance
pay - Kathy 01/10/03
- Re:
The Term Knocked-Up - Jean Dewar 01/10/03
- Origin
of a phrase - Karim 01/10/03
- "On
Song" - N Barrett 01/10/03
- MEANING
OF... - Terrie 01/08/03
- Origin
and meaning of "Dining with the Devil" - W Nelsen 01/08/03
- Need
help - Tim 01/08/03
- Scott
Free/scotch free - Richard Young 01/07/03
- Like
a duck on the water - ESC 01/07/03
- To
travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive - Kevin 01/07/03
- Apicture paints a thousand
words - Yasir 01/07/03
- Looking for a quote -
Imran 01/07/03
- I
have nothing to declare but my genius - Muneeb 01/07/03
- SOS
- Jim 01/07/03
- Quote
interpretation - Sakura 01/07/03
- All
hopped up on goofballs - Charles 01/06/03
- Neologism - ESC
01/06/03
- Weapons
of mass destruction - ESC 01/06/03
- "Accepted
a chair"....what does it mean? - Joyce 01/06/03
- GOLF
- Gentlemen Only - Ladies Forbidden - William Courter 01/06/03
- He
that sups with the devil . . . - SALLY 01/06/03
- Need
derivation help - B Gallup 01/06/03
- Need
phrases for "doing the minimum" - Patty 01/06/03
- Origin
of a phrase - Pat Jackman 01/05/03
- Meaning
of an old saying. - pam jones 01/05/03
- Number
sayings with initials only known - Sarah 01/05/03
- Why
ships and cars are "she"? - Roman Korolenko 01/05/03
- Chip
off the old block - Saxon 01/05/03
- Meaning
and origin of phrase - Ira 01/05/03
- Meaning and origin - tamio
01/05/03
- Help
me - B Nicol 01/04/03
- Phrases
- TJ Ahearn 01/04/03
- Latine
- Miri Barak 01/04/03
- Popeye
the sailor man - P2024 01/04/03
- All
that glitters is not gold - Muneeb Akram 01/04/03
- Don't teach your
grandmother to suck eggs - rob sparrow 01/04/03
- Rodent's hindquarters - Bjorn
skurj 01/04/03
- Marlowe,
Shakespeare and Phrases - Word Camel 01/04/03
- Re: Scanning - . 01/03/03
- Origin
of fence phrase - Dianne 01/03/03
- The
Bee's Knees - James Thurston 01/03/03
- Mullered?
- withnail 01/03/03
- Phrase
currecntly being used - Frank Di Silvestro 01/03/03
- Negative phrase -
Frank Di Silvestro 01/03/03
- Found
phrase -- Web loggers or bloggers - ESC 01/02/03
- John
Doe - Georgina Wald 01/02/03
- 2K3
= 2003 - ESC 01/02/03
- Fear
is the mind-killer - adam mclean 01/02/03
- New
in 2002 - Gary 01/02/03
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