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• Jukes and Callycats - Kevin Tracy
• Down to the short rows - sue
• Lil Abner Answer for ESC - Bruce Kahl
• Salad Days - Dave
• Message at bottom?? - ESC
• Coming Down the Pike or Pipe - Holly
• Jumping Jehosophat, Origin sought - Bob Seymour
• So Long - Bobby
• Baby needs a new pair of shoes - Hiroko
• Help me with this proverb - Geoff
• Interpet this sentence into a phrase - Holly
• Author?? "If you cannot improve the silence, don't speak" - Nate
• Right as rain - Nina Waite
• He loves me he loves me not - angela
• Hip, Hip, Hooray - Joyce Thatcher
• Origin of the expression " to be a Jonah" - Carrol Craft
• All Things William - ESC
• On your bike - wardan
• Phrase - stretch
• ... was dragged kicking and screaming into the twentieth century - Don Molloy
• Have defeinition - Need word - Dan McLean Jr
• SCUD, as in SCUD missile - James Briggs
• Speakeasy - Margy
• Dishmop - sue
• Origin of phrase - scooby-doo
• 'Dont try to teach your grandma to suck eggs!' - Rai
• Origin of "Okay" - Tony Morris
• Phrase meaning and origin - Julia
• Busier than a cranberry merchant - sue
• Phrase origin - rob harris
• Spit - Tomar
• Naked as a Jay Bird - Meg Gommel
• Spitting Feathers - Anne
• Nigger rig - d munchel
• Until the cows come home - Mary Jane
• Give him the golden handshake - Chester Helm
• It's a horse apiece. - Heidi
• Trivet - Maggie Hamberger
• Re: Cattywumpus - Bob DeLong
• Fair - Sabrina
• It's all Greek to me - Meyer
• She stoops to conquer ... origin/meaning? - Patty
• Same old, same old... - Matt Young
• RSVP - Camachi
• Cup of joe - chilipepper
• Banana - Tomar
• The Whole 9 Yards - genie
• Derivation, origination - Mike
• Kangaroo court. - NATHAN J.
• Best of times, Worst of times - Marianne
• Beside oneself - Ginny
• Cat got your tongue - Frankie
• The phrase Five by five - Rocky
• Get your goat - Janice
• WHEN PIGS FLY - bryan schuetz
• A Last Ditch Effort - William
• Maybe Shakespeare? - Mary
• Truth - Jade
• Dead reckoning - jeff waite
• COP - Mary
• Buffy the Vampire Slayer - Craig
• GOP - Mary
• Can anyone tell me the meaning of 'Not in my Baileywick'? - Ron
• "...whose alabaster cities gleam..." - --dave
• Rubbing my tummy and patting my head - Hiroko
• Don't Open if You May Be Offended! - Henry Huang
• As the actress said to the bishop - Heidi
• "On the Cuff" - Bruce Kahl
• German - Pete Rosenburg
• "This Neck Of The Woods" - Herb Heesch
• Origin of a phrase - Anita
• Funny Phrases for Proofs of Manhood?? - Patty
• My dear Watson - ahmet
• 'Daft as a Brush' - Barry
• Unlucky Thirteen - Barry
• 'Blood on the Moon' - Barry
• Joke Top Titles - Dragonscall
• "Amor fati" - liz bragg
• What is the origin of Geordie? - John M
• What does this mean? (Horse) - Tyler Cameron ( 3)
• Fly by Night - Frankie
• Guy/Girl Friday - Frankie
• I excused the dog once but he died - Trish
• Port of call - Patty
• Cup of joe -- where does it come from? - coffee lover
• "Happy as Larry" and "Cute as a Button" - Matt
• Meaning of word? - Kareim Kambisambabway
• "Through a glass darkly" - Bart Lovins
• "Turning in his grave" - Bart Lovins
• Living well is best revenge - Pamela
• What Paddy Shot At - Lois Hartnett
• Montezuma's Revenge - Demi North
• Throw under a bus - ESC
• Gift Horse - R W SCHNEIDER
• Down the garden path - Alex
• To kingdom come - deric
• Daisy Chain - Autumn
• Loves me loves me not - Autumn
• 100s of origins! - James Briggs
• "Snug as a bug in a rug" - Bud Pearce
• On Cloud nine? - ezra
• "Fair and Square" - Frankie
• The time has come the walrus said to talk of many things - April
• Cup of joe??? where does this phrase come from? - joey
• One Fell Swoop - Graham Bell
• Where does the Phrase "wired," come from? - Matt Osborne
• Carrot & Stick - Tom Gossett
• Queer Queen - Matt Carey
• Bugger's Muddle - Steve goldby
• English Sayings & Idioms - James Briggs
• Mexican Stand-off - Trevor Boulanger
• Meaning of phrase - Ed Vincent
• Home and hosed - Paul Guthrie
• To have kittens... - ESC
• "Between a rock and a hard place" - liz
• "Color me blue" - Geri
• Get Your Skates On! - Can anyone else confirm the rather rude origin of this phrase?! - Ade
• Cor Blimey - Richard Craig
• Stick to your guns. - Frankie
• Origin? Date of Origin? - Martin Ryanson
• Cooter brown - michal
• What does "rob the cratle mean" - ronnie
• There is more than one way to skin a cat - R. Amelio
• "Simple as pie" or "easy as pie" - Kacttus
• A labour of love - help me
• Not to be sneezed at - ESC
• Two bits - Roger Wise
• Christmas cards - ESC
• What does 'walk Spanish' mean? - Misty
• Three on a match - ESC
• Hear no evil... - ESC
• What's the origin? - Vincent Jackson
• Jump Street - Fred Hammon
• Hand over fist - Brian Barger
• Chief Seattle quote - ESC
• Oprah syndrome - ESC
• Fearless Leader - R Rose
• Kierkegaard or Kipling?? - JD
• Where did this come from? - Jude
• Losing your rag? - suzy
• Origin of "deus ex machina" - liz
• One Over The Eight - LM Ross
• "Dead bury the Dead" - Phil Floro
• Share & share alike - ESC
• Brainwashing - ESC
• I am trying to find the following... - Marcia ( 2)
• Après moi le Deluge - Barry
• Dry Run - Kerith McCoy