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- What does Every Dog has its day mean? - guest 02/February/04
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- Hold the phone - rose 01/February/04
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- "Quoted as saying" - sphinx 01/February/04
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- A sarcastic joke - sphinx 01/February/04
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- Murphy O'Meyer ... that does it - Sabine 01/February/04
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- Wouldn't be dead for quids - Lotg 01/February/04
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- To pop one's clogs - Larry Baruch 31/January/04
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- "You bet your bippie" - Ward 31/January/04
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- Catch-A-Flyer-Up--Any Brooklynites Out There??? - Bruce Kahl 31/January/04
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- The Queen's "grey men"? - ESC 30/January/04
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- Hammers of Hell - SR 30/January/04
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- Biological changes over time - ESC 30/January/04
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- Toward the within - jean 30/January/04
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- Name of prose/poem/author - Martha George 30/January/04
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- Searching for song title - ESC 29/January/04
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- Cheese Bus - Brian from Shawnee 29/January/04
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- Red Sea experience - ESC 29/January/04
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- Apples and oranges... - Niki 29/January/04
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- I need the words to this act please help - Missy 29/January/04
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- "Tide me over" - john 28/January/04
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- Ears were burning - Lotg 28/January/04
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- To peter - Marcel 28/January/04
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- 'take a gander' - WordCrafter 28/January/04
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- Jump off the deep end - Sax 28/January/04
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- Site gone walkabout - Gary 28/January/04
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- Are these new terms? - ESC 28/January/04
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- I kid you not - ESC 28/January/04
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- Idiom - HCD 27/January/04
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- OED up-dates some citations - James Briggs 27/January/04
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- Citations - Lewis from the Old World 30/January/04
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- ????????? - sam 27/January/04
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- Hanging swamp - Lotg 26/January/04
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- Phrases - C. Knabel 26/January/04
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- Pithy on a rock bun - Debby Crossley 26/January/04
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- Meaning of phrase - Anita 26/January/04
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- Another reading article (questions are inserted in brackets) - sphinx 26/January/04
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- Qs - sphinx 26/January/04
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- Re: Qs - Lewis 26/January/04
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- Re: Qs - Smokey Stover 27/January/04
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- Re: Qs - Lewis 30/January/04
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- Schneid? - ESC 26/January/04
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- To spring - Shkval 25/January/04
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- ...crushing round house... - Mario 25/January/04
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- Haywire - Dave Jacobs 25/January/04
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- First usage of 2 phrases - James B. Andrews 24/January/04
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- Hidden inuendo - Marty Puetz 24/January/04
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- "So Many Women -- So Little Time!" - SkyGuy 24/January/04
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- When least expected - Jeanne Dowell 24/January/04
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- Not in the least - Jeanne Dowell 24/January/04
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- Wanker - Lotg 24/January/04
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- "Mi duck" - pdianek 24/January/04
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- Hand over fist - Catz 23/January/04
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- Two shakes of a lamb's tail - NealW 23/January/04
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- Origin of phrase - Jared 23/January/04
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- Leave No Child Behind - ESC 22/January/04
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- &mdash - Fred 22/January/04
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- Codswollop - Steve Downing 22/January/04
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- East wind blows no good! - SR 21/January/04
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- Phrase - steve 21/January/04
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- "She could charm pictures off the wall" - Shkval 21/January/04
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- Buckle Down - Sax 21/January/04
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- Phrases - Leaf 20/January/04
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- Origin of "passing the baton" - steven 20/January/04
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- Y.B. - Sax 20/January/04
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- Y.B? - Word Camel 21/January/04
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- A fetcher - ESC 20/January/04
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- Sackcloth and ashes - mary 20/January/04
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- Hotter than Dutch love. - Randy Ostrow 19/January/04
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- History is written by the victors. - R. Ostrow 19/January/04
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- Taylor made - ESC 19/January/04
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- Put to shame - James Fox 19/January/04
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- Urgent meaning of (off/on) trade sales - khalid alsaif 19/January/04
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- Up Sticks - James Briggs 19/January/04
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- Swings and round abouts - James Fox 19/January/04
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- The meaning of "po-faced"? - pdianek 19/January/04
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- Proverbs/sayings - nicky 18/January/04
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- Help me! - Amy Jones 18/January/04
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- Origin of the phrase "Killing me softly" - QueenieBelle 18/January/04
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- Meaning of 'She lost it at the Waldorf' - Devon 18/January/04
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- Fred Karno's Circus - Chris 18/January/04
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- Puns involving substitution of meaning - David 18/January/04
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- I need your help!!! - Jean Spetebroodt 17/January/04
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- Help needed in translating Old Possum's book... - jud-shva 17/January/04
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- He was born on third and thinks he hit a triple. - phil jones 17/January/04
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- Origin of God's Own Country - Ronaldo 16/January/04
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- Phrase History/meaning inquiry - George Partridge 16/January/04
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- "Props to____" - Kiwi 16/January/04
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- Keep up with the Jonses - Sax 16/January/04
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- Band of brothers, p2. - Shkval 16/January/04
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- Origination and exzact meaning - HEATHER 16/January/04
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- Hold a candle - Alexander Clement 16/January/04
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- City mouse, country mouse - Dave Xnet 16/January/04
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- The power of the N-word - ESC 15/January/04
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- Eddas - Ruthi 15/January/04
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- Fat chances? - Joanne 15/January/04
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- The stopping of becoming is Nirvana! - Sam 15/January/04
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- Piss in your pocket??? - Claire Kelly 15/January/04
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- 'sitting on pins and needles' - Ward Fredericks 15/January/04
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- "See you on the ice!" - Paul Yarwood 14/January/04
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- To ooze for - Les Capirossi 14/January/04
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- Love and kisses - Ana Toto 14/January/04
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- Love and kisses - Ana Toto 14/January/04
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- 'Bog Standard' - Cliff 14/January/04
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- Phrase in local paper - nowino 14/January/04
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- Web site - TV Acres - ESC 14/January/04
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- Some curious uses of "the" - sphinx 14/January/04
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- Help! - Looking for word that describes "Bucket Brigade" in general terms - Doug Little 14/January/04
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- Starting with? - Joanne 14/January/04
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- Still on Rain Music - sphinx 14/January/04
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- For the time being - Lotg 14/January/04
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- Crying over spilled milk - Kim 14/January/04
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- Wall-to-wall - dedan kimathi 14/January/04
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- Question - Kelly Morrissey 14/January/04
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- Painless dentists - Jean-Luc 13/January/04
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- Up to my ass in alligators - WordCrafter 13/January/04
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- Deciphering sayings from initial letters - Keith Macgregor 13/January/04
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- Band of brothers - Shkval 13/January/04
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- Top vanilla - bnjtokyo 13/January/04
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- Thanks and Context: - Miri Barak 13/January/04
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- Pulling shit - Muhammad Imran 13/January/04
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- Give me the works - neelanchal express 13/January/04
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- Bite your toung - sax 13/January/04
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- A good traveler leaves no track - Sam 13/January/04
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- Times of stress - Devi Jankowicz 12/January/04
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- Take boards - Chris henao 12/January/04
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- Bones - viviana 12/January/04
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- Little Miss Goodie Two Shoes - Elizabeth 12/January/04
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- Why do we say this? - Alisha 12/January/04
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- "Life in the Fast Lane" - Phil 12/January/04
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- Some obscure abbreviations - Miri Barak 12/January/04
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- Help! - sphinx 12/January/04
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- Dante's Inferno - Smokey Stover 12/January/04
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- When you and your friend can't meet - katrinka 12/January/04
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- Weapons free - Laputan Xis 12/January/04
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- Purple - TomZé 12/January/04
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- A nervous titter - WordCrafter 11/January/04
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- Zone out - Orville Cavalcante 11/January/04
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- My bad. - monica 11/January/04
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- 'cutting the red tape' - Ward Fredericks 11/January/04
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- Unwired - alisbani 11/January/04
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- "Pair of underwear" - Brenda 11/January/04
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- For jubilation - monica 11/January/04
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- Scramble - alex 10/January/04
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- Well-summered - hakmoun 10/January/04
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- Teddy Roosevelt - Noga 10/January/04
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- Smokey Stover please... - sphinx 10/January/04
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- A stitch - Lotg 10/January/04
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- Saving face - Rachel 10/January/04
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- "Neck of the Woods" - fish 10/January/04
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- Muskrat up your butt - victor 10/January/04
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- Cut some slack - alisbani 10/January/04
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- MO - sharon 09/January/04
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- Indian Giver - Soren 09/January/04
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- Sometimes a cigar... - ESC 09/January/04
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- Cross the green - Noga 09/January/04
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- Car pool - Noga 09/January/04
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- "Well, that's rich, isn't it?" - MB 08/January/04
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- ' 2 buck Chuck' - Ward Fredericks 08/January/04
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- Believe you me! - CAH 08/January/04
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- Another joke - a guy with no sense of humor 08/January/04
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- What is MT in biblical context - Miri Barak 08/January/04
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- Sticky wicket - Lotg 08/January/04
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- "Good times" - cakes 08/January/04
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- Holy Mackerel--Where does it come from??? - barb 07/January/04
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- Roll Call - Kirk 07/January/04
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- Cocktail Table/Coffee Table - Brian from Shawnee 07/January/04
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- X luvs y 4 EVA. L.O.N.D.O.N. I.D.S.T. - Sarra 07/January/04
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- New phrase in our "open language" - Fred 07/January/04
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- Sliced Bread - Jonathan Kahan 07/January/04
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- Quiz Question - CannockBlue 07/January/04
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- "Does that ring a bell?" - Oros 07/January/04
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- 'artful dodger' - Ward Fredericks 06/January/04
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- An 1886 Grammar aid - James Briggs 06/January/04
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- Double Deed - itzhar 06/January/04
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- Inculcate the blowfish mentality - DAvid 06/January/04
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- Smart as paint - Amanda 05/January/04
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- N-word in the woodpile - ESC 05/January/04
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- "Up in Annie's room, behind the clock" - John Carter 05/January/04
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- Guardian of the guardian(s) of the gold - Russ Merredew 05/January/04
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- Again on rain music - sphinx 05/January/04
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- Clutching at straws - Amelia 05/January/04
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- Saying - SS 04/January/04
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- You are what you eat - Paul Salimans 04/January/04
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- Get on the floor. - digit_comm 04/January/04
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- One kindness is the price for another - llkkss 04/January/04
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- Get back in your box! - jason 04/January/04
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- Kiss of Death - Jim Heath 04/January/04
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- Expression: XYZ - nahum 03/January/04
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- "No more mister nice guy." - vincent martin 03/January/04
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- Mum's careless hands - sphinx 03/January/04
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- Grammar experts: "Should" as conjunction? - Rob F 02/January/04
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- Should - R. Berg 03/January/04
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- Idiom - HCD 02/January/04
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- See ROME (not Naples) and die - Ann 01/January/04
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- Gutted, gutted, gutted - pdianek 01/January/04
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- Cold enogh to freeze the balls on a brass monkey - john 01/January/04
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- More good luck stuff for New Year's - ESC 01/January/04
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- Lucky foods on New Year's Day - ESC 01/January/04
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- Gee whillikers - Pittsburgh Pat 01/January/04
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- "Born without tears" - Moores 01/January/04
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- "Therein lies the rub" - Mr. Bob 01/January/04
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- As popular as a Pork Pie in a Synagogue - Barney 31/December/03
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- "No good deed goes unpunished" - Buster 31/December/03
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- Rain Music - sphinx 31/December/03
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- "Like a Duck on a Junebug" - Ward Fredericks 31/December/03
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- Wasband - ESC 31/December/03
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- White on rice, again - Casey 30/December/03
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- Window dressing - Buster 30/December/03
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- Not worth a tinker's dam - Bill Oetinger 30/December/03
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- The Kokomo hum - ESC 29/December/03
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- Dude-ulosity - eXistenZ 29/December/03
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- To coin a phrase - ralph amden 29/December/03
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- Tennis, anyone? - Peter Weiss 29/December/03
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- Pop goes the weasel - Quitnus Farrell 29/December/03
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- Query - Judy Adamson 28/December/03
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- 'like kissing your sister' - Ward 28/December/03
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- "A Face like 50 miles of bad road" - WordCrafter 28/December/03
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- Re: - WordCrafter 28/December/03
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- Life would be a Dingadairy - Jeffrey 27/December/03
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- Please help! - Deanne 27/December/03
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- A reading comprehension - sphinx 27/December/03
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- Lord love a duck - Di 27/December/03
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- Re: Lord love a duck - James Briggs 27/December/03
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- Re: Lord love a duck - Is there andy particular dictionary of rhyming slang that I should use. I am new at this but have a lot of old phrases used in my life. 28/December/03
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- Caesars Wife and the driven snow - Ward Fredericks 26/December/03
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- "On a roll" and "the worm hath turned"...can anyone help with these two? - Jan 26/December/03
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- Top Ten Word Lists - ESC 26/December/03
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- Phrases - rick 26/December/03
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- Animal and Bird idioms - Caroline Praed 25/December/03
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- Emglish - farhan 25/December/03
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- Help! - sphinx 25/December/03
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- When things go pear-shaped - ded 24/December/03
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- A missing proverb - Stuart Taylor 24/December/03
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- 'Twas the Night Before Christmas - Word Camel 24/December/03
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- High Horse - Frank 24/December/03
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- Ham on Po-Boy dressed - Cheryl 24/December/03
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- Parkway - §kipper 23/December/03
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- "You must have put your toe (or foot) in it - Steven King 23/December/03
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- TAKE THE BULL BY THE HORNS - Sheila 23/December/03
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- Origin of Saying - Sheila 23/December/03
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- The First Noel lyric question... - Word Camel 23/December/03
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- Once more on corporate-speak - Word Camel 23/December/03
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- Seller of sea monkeys is dead - ESC 22/December/03
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- "That old chestnut" - Jamie 22/December/03
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- Phrase origin - Nigel Hughes 22/December/03
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- Bought the covenant - Nev 22/December/03
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- Dividing brownies - Fred 21/December/03
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- All the way round Will's mother's - Richard Telfer 21/December/03
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- The cut from "His Girl friday" - Shkval 21/December/03
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- Lick into shape ... error? - Chris Wilson 21/December/03
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- Flash in th pan - Ryan Gibb 20/December/03
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- Toc-h? - Brian from Shawnee 20/December/03
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- Pound sand, go pound sand - Susan 20/December/03
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- Life is cheap - C Cramer 20/December/03
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- "In and out like a paper kite" - JohnC 19/December/03
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- "Comfort Food" - Chef Boy R Dee 19/December/03
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- Fill the blank - Nitin Bhatt 19/December/03
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- Cold weather and feeling parki ! - col 19/December/03
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- Sixes and Sevens - B Lawley 19/December/03
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- Foaming at the mouth - Sax 19/December/03
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