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Help with an expressions... - Elizabeth C. 01/September/03
- Help with an expressions... - James Briggs 01/September/03
There But for the Grace of God go I - Dave Brett 31/August/03
- The grace of God - ESC 31/August/03
  - The grace of God - masakim 31/August/03
What does “bay” mean in an Emergency room? - Kashima 31/August/03
- Bay - R. Berg 31/August/03
Translation of George Braque - Bobbie 30/August/03
- Translation of George Braque - GPP 31/August/03
More fun than a barrel of monkey's - SpudBoy 29/August/03
- More fun than a barrel of monkey's - ESC 29/August/03
"Rear its ugly head"? - anne 29/August/03
- "Rear its ugly head"? - masakim 29/August/03
Again: "Called Million..." - sphinx 29/August/03
- Again: "Called Million..." - masakim 29/August/03
Everything happens for a reason? - Gvr4in 29/August/03
As of, as at, at - Mauricio Segura 29/August/03
Few phrases plz. - kathaab 28/August/03
- Few phrases plz. - Lewis 29/August/03
  - Few phrases plz. - kathaab 29/August/03
Burn baby burn - elp 27/August/03
- Burn baby burn - masakim 27/August/03
  - Magnificent Montague - ESC 27/August/03
Doom Pussy - Williams B. Gilmore 27/August/03
C. - sphinx 27/August/03
Crap shoot - rich lyon 26/August/03
- Crap shoot - EAH 26/August/03
  - Crap shoot - Bob 26/August/03
Origin of Saying - Gil Thomas 25/August/03
- Origin of Saying - EAH 26/August/03
Today's Phrases. - kathaab 25/August/03
- Today's replies - Henry 26/August/03
The pitter patter of little feet - Gambrill 25/August/03
- The pitter patter of little feet - masakim 25/August/03
  - The pitter-patter of tiny feet - Henry 26/August/03
Ain't my milky way. - Richard 25/August/03
- Ain't my milky way. - EAH 26/August/03
  - Ain't my milky way. - ESC 26/August/03
The sins of the fathers shall be visited upon the sons - Soulsellerman 24/August/03
- Sins of the fathers - ESC 24/August/03
- The sins of the fathers shall be visited upon the sons - Henry 24/August/03
  - The sins of the fathers - ESC 24/August/03
Which poem? - Gordon Williams 24/August/03
- Live large - Henry 24/August/03
  - Live large - Gordon Williams 24/August/03
Learning recipes? - sphinx 24/August/03
Run/Go like the Clappers - Gail Hogben 24/August/03
Find out what the dog is all about - is it an idiom - Oleg 23/August/03
- Find out what the dog is all about - is it an idiom - EAH 26/August/03
  - In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida - George Refsum 28/August/03
A phrase in Hay Fever by Noel Coward - kate Newby 22/August/03
You are so full of it - zandera 22/August/03
Dead in the water - GPP 22/August/03
- Search facility acting up - GPP 22/August/03
  - Search facility acting up - Gary 22/August/03
Little or a little - tak 22/August/03
- Little or a little - GPP 22/August/03
  - Little or a little - GPP 22/August/03
- Little or a little - Anwar 22/August/03
Tea's Up - Lotg 22/August/03
- Tea's Up - Bob 22/August/03
  - Tea's Up - James Briggs 22/August/03
...motion of the ocean. - twells 22/August/03
- ...motion of the ocean. - EAH 24/August/03
- ...motion of the ocean. - ESC 22/August/03
  - ...motion of the ocean. - Bruce Kahl 22/August/03
Today's Phrases. - kathaab 21/August/03
- Today's Phrases. - ESC 22/August/03
On a silver platter - Chris 21/August/03
- On a plate - Henry 21/August/03
  - On a silver platter - GPP 22/August/03
Creek don't rise - Todd Davis 21/August/03
- Creek don't rise - R. Berg 21/August/03
Sweet Knees - Gwen Glass 20/August/03
- Sweet Knees - James Briggs 21/August/03
You lie like a dog - sonia 20/August/03
- You lie like a dog - Bob 21/August/03
Pig in a blanket - Frank Shants 20/August/03
- Pig in a blanket - Brian from Shawnee 20/August/03
Go to Eleven - Brian from Shawnee 20/August/03
- Go to Eleven - ESC 20/August/03
  - Go to Eleven - Lewis 21/August/03
And/or -> verb (pl/sing)? - Anders 20/August/03
Fool - Martha W. 19/August/03
- Fool - ESC 19/August/03
"Kidding" - woody 19/August/03
- "Kidding" - James Briggs 19/August/03
  - "Kidding" - ESC 19/August/03
Blunt instrument - Matt Gillett 19/August/03
- I'm you huckleberry - Bill 30/August/03
  - I'm you huckleberry - Bill 30/August/03
- Blunt instrument - R. Berg 19/August/03
  - Get to the point - Henry 19/August/03
To Sleep Perchance To Dream - Brian Beazley 19/August/03
- To Sleep Perchance To Dream - GPP 20/August/03
  - To Sleep Perchance To Dream - Ed 31/August/03
"Navvy" (not sure about spelling) - Doris 19/August/03
- "Navvy" - R. Berg 19/August/03
  - Navigation - Henry 22/August/03
Don't keep a dog and bark yourself. - David Hitchin 18/August/03
- Don't keep a dog and bark yourself. - masakim 18/August/03
Blow smoke up your butt - jp 18/August/03
- Blow smoke up your butt - Bob 18/August/03
'everyone/everybody and his/their uncle' - GPP 18/August/03
- 'everyone/everybody and his/their uncle' - Gary 18/August/03
Be a crowd-puller - anka 17/August/03
- Be a crowd-puller? - ESC 17/August/03
  - End justifies the means - ESC 17/August/03
Wear my ring around your neck - Elvis song - Andy 17/August/03
- Wear my ring around your neck - R. Berg 17/August/03
  - Wear my ring around your neck - Lewis 18/August/03
We hardly knew ye - Andrew C 16/August/03
Trying to think of an English word meaning "double entendre" - GPP 16/August/03
- Trying to think of an English word meaning "double entendre" - Bob 16/August/03
  - Trying to think of an English word meaning "double entendre" - Bob 16/August/03
Thanks but no thanks - Bijo Alex Thomas 15/August/03
- Thanks but no thanks - masakim 15/August/03
Heavy metal - Michael Jahn 15/August/03
Everybody loves a lord - Ste 15/August/03
- Everybody loves a lord - Gary 15/August/03
  - Everybody loves a lord - masakim 15/August/03
"Speaks truth to power" - Charles 14/August/03
- "Speaks truth to power" - GPP 14/August/03
Good in parts - eric henderson 14/August/03
Lynching - ESC 13/August/03
New Phrases plz. - kathaab afandi 13/August/03
- New Phrases plz. - ESC 13/August/03
  - New Phrases plz. - GPP 14/August/03
Praise the child, and you make love to the mother - Ste 13/August/03
Sowing your wild oats? - Jeri 13/August/03
- Sowing your wild oats? - ESC 13/August/03
One Yank and... - Kana 12/August/03
- One Yank and... - R. Berg 13/August/03
  - One Yank and...they're off - Lewis 15/August/03
Today's Phrases. - kathaab afandi 12/August/03
- Today's Phrases. - ESC 12/August/03
  - Cash Phrases - Sharon 29/August/03
"Charmed, I'm sure" - Orbis 12/August/03
- "Charmed, I'm sure" - EAH 23/August/03
  - Graveyard shift. - vertigo 29/August/03
"On the carpet" and "call on carpet" - ASD 12/August/03
- "On the carpet" and "call on carpet" - ESC 12/August/03
"High-handed" - Willard 11/August/03
- "High-handed" - masakim 11/August/03
  - "High-handed" - ESC 11/August/03
To keep a clean sheet - Weems 11/August/03
- To keep a clean sheet - Lewis 11/August/03
  - To keep a clean sheet - ESC 11/August/03
Ring around the roses - richard 10/August/03
- Ring around the roses - Randy 12/August/03
- Ring around the roses - Polleneze 11/August/03
- Ring around the roses - ESC 11/August/03
  - Ring around the roses - Kate 14/August/03
Railroad - dburd48778 10/August/03
- Railroad - ESC 10/August/03
  - Railroad - Lewis 11/August/03
S.W.A.T. - AA 10/August/03
- S.W.A.T. - ESC 10/August/03
  - S.W.A.T. - shaneen 20/August/03
What does this quote mean ( Aristotle) - Sarah01EA 10/August/03
"Run out the string" - Ward A. Fredericks 09/August/03
- "Run out the string" - ESC 10/August/03
  - "Run out the string" is a baseball term - Bruce Kahl 10/August/03
Snob - ESC 09/August/03
Phrase/saying - deb 09/August/03
- "Not worth fighting for" - R. Berg 09/August/03
  - If it's not worth fighting for... - deb 11/August/03
What does "Pick a finger"mean? - Kashima 08/August/03
- What does "Pick a finger"mean? - Kit 09/August/03
  - What does "Pick a finger"mean? - Kashima 10/August/03
  - What does "Pick a finger"mean? - K 10/August/03
  - What does "Pick a finger"mean? - Kashima 10/August/03
- What does "Pick a finger"mean? - Shae 08/August/03
  - What does "Pick a finger"mean? - Kashima 09/August/03
- What does - Merrell Gilbert 08/August/03
  - What does - Kashima 09/August/03
Poets Day - Lewis 08/August/03
- Poets Day - Bruce Kahl 08/August/03
  - Poets Day - Lewis 14/August/03
Expectedly unexpected - Astrid 07/August/03
- Expectedly unexpected - Henry 07/August/03
Can anybody translate some this high-brow proverbs for me - max 07/August/03
I'll swan - Duke 07/August/03
- I'll swan - ESC 07/August/03
Jock Tamson's Bairns - Roy 07/August/03
To have the 'blues'; to be 'green with envy' - James Briggs 07/August/03
- The blues - ESC 07/August/03
How long is a piece of string? - Grim 06/August/03
- How long is a piece of string? - Ben 24/August/03
- How long is a piece of string? - Ben 24/August/03
- How long is a piece of string? - half double the distace between the two ends 10/August/03
- How long is a piece of string? - Pedant 07/August/03
  - How long is a piece of string? - Marty 12/August/03
Phrase meaning - Fabiola 06/August/03
- Phrase meaning - ESC 06/August/03
  - Phrase meaning - Lap of the Goddess 06/August/03
"Sat a gee" - Bob K 06/August/03
- "Sat a gee" - Bob 06/August/03
- "Sat a gee" - R. Berg 06/August/03
  - "Sat a gee" - John 11/August/03
A FINE LINE. - Marcus 06/August/03
- Walk a fine line - Henry 06/August/03
- Walk a fine line - Henry 06/August/03
Cold enough to freeze the balls off a brass monkey - Eduard von Fischer 05/August/03
Bread-and-circus show - S. 05/August/03
- Bread-and-circus show - Bookworm 05/August/03
  - Bread-and-circus show - ESC 05/August/03
Jumpin' Jehosaphats - Jeff Jank 05/August/03
- Jumpin' Jehosaphats - ESC 05/August/03
  - Thanks - Jeff Jank 06/August/03
Metrosexual - ESC 05/August/03
Jacob's joint - JTF 05/August/03
- Jacob's join - masakim 05/August/03
  - Sorry for my typo - masakim 05/August/03
- Jacob's joint. I always thought it was Jacob's joins, meaning to share, but now realise it should logically be 'joint' - Brenda Godfrey 05/August/03
  - Jacob's joint. I always thought it was Jacob's joins, meaning to share, but now realise it should logically be 'joint' - Brenda Godfrey 05/August/03
- Jacob's joint - Bob 05/August/03
  - Jacob's joy - Bookworm 05/August/03
Going to see a man about a dog - Patrick 05/August/03
Mine-run - S. 05/August/03
- Mine-run - Lewis 07/August/03
Geordie sayings - Ron Neesam 05/August/03
- Geordie sayings - Lewis 07/August/03
Most Rikki Tik - Bob Yeomans 04/August/03
- Most Rikki Tik - masakim 04/August/03
- Most Rikki Tik - Bob 04/August/03
  - Ricky-ticky - ESC 04/August/03
Origin and Meaning - Frank Callaway 04/August/03
- Origin and Meaning - Cameron 04/August/03
Singularly unique - Ilow Roque 01/August/03