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- Coming
out - nick ainscough 03/29/03
- When
it's out in the open - Tamio 03/29/03
- Department
of Defense Term - S. 03/29/03
- The
war in Iraq and the meaning of words - James Briggs 03/28/03
- Brass monkey, revisited
- kitty 03/28/03
- Pull
the other on, it's got bells on - Yasmin Mazur 03/28/03
- Dead-pan
- S. 03/28/03
- At
a boy - Luc Balemans 03/28/03
- 818
Lifestyle - festino 03/28/03
- Snake
and charmer? - EE 03/28/03
- Definition
- tom chink 03/28/03
- Phrase
- lulu 03/28/03
- Italian
phrase? "forget about it" - D 03/27/03
- By
dint of - Stuart 03/27/03
- Runs
- ESC 03/27/03
- Telestrate
- S. 03/27/03
- Looking
for a word - James Briggs 03/27/03
- Ring
true - EE 03/27/03
- Two
Slang expressions - Miri Barak 03/27/03
- If/when
all you have is a hammer... - J. Vincent 03/27/03
- Why are the French called 'frogs' by
their detractors? - Word Camel 03/26/03
- Build
it and they will come - andrew 03/26/03
- You can lead a whore to culture
but you can't make her think - Hook 03/26/03
- What
is a shortened first day - kknd 03/26/03
- My
two cents - EE 03/26/03
- Kicking
tires - EE 03/26/03
- Pleaseeeee
help - jay need help 03/26/03
- Cannon
Fodder - Hoopy Frood 03/26/03
- More
war words - Shae 03/26/03
- When
and while - EE 03/26/03
- To
Put Paid To - S. 03/26/03
- Idiom:
Leave someone holding the bag - Jacqueline 03/26/03
- Another
kick at the can/cat - Greg 03/26/03
- Help
me - foreigner 03/25/03
- Land
sakes - Louis Hung 03/25/03
- In
which wester is this line: Man's got to do, what a man's got to do - AIF
03/25/03
- Bluefish?
- stile 03/25/03
- "Flash
in the pan" - Blondin 03/25/03
- Top
hole - John Horlivy 03/25/03
- Origination of "worry
wort" - Chas 03/25/03
- Help to or without to?
- EE 03/25/03
- To
google - Word Camel 03/24/03
- Fear change - paul
03/24/03
- East
Is East - S. 03/24/03
- Draculonisis
- S. 03/24/03
- To
Make One's Bones - S. 03/24/03
- Green-eyeshaders
- S. 03/24/03
- Help
me to find the meaning of this phrase - nitti 03/24/03
- True
Lie? - EC 03/23/03
- Dirt
- EB 03/22/03
- Blogger
- EE 03/22/03
- Wait
in the wings? - Zhanghai 03/22/03
- "
a lot of" or "many" - EE 03/22/03
- Re:
I need help with a phrase from a George Kelly play!!! - Lynnae Andersen
03/21/03
- To
cut both ways - Dave M. 03/21/03
- "All
shall love me and despair" - Marina 03/21/03
- Shock and Awe - Brian
from Shawnee 03/21/03
- Odd
phrases - Nancy 03/21/03
- Meaning
of - ron rosato 03/21/03
- Tick-tock
- ESC 03/21/03
- Re:
Origin of mothers, lock up your daughters. - William 03/21/03
- Dog days - Sax 03/21/03
- Sugar-dipped
Response - Bookworm 03/21/03
- I
need help - Ed 03/21/03
- What
do those stars mean after subject lines in the archives? - al 03/20/03
- That poor camel's back
- Sax 03/20/03
- Execute
- Chinese 03/20/03
- Do
you know? - zhs 03/20/03
- Bob
- punctuation - Monica 03/20/03
- Thank
you balls to the walls people - Monica 03/20/03
- Sugar-dipped
- S. 03/19/03
- Bob's
your uncle - JB 03/19/03
- Monkey
off my back - Juju 03/19/03
- Canary
in a coal mine - 2003 version - ESC 03/19/03
- Who's got a derivation
for "may the best team/man win"? - david kipen 03/19/03
- Joey - threepence coin - Brian
from Shawnee 03/19/03
- "In
future" and "in the future" - HGL 03/19/03
- The
four monkeys - P 03/19/03
- Jewban
= Cuban Jew - ESC 03/19/03
- A
prayer - miri barak 03/19/03
- Forum
- English Buff 03/19/03
- Good
and bad - Ignorant 03/19/03
- Soda
and pop - TK 03/19/03
- Allusions?
- TK 03/19/03
- Grain
of Salt - Marie Potts 03/19/03
- "Stupid
is as stupid does." - Tony Lee 03/19/03
- SCUD - Bruce Kahl
03/19/03
- Shelf
ball - ESC 03/18/03
- Combat
suck - ESC 03/18/03
- Excess
of emotion - kitty 03/18/03
- Huggers?
- Chinese 03/18/03
- Cowl-light
- S. 03/18/03
- Monkey-shine
- S. 03/18/03
- Waiting
on a line... - KNelson 03/18/03
- Bad
news - Sax 03/18/03
- Straw
Argument - S. 03/18/03
- Dropping
Like Flies - S. 03/18/03
- Smoking
gun - Kate 03/17/03
- Know
by heart - gail 03/17/03
- Final
ultimatum - ESC 03/17/03
- Lights & bushels - Sandy Cullen 03/17/03
- Age/sex/enthnicity/area
of influential residence - Monica Christofili 03/17/03
- I NEED REACTIONS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
- Monica 03/17/03
- English
grammar - HCD 03/17/03
- Quarter?
- tcl 03/17/03
- Difficult
- Chinese 03/17/03
- When
life gives you lemons, make lemonade - giselle 03/16/03
- So,
dear friends, in modern english - jee-an 03/16/03
- Help
- Chinese 03/16/03
- "Daddy"
- Prakash 03/15/03
- Epitaph
question - ESC 03/15/03
- Mystery
word in Charlkes Lamb Poem - rur42 03/15/03
- Meaning of expression "cold enough
to freeze the balls off a brass monkey - Chris Roberts 03/15/03
- Sweatin'
- Jim 03/15/03
- Amusing
- Shae 03/14/03
- Study:
Spell-Check Can Make Writing Worse - ESC 03/14/03
- Torch song - miri barak
03/14/03
- Culturally
solvent? - Chinese 03/14/03
- Go
to the wall... - S. Ryan 03/14/03
- Fire
in the belly - Dave M. 03/14/03
- Terminate
with extreme prejudice - Andy Sporner 03/14/03
- Who ate all the pies? - john
03/14/03
- Weapons
of mass destruction - Michael Chamberlain 03/14/03
- Born in.....
- Saunta Gantt 03/14/03
- Spending
more time with ones family - Word Camel 03/14/03
- Could
someone tell me the meaning - curious 03/13/03
- Looking
for a phrase similar to 'downward spiral.' - peter noyes 03/13/03
- Not
so good at it - Chinese 03/13/03
- Epitaph
- S. Ryan 03/13/03
- Chinese
asking for help! - Chinese 03/13/03
- My
heart is cryin' Indian - Aranel 03/13/03
- Bar-none
- TF 03/13/03
- All
that glitters is not gold - jee-an 03/13/03
- Breaking
the mould - Kerry Sanchez 03/13/03
- Who
invented Just In Time economics - ash 03/13/03
- A
bull in a china shop - Sax 03/13/03
- A
buynch of stuff for school - stuff 03/13/03
- Phat
- Alex Cue 03/13/03
- Another
Crime Scene Invesigation investigation - Gary 03/12/03
- ABRACADABRA
- ESC 03/12/03
- Suggestions
on how to find the source roots of scientific names? - janes_kid 03/12/03
- Smell a rat
- S. Ryan 03/12/03
- Mind
like a steel trap - S. Ryan 03/12/03
- Easier
said than done - sax 03/12/03
- Origin
of "Raining Cats and Dogs" - Andy Sporner 03/12/03
- James Bond mishmash - Miri
Barak 03/12/03
- Negative
positive and religion - sadashivan 03/12/03
- Gods
and generals - robin1966 03/12/03
- Origin
of phrase - a mares nest - Colin R Parkin 03/12/03
- Tootle-loo???
- monq 03/12/03
- Help!
- piggy 03/11/03
- Finish
and origin - Ole 03/11/03
- 'Brand
New' - Joe 03/11/03
- What
does 'How you hanging?' mean? - quest 03/10/03
- To
put your ass in a sling - Xudong 03/10/03
- Cochise
- S. 03/10/03
- Eat
your heart out - Stan 03/10/03
- Slow
up slow down - psycholinguini 03/09/03
- Joe
Bloggs - Stella Dixon 03/09/03
- Expanded
phrase? - Larry 03/09/03
- Nautical
reference - Adeline 03/09/03
- Pee
like a racehorse - Ooga 03/09/03
- Lie
like a cheap rug - Miri Barak 03/08/03
- Descriptive
nouns - Sandy 03/08/03
- Idiom
- HCD 03/08/03
- Please
help - queer 03/08/03
- Effing
and blinding - Jon 03/08/03
- Mugwhump
- Hart 03/08/03
- "Babushka"
- Pavel 03/08/03
- The
road to hell is paved with good intentions - joan 03/08/03
- I
am a foreigner - stile 03/07/03
- Red
carpet - Victor Ndobe 03/07/03
- Color
Me... - S. 03/07/03
- Miss
the sea??? - Mahesh 03/07/03
- Right
Hand/Left Hand - Shacheendra 03/07/03
- Cherchez
La Femme - Mel 03/07/03
- Randy
Dog ethics - Rosemary 03/06/03
- Idiom
- HCD 03/06/03
- Fresh
fields to conquer - Henry 03/06/03
- He's
got a heart. - Xudong 03/06/03
- "To
Light Into" - S. 03/06/03
- Put
your foot in your mouth - ESC 03/06/03
- Draw
the line/cross the line - S. Ryan 03/06/03
- British
accent = smarts? - ESC 03/06/03
- Catch
the brass ring - Jan 03/06/03
- Stop
on a dime - S. Ryan 03/06/03
- Curse
be upon your mustache - ESC 03/06/03
- Bayonne
Bleeder - stile 03/06/03
- Hard
word puzzle - Jacob 03/06/03
- Buried
six feet under - Tim B 03/06/03
- Some
Interesting State Department Jargon... - S. 03/06/03
- Want
to know the origin of "Want to go dutch" - Joe 03/06/03
- "Expert" as used by the media - janes_kid 03/05/03
- ...with
all my heart - kelly 03/05/03
- Relationship
of heart to emotions - Kelly 03/05/03
- Racino:
casino + racetrack - ESC 03/05/03
- The
cat that swallowed the canary - Poindexter 03/05/03
- March - Tiko 03/05/03
- Flabbergasted
- S. Ryan 03/05/03
- Matinee
- Margaret Bell 03/05/03
- Not
a nice expression - miri barak 03/05/03
- Q&A
at The Times - James Briggs 03/05/03
- To Squeeze Some One's Shoes - S.
03/05/03
- To
Put (Some One) on Ice - S. 03/05/03
- To
Sail Close to the Wind - Shacheendra 03/05/03
- Bring
something to the table. - LarryBS 03/04/03
- Put
A Hat On Every Duck - Foggy Starborn 03/04/03
- 'Happy
Hour' - Stephan 03/04/03
- Wisconsin
lingo - ESC 03/04/03
- Stone
the Crows - James Briggs 03/04/03
- Yellow-dog
Contract - S. 03/04/03
- To
Force One's Hand - S. 03/04/03
- "Milk
in the Coconut" - S. 03/04/03
- Befrogged?
- S. 03/04/03
- Till
the cows come - Mon 03/03/03
- "Rassafrassarickarackets":
cartoon phrase? - billygoat 03/03/03
- Bare-foot and Pregnant
- S. 03/03/03
- Essential
oils - janes_kid 03/03/03
- Patent
- English Learner 03/03/03
- Found phrase:
earworms - Woodchuck 03/02/03
- Bait
- Annie 03/02/03
- All
mouth and trousers - jim 03/02/03
- Search
- fred 03/02/03
- Phrases
- michelle 03/02/03
- Definition
- Maria 03/02/03
- No
man is an island - Robert Hammond 03/02/03
- Poor
man's Marilyn (for example) - michael wade wicks 03/01/03
- Cocking
a snook - Fred 03/01/03
- Origin
of "babysitting" - Josh 03/01/03
- Green-eyed
monster - Adam King 03/01/03
- Proverb
from bible - MARK 03/01/03
- Acronyms
- Cindy 03/01/03
- One-eyed
Jack - S. 03/01/03
- Hell-bent
- S. 03/01/03
- "Falling" in Love - S. 02/28/03
- Slang
term "my trout" - Patty 02/28/03
- "Tickled
pink" - mose 02/28/03
- Patty
- Slang term my trout 02/28/03
- Blue
moon in your eye - ESC 02/28/03
- Any
one's guess? What does it mean? - stile 02/28/03
- Strike
a cord / chord / accord? - John 02/28/03
- Meaning of mind your Ps and Qs -
prissy 02/28/03
- An
eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth - Theodore 02/28/03
- Wet
work - Fred 02/27/03
- Phrase
- Steve 02/27/03
- I
don't understand many discussion group responses - janes_kid 02/27/03
- Help
on phrase puzzle - jacob 02/27/03
- Help
- stile 02/27/03
- 23
skidoo - Will 02/26/03
- What
does it mean - ic 02/26/03
- Word
help please! - S. Ryan 02/26/03
- Bigotry
for bucks, cracker comedy, hick hunt - ESC 02/26/03
- Yosemite Sam on amphetamines - ESC
02/26/03
- Ride the Lightning
- S. 02/26/03
- Throw
the book at em! - Ray Jay 02/25/03
- Rediscover
their happy place - ESC 02/25/03
- Dunderhead
- S. Ryan 02/25/03
- "Self-fulfilling
prophecy" - Bruce Kahl 02/25/03
- Phrase - Lmo 02/25/03
- Quick Off The
Mark - Gareth 02/25/03
- Birmingham & Brummagem - PDM 02/25/03
- Phrase
- jackie 02/25/03
- Promise
Ring - S. 02/25/03
- Head
Shop - S. 02/25/03
- "Being
in a brown study" - Neil Barrett 02/24/03
- Cloud
9 - Wayne Roberts 02/24/03
- Help
- stile 02/24/03
- Marriage
- qq 02/24/03
- To
put on the long finger - ruth 02/24/03
- Origin:
Only the good die young - Flowerchild 02/24/03
- Making
hay - Saxon 02/23/03
- Sobeit,
albeit and farbeit, dammit! - TheFallen 02/23/03
- Baker's
dozen - Brekke 02/23/03
- Woo
woo - JA Lyons 02/22/03
- To
set ones teeth on edge - Word Camel 02/22/03
- On
the sauce - Steph Benjamin 02/22/03
- The
Cat's Ass - Bec 02/22/03
- Good
morning Vietnam! - Kev 02/22/03
- Live
to the hilt - David Dye 02/22/03
- "Laughter is the
Best Medicine" - S. 02/22/03
- Confused
- stile 02/21/03
- Angler
- Word origin - Joe 02/21/03
- "A
Friend in Need" - Peter McLean 02/21/03
- The
ins and outs of cricket - Lewis 02/21/03
- Word/Phrase for "Did I say
just that out loud?" - Tito Matito 02/21/03
- All
at sea - Jack Quinn 02/21/03
- Mind
your p's and q's - hwttdz 02/21/03
- Help
- qq 02/21/03
- 86
- dick swinger 02/21/03
- What
is bezzing? - qq 02/21/03
- "On
top of data" - ramesh 02/20/03
- Sayings
for the months - katrine 02/20/03
- Use
of comma in a series - S. Ryan 02/20/03
- Hand
over fist - k bailey 02/20/03
- Buffaloed
- Murphy 02/20/03
- John
Donne and No man is an island... - Deborah Najarro 02/20/03
- Heart out - AlexanderP
02/20/03
- Point made?
- AlexanderP 02/20/03
- Pales
into insignificance - Taz 02/20/03
- Mind
games - Ali 02/20/03
- Puzzling
grammar? - English Learner 02/20/03
- Take
This Job and Shove It - ESC 02/20/03
- Everything
that rises - N 02/19/03
- "Overpaid, oversexed..."
- Proud American 02/19/03
- Strange,
very strange expression - Elaine 02/19/03
- Shoot
one's cuffs - Nano 02/19/03
- French/Mexican
Shower - S. 02/19/03
- Go
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