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- Help - p-u-k 13/October/03
( 2)
- The Lady of Shallot - Priya 13/October/03
( 1)
- Brits: have a balti and a beer ? - pdianek
13/October/03 ( 2)
- Meanings - Priya 13/October/03
( 1)
- Meanings - Priya 13/October/03
( 2)
- Latin for Church - Dan 12/October/03
( 1)
- AN IDLE MIND - MICHAEL W. ROACH 12/October/03
( 2)
- Childhood Phrase: None of your B I Business
- Maureen 12/October/03 ( 2)
- The term "steamer trunk". - karl
12/October/03 ( 1)
- THE SEVEN YEAR ITCH - GERALD GOMMERMAN
12/October/03 ( 2)
- "Pee like a Russian race horse..."
- Chris 11/October/03 ( 5)
- Wuthering Heights - sphinx 11/October/03
( 1)
- Damage and harm - sphinx 11/October/03
( 1)
- Carpet-bagger - michel 11/October/03
( 2)
- Pork-barrel politics - michel 11/October/03
( 1)
- Shepherds pie/cottage pie - Lap of the
Goddess 10/October/03 ( 2)
- Land Lubber - Jolly Roger 10/October/03
( 3)
- Get with the Program! - Brian from Shawnee
10/October/03 ( 1)
- Shake a leg - Lotg 10/October/03
( 1)
- H__ is the best s___ - Sridhar Raghavan
10/October/03 ( 1)
- Need a derivative for word!! - Stephen
10/October/03 ( 5)
- Gee Willikers - sharlie 10/October/03
( 4)
- Jump the gun - michel 09/October/03
( 4)
- O'clock SHARP! - Greykell 09/October/03
( 2)
- Footering - Sue Lambert 09/October/03
( 2)
- To iron someone's back - hecan 09/October/03
( 4)
- Help - pamela maroney 09/October/03
( 1)
- Offer a Spanish Coin - Priya 09/October/03
( 13)
- Dont take any wooden nickels - Sax
09/October/03 ( 3)
- Heavy metal - Doug 08/October/03
( 4)
- Bupkis - Ryan 08/October/03
( 1)
- About 'Shape of My Heart' - sphinx
08/October/03 ( 2)
- Why 1969 - sphinx 08/October/03
( 5)
- Larger-than-life - ilia 08/October/03
( 1)
- Mumbo Jumbo - James 07/October/03
( 2)
- Hue and cry - guy andrews 07/October/03
( 1)
- Smoke & a pancake - Macie 07/October/03
( 0)
- WHAT DO A PENNY WISE AND POUND FOOLISH -
troy hutcherson 07/October/03 ( 3)
- Sent to Coventry - chris 07/October/03
( 2)
- On-the-ground - puk 07/October/03
( 1)
- Catch 22 - David Kline 07/October/03
( 9)
- Down in the dumps - Sax 06/October/03
( 1)
- Taking the high road - puke politics - ESC
06/October/03 ( 0)
- "Tale of hte Tape" - Gary
06/October/03 ( 2)
- Burning the trails - Swam 06/October/03
( 2)
- Out of sorts - S. Ryan 06/October/03
( 1)
- Irish expression: tolloll - hecan
06/October/03 ( 2)
- Irish expression: tolloll - hecan
06/October/03 ( 0)
- Among other things - sphinx 06/October/03
( 3)
- To Pull Ones Leg - braglor 06/October/03
( 2)
- English - bluegene 06/October/03
( 4)
- Set around - milena 05/October/03
( 7)
- Fine tooth comb - Sax 05/October/03
( 2)
- The way to a man's heart is through his stomach
- Cybernest 05/October/03 ( 1)
- Meaning of a couple of short phrases - hector
cane 05/October/03 ( 1)
- "A cloak and dagger affair" - Dave
05/October/03 ( 1)
- A sign of insanity is to keep doing the same thing
and expect a different outcome - Jose 05/October/03 ( 1)
- We need help with abbreviations of proverbs
- Sarah 04/October/03 ( 17)
- Shakeshpere - Andrea 04/October/03
( 2)
- I got Cash, lyrics - HCD 04/October/03
( 1)
- Bottom out - Lotg 04/October/03
( 3)
- "With capital o" - EC 04/October/03
( 4)
- Meaning & origin - Bill Anderson
04/October/03 ( 3)
- Ducky - R. Berg 04/October/03
( 2)
- Hornswoggled - Stitch Jones 04/October/03
( 1)
- Internation Cloud Atlas - molly 03/October/03
( 1)
- "Close proximity" - janes_kid
03/October/03 ( 9)
- Murphy's Law - ESC 03/October/03
( 0)
- Get a wriggle on - Lotg
03/October/03 ( 3)
- Sit in coalmine - ozzie 03/October/03
( 4)
- Get a Grip - Lotg 02/October/03
( 2)
- Put him in his place - Lotg
02/October/03 ( 0)
- Beauty is in the eye of the beholder - Sax
02/October/03 ( 1)
- Idiom - Karine 02/October/03
( 1)
- Beauty and the beast - Lydia 01/October/03
( 1)
- Spin the drum - john endicott 01/October/03
( 3)
- Help ! "Beaumont's Angels "are tearing
out their hair over the pronounciation of adjectives finishing with "-ed"...
- Cath 01/October/03 ( 9)
- New month - Rachel 01/October/03
( 2)
- Rabbits, rabbits, rabbits - Roger Clark
01/October/03 ( 2)
- See you in the funny papers - Tim
01/October/03 ( 4)
- Cat got your tongue? - Karin 01/October/03
( 2)
- Kill two birds with one stone - Karin
01/October/03 ( 2)
- Out on a limb - Sax 01/October/03
( 1)
- British vs N American English. Words with different
meanings - James Briggs 30/September/03 ( 3)
- High on (or off??) the hog - Sax 30/September/03
( 1)
- Phrase: Go to town and eat peaches - John
30/September/03 ( 5)
- Smart as a Whip - Cathy 29/September/03
( 2)
- On the Lamb - David Hartle 29/September/03
( 2)
- Chop-a-nose day?? - ESC 29/September/03
( 2)
- Novation novated (meaning or Spanish translation)
- Mauricio Segura 29/September/03 ( 2)
- Help! Dictionaryless & Parapetetic - Lap
of the Goddess 29/September/03 ( 9)
- Hasting's temper - guy andrews 29/September/03
( 2)
- Harry's hind leg. - Charles 29/September/03
( 2)
- Lowest denominator - ilia 29/September/03
( 1)
- Kiosk - denbouy 29/September/03
( 1)
- In your face culture - Ilia 29/September/03
( 1)
- FIRE VS FUEL - Ajith 29/September/03
( 1)
- Beatles and speech - sphinx 29/September/03
( 3)
- Origin of a phrase - Erica 29/September/03
( 1)
- In the world's business? - Daniel 29/September/03
( 1)
- Origin of a phrase - michael 28/September/03
( 1)
- Mickey Mouse - Graham langford 28/September/03
( 3)
- Make Both Ends Meet (Meat) - TheWind
28/September/03 ( 2)
- Pop Quiz - Mark 28/September/03
( 1)
- Hard Yards - Lotg 28/September/03
( 1)
- Sphinx - cat and fair 28/September/03
( 1)
- Going to see a man about a horse - m foster
28/September/03 ( 3)
- Floor? Story? - Cheryl 27/September/03
( 3)
- Dimes to doughnuts - Steve 27/September/03
( 3)
- Fred Carno - steve heppell 27/September/03
( 1)
- Rooting for your team - Lotg
26/September/03 ( 2)
- Were he around today - Lotg
26/September/03 ( 1)
- Beg to differ - Lotg
26/September/03 ( 4)
- He who lives in a glass house shouldn't throw
stones: meaning? - aberration 26/September/03 ( 1)
- Shennanigans - Patrick 26/September/03
( 2)
- White on rice - Shirley 26/September/03
( 1)
- Interesting language - S. Ryan 26/September/03
( 5)
- " on the lam " - Woody 26/September/03
( 1)
- Churchill - Dave 26/September/03
( 3)
- Origin of - joelenne 26/September/03
( 2)
- Phrase origin - Susan 26/September/03
( 1)
- Rise and Shine - Sara 26/September/03
( 2)
- Saying - betty 25/September/03
( 1)
- On The Wagon - steve Blackband 25/September/03
( 1)
- Sorry Charlie Ross - Lisa 25/September/03
( 1)
- Hillbillies, Hillbilly - E 25/September/03
( 6)
- Flame wars, brinking & other terms - ESC
25/September/03 ( 0)
- Phrases - Sachin Kondilkar 25/September/03
( 1)
- Schmuck (or shmuck) - Stitch Jones
25/September/03 ( 6)
- "The devil is in the details" -
Will Hunn 25/September/03 ( 2)
- When and how did it start - Cheryl
24/September/03 ( 1)
- Parts Of Speech? - TheFallen 24/September/03
( 4)
- I'd like my job (meaning of) - hector cane
24/September/03 ( 5)
- Stark in the sun - sentence dillema - ilia
24/September/03 ( 3)
- "Get the hang of it" - Dan
24/September/03 ( 2)
- Singular "their" and "they" revisited - Word Camel 24/September/03 ( 5)
- Fly by the seat of your pants - Sax
24/September/03 ( 2)
- Meaning of churn - Ilia 24/September/03
( 2)
- What does this phrase actually mean - Priya
24/September/03 ( 4)
- Whatever floats your boat - Rebekah
24/September/03 ( 0)
- Meaning - Priya 24/September/03
( 5)
- Re: Meaning - bob@killianadvertising.com
24/September/03 ( 4)
- Feel your oats - Sax 24/September/03
( 4)
- Maxims - Alden Lillard 23/September/03
( 2)
- House and Hamlet - Giampaolo Canzonieri
23/September/03 ( 2)
- Go swing your hook - janes_kid 23/September/03
( 1)
- Meaning of phrase: Two strings to her bow
- HECTOR CANE 23/September/03 ( 2)
- Bright-eyed and bushy-tailed - Smokey Stover
23/September/03 ( 7)
- "Word" - jao 23/September/03
( 1)
- Nursery rhyme - becki 23/September/03
( 2)
- "Easy money, easy job" - AGD
23/September/03 ( 0)
- May as well be hanged for a sheep as for a goat.
- Smokey Stover 23/September/03 ( 5)
- " I reckon " and " I'm fixin to
do it........." - Sandi 23/September/03 ( 2)
- Whats the meaning and useage of..... - Priya
23/September/03 ( 3)
- May as well be hanged for a sheep as for a goat.
- Smokey Stover 23/September/03 ( 3)
- Caught by the short and curlies - Smokey
Stover 23/September/03 ( 2)
- Phrase of which I'm unsure. - Smokey Stover
23/September/03 ( 0)
- On a farm or in a farm? - JGL 23/September/03
( 1)
- Calculating and Calculative - EE 23/September/03
( 0)
- Please - dubey 23/September/03
( 0)
- What does this mean: - Skylar 22/September/03
( 2)
- 2 phrases - john chianese 22/September/03
( 3)
- All in one mash crumbies - Rike Wootten
22/September/03 ( 2)
- Creative exclamations needed - ESC
22/September/03 ( 3)
- THE PIPER - Dave 22/September/03
( 1)
- Lower the boom - PMR 22/September/03
( 4)
- Strapped for cash. Run a tab - James Briggs
22/September/03 ( 2)
- Order? - sphinz 21/September/03
( 5)
- One night stand - sphinx 21/September/03
( 5)
- Please help - mrinal 21/September/03
( 3)
- Please - raja 21/September/03
( 1)
- Inscripturated? - Shae 19/September/03
( 2)
- Taking the mick/michael/mickey - irish
rebel 19/September/03 ( 3)
- Que' Pasa - Dan 19/September/03
( 1)
- Question about "Red Dwarf" - ESC
19/September/03 ( 5)
- Something Nice saying - Poodle 19/September/03
( 1)
- I'll bet you 23/80 - David 19/September/03
( 1)
- Balls to the Wall - Art SC USA 18/September/03
( 3)
- Country music song title - ESC 18/September/03
( 4)
- Jimmy the lock - Lotg
18/September/03 ( 5)
- All that glitters is not gold - JC
18/September/03 ( 4)
- Man of reasons.. - sam 18/September/03
( 1)
- Come in small packages? - sphinx 18/September/03
( 2)
- Twister - mrinal 18/September/03
( 7)
- Backseat driver - Sax 18/September/03
( 1)
- "Neck" phrase - laura 17/September/03
( 1)
- The one-eyed king - EE 17/September/03
( 3)
- Searching for phrases in the King James Bible
- janes_kid 17/September/03 ( 1)
- Penny for your thoughts - Wolfy 17/September/03
( 1)
- You spell Corea, I spell Korea - ESC
17/September/03 ( 0)
- Relations and Relationships - AA 17/September/03
( 1)
- Mind your P's and Q's - Diana 17/September/03
( 4)
- God & the devil - joan 16/September/03
( 2)
- "In a Jiffy" - woody 16/September/03
( 3)
- "Dosser' - Woody 16/September/03
( 8)
- Frankenstein and Igor - Sasha 16/September/03
( 1)
- Place to smoke - ESC 16/September/03
( 0)
- The ral McCoy/McKay - James Briggs
16/September/03 ( 1)
- Tall poppies - Kelly Alexander 16/September/03
( 1)
- Shrug one's shoulders - sphinx 16/September/03
( 5)
- A bird in the hand is worth two birds in a bush
- Saxon Londagin 16/September/03 ( 2)
- Porching - ESC 15/September/03
( 0)
- ?? WATCHING BIRDS FLY AT 3/4 TIME - Montesa
15/September/03 ( 3)
- Egg someone on - Sax 15/September/03
( 2)
- Real-time - ESC 15/September/03
( 1)
- Word of the Day: synecdoche - ESC 15/September/03
( 2)
- Nonsense - Sasha 15/September/03
( 3)
- We may be through with the past... - Laurie
14/September/03 ( 8)
- Home James - Sunshine Inn Senior Center
14/September/03 ( 2)
- Of light - Sasha 14/September/03
( 3)
- Again: cut and apple - sphinx 14/September/03
( 4)
- Dunny - Lotg 14/September/03
( 2)
- Who said it, or sang it? - Cindy 14/September/03
( 2)
- Help, Britons! -- butties - pdianek
14/September/03 ( 2)
- Another mule kickin' in your stall - Anders
13/September/03 ( 4)
- Numb - Sasha 13/September/03
( 2)
- Accident of nature - Sasha 13/September/03
( 1)
- Gott- dam - george 13/September/03
( 1)
- But the corsair had the last laugh - Anwar
13/September/03 ( 1)
- Vetted? - Bruce Kahl 12/September/03
( 4)
- Chicago that toddling town - Santo
12/September/03 ( 5)
- The man in black - S. Ryan 12/September/03
( 3)
- The bog - Word Camel 12/September/03
( 6)
- Vorsprung durch Technik - Martin aus Chemnitz
12/September/03 ( 2)
- Candy is dandy but liquor is quicker. - Beth
11/September/03 ( 3)
- Stinking rose - ed 11/September/03
( 1)
- 23 skidoo -- seven theories - ESC 11/September/03
( 0)
- "Googoo Eyes" vs "Google Eyes"
- John Gochoco 11/September/03 ( 3)
- What's your experience on the racial relationships
in America? - AA 11/September/03 ( 3)
- Again: cut - sphinx 11/September/03
( 1)
- "Could... but" structure and more
- sphinx 11/September/03 ( 3)
- Is "cop" an acronym for "constable
on patrol" - GREG McCLURE 11/September/03 ( 2)
- Re: Cop - ESC 11/September/03
( 1)
- To Cop - Lewis 11/September/03
( 0)
- Talk Like a Pirate Day -- Sept. 19 - ESC
10/September/03 ( 3)
- Back in the Saddle - Janet 10/September/03
( 1)
- Rubber match - Lee Blanchard 10/September/03
( 5)
- The meaning of a phrase - Lorette Blogg
10/September/03 ( 3)
- What is the etymology of "keep your nose
clean"? - djones 10/September/03 ( 1)
- I have streets but no pavement. - Beth
10/September/03 ( 5)
- Bought the farm - loislane17 10/September/03
( 1)
- Monkey around - Beth 10/September/03
( 3)
- How to describe such kind of person - Beth
10/September/03 ( 3)
- Help on phrase - sam 10/September/03
( 8)
- Freaky Friday (movie) - sphinx 10/September/03
( 4)
- Phrases - sphinx 10/September/03
( 13)
- "An unexamined life is not worth living"
- Dave 10/September/03 ( 11)
- Loving grace/saving grace - Kartar
10/September/03 ( 1)
- Phrase meaning and origin - Dave 10/September/03
( 2)
- Can someone please complete this phrase for me
- Priya 10/September/03 ( 2)
- Penny wise and pound foolish - Sax
10/September/03 ( 3)
- Commonly misquoted - Greg 10/September/03
( 1)
- Fart - Rude Boy 22/September/03
( 0)
- Looking for a poem - SgtKeeling 09/September/03
( 1)
- Discretion is advised - Beth 09/September/03
( 1)
- To be studiously non-committal - Beth
09/September/03 ( 1)
- Like whoa - Sasha 09/September/03
( 3)
- Watch this space - Beth 09/September/03
( 3)
- A cock stride - Susan Lambert 09/September/03
( 1)
- THE GREAT DIVIDE? - Nick 09/September/03
( 1)
- Two mystery phrases... - Tim Dean 09/September/03
( 2)
- Six Ways To Sunday? - Tod 09/September/03
( 5)
- Ants in your pants - Saxon 09/September/03
( 3)
- One Stop Shopping - Lecky 09/September/03
( 1)
- Born With Nothing, Die with everything - Tamio
08/September/03 ( 0)
- Phrase meaning - Hrushikesh Kulkarni
08/September/03 ( 2)
- How dry I am. - Ryan A 08/September/03
( 4)
- Seven Year Itch - Ameen Nawab 08/September/03
( 1)
- Benjamin who? - Katherine 08/September/03
( 1)
- Astor's pet horse - Maureen L Mathieu
08/September/03 ( 4)
- "High and dry" - S. Ryan
08/September/03 ( 1)
- Hello! I need help! - Ste 08/September/03
( 1)
- Arrive in style - Beth 08/September/03
( 1)
- The word "troll" - GPP 08/September/03
( 2)
- Troll - Lewis 08/September/03
( 1)
- Pearls of wisdom and a poke in the eye with a
sharp stick - Adrian Reuben 08/September/03 ( 1)
- Cat Got your Tongue? - nikita 08/September/03
( 5)
- Duck and weave - Beth 08/September/03
( 1)
- Strung Up - Pat 07/September/03
( 2)
- Mud in your eye - James Briggs 07/September/03
( 1)
- "Red herring" - Mary Ellen Reilly
07/September/03 ( 1)
- Any recommendations? - sphinx 07/September/03
( 2)
- Some phrases - sphinx 07/September/03
( 4)
- About an interview - sphinx 07/September/03
( 2)
- "Bull shit"...where does it come from?
- Dreama 06/September/03 ( 2)
- Wisdom devil other langs - rafa lesp
06/September/03 ( 3)
- About hamburger - sphinx 06/September/03
( 2)
- FATSO - glen 06/September/03
( 1)
- Does anyone know ? - Narain 06/September/03
( 2)
- Phrase - karyn bush 06/September/03
( 2)
- Nickels - Ron 05/September/03
( 2)
- Half fast OR Half assed?????? - Rob Robertson
05/September/03 ( 4)
- Does anyone know...? - rani 05/September/03
( 5)
- Call your bluff - Saxon 05/September/03
( 3)
- Need one word - Riyer 05/September/03
( 5)
- Lies, Lies and more Lies - Fred Ward
04/September/03 ( 9)
- Where does it come from? - Annastacia Goodlad
04/September/03 ( 1)
- Mindless toe rags - ESC 04/September/03
( 7)
- Scrotes! - Lewis 05/September/03
( 6)
- Tuareg - Brian from Shawnee 05/September/03
( 5)
- Step and fetch it (or stepn-fetchit?) - Beth
04/September/03 ( 1)
- WHat is "to be had"? - Vo Huong
Quynh 04/September/03 ( 4)
- Phrase "up the river" or "sent up
the river" - Craig McClelland 04/September/03 ( 2)
- Beat the rush - Bill 03/September/03
( 2)
- More "hell's half acre" - ESC
03/September/03 ( 0)
- Re-two-tone corespondents - Simon Hooker
03/September/03 ( 2)
- Nothing (in) particular - taked 03/September/03
( 3)
- Partner Management system - Miri Barak
03/September/03 ( 9)
- Phrase: chicken in a basket - athos
03/September/03 ( 8)
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