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• Keep it under your hat - Hilary 02/August/06
• "Captain Tripps" - Regina 02/August/06
• "Soft Mick" - Phil Nokes 01/August/06
• ... should never be seen - ALISON KERBOAS 01/August/06
  • ... should never be seen - Bob 01/August/06
• "Ranks right up there with..." - bert 01/August/06
• Traditional saying expressing a widely- accepted truth - ian conner 31/July/06
• Playing it cool - ESC 29/July/06
• Go to Grass and Chew Hay - karen 28/July/06
  • Go to Grass and Chew Hay - Smokey Stover 29/July/06
• "Caught with the pants down" - Frank Soto 28/July/06
  • "Caught with the pants down" - Smokey Stover 29/July/06
  • "Caught with the pants down" - Smokey Stover 29/July/06
• Pippin on a mountain - viv carlson 28/July/06
• If's and buts where apples and nuts........ - norman stewart 28/July/06
  • If if's and buts were candy and nuts........ - RRC 28/July/06
• Fare weathered friend - Colleen 27/July/06
• "Strine" slang Bible - ESC 27/July/06
• Cheaters never win - Tammy Lee 26/July/06
• Standing into shallow water - Randy Maas 26/July/06
• Smart as a Cookie - deborah 25/July/06
  • Smart as a Cookie - ESC 25/July/06
• Who let the dogs out - Isaac 25/July/06
  • Who let the dogs out - Smokey Stover 26/July/06
• Shake hands with the devil - ESC 24/July/06
• Eager beaver - Cynthia 24/July/06
  • Eager beaver - ESC 24/July/06
• To make a case - Mariya 23/July/06
  • To make a case - Smokey Stover 23/July/06
• I should coco - roger 23/July/06
• "That's the name of that tune!" - Acorn 22/July/06
  • "That's the name of that tune!" - ESC 22/July/06
• "To this end" - Gillian Thylander 20/July/06
• Put away - Meeran 20/July/06
  • Put away - David Lamb 22/July/06
  • Put away - Victoria S Dennis 20/July/06
• How hot is it? - ESC 19/July/06
• Phrases that use names - Christopher 19/July/06
  • phrases that use names - David Lamb 20/July/06
  • phrases that use names - ESC 19/July/06
• "Went missing" - Sean Fahey 18/July/06
  • "Went missing" - Smokey Stover 18/July/06
• The goose hung / hangs high - greg 18/July/06
• "All that's solid melts in air." - Nancy Wilson 18/July/06
  • The Communist Manifesto - RRC 18/July/06
• Sweet dick all - Jinny 17/July/06
  • Sweet dick all - Bob 17/July/06
    • Jack all - RRC 17/July/06
• Lay the ghost to rest - PompeyPwn 16/July/06
  • Lay the ghost to rest - ESC 16/July/06
• "Skin of color" - E G 15/July/06
  • "Skin of color" - ESC 15/July/06
    • "Skin of color" - Smokey Stover 16/July/06
• Step on up - Duniel 13/July/06
• Need an old priest and a young priest - Sathyaish Chakravarthy 12/July/06
• Stove up - Ron 11/July/06
  • Stove up - Smokey Stover 12/July/06
  • Stove up - Smokey Stover 12/July/06
• "Behind the eight ball" - jt 11/July/06
  • "behind the eight ball" - Smokey Stover 12/July/06
• "Is that your problem Bunky?" - George Walton 11/July/06
• "Mighty White of You" - Cynthia 11/July/06
  • "Mighty White of You" - Word Camel 11/July/06
• Bette Davis - ESC 10/July/06
  • Bette Davis - Bob 10/July/06
• "Ask No Questions And You'll Be Told No Lies" - Lotus 09/July/06
  • "Ask No Questions And You'll Be Told No Lies" - David FG 09/July/06
    • "Ask No Questions And You'll Be Told No Lies" - Victoria S Dennis 10/July/06
• "You're all wet" - Ward 08/July/06
• To boldly go - stuart miller 08/July/06
  • To boldly go - Bob 08/July/06
    • To boldly go - Smokey Stover 09/July/06
• I dont give a Kippers dick - Sheila Dodd 08/July/06
• Jobs a good'un? - taccy62 08/July/06
• Wow, what a ride! - ESC 07/July/06
• A ghost of a chance - Mio Parapar 07/July/06
• English equivalent to the French idiom 'saisir la balle au bond' - Patrick 07/July/06
  • English equivalent to the French idiom 'saisir la balle au bond' - Bob 07/July/06
  • English equivalent to the French idiom 'saisir la balle au bond' - Brian from Shawnee 07/July/06
• Spare the rod and spare the child - steve 07/July/06
  • Spare the rod and spoil the child - Lewis 07/July/06
• "Swinging the leg" - elaine watkins 06/July/06
• Go for broke - Valerie 06/July/06
• What a Brahma - Brian Green 05/July/06
  • What a Brahma - Victoria S Dennis 05/July/06
• 'You lot must take me for a mark'?? - Pat 05/July/06
• A 'so and so' - Raymond 04/July/06
  • a 'so and so' - R. Berg 05/July/06
    • a 'so and so' - Smokey Stover 05/July/06
    • a 'so and so' - Smokey Stover 05/July/06
• "I've been to the city and I've seen the elephant." - David 04/July/06
  • "I've been to the city and I've seen the elephant." - ESC 04/July/06
  • "I've been to the city and I've seen the elephant." - Bob 04/July/06
• "By The Book" - Anneke 03/July/06
  • "By The Book" - ESC 03/July/06
• "My foot"? - Larry 03/July/06
• "Bite the Bullet" - Michael S Southworth 02/July/06
  • "Bite the Bullet" - David FG 02/July/06
  • "Bite the Bullet" - Smokey Stover 02/July/06
• Needle in a haystack - KP 02/July/06
  • Needle in a haystack - ESC 02/July/06
• "Man dies in mishap" - Jonathan 30/June/06
  • "Man dies in mishap" - Smokey Stover 30/June/06
• Good Gawd Nighlanders! - Chris 30/June/06
• "I Have A Rat In My Cupboard" - Benny Ben 30/June/06
• Life saver - SteveR 29/June/06
• 'If you wnay something doing, ask a busy man' - John 29/June/06
• When a Evangelist, say someone is working against you - Patricia 28/June/06
• GET OUT OF MY HAIR - suzan 27/June/06
• Phone it in - Kashima 25/June/06
• RAIN CHECK - quinto 24/June/06
  • RAIN CHECK - ESC 24/June/06
    • RAIN CHECK - David FG 25/June/06
• Long pole in the tent - ESC 24/June/06
  • Long pole in the tent - Smokey Stover 24/June/06
• Less chat more hat? - elipla 24/June/06
  • Less chat more hat? - ESC 24/June/06
    • Less chat more hat? - pamela 24/June/06
• Rise above the fray - Jilian 23/June/06
• "There wasn't wool enough in the basket to knit socks for those feet" - Neel Rocco 23/June/06
  • "There wasn't wool enough in the basket to knit socks for those feet" - pamela 23/June/06
• "Can't fool the fool" - Jonathan 22/June/06
  • You can't kid a kidder - Lewis 23/June/06
• Lightning in a bottle - r 22/June/06
• Running for the hills - Lora 22/June/06
• Uppity women - Lauri B 21/June/06
  • Uppity women - ESC 22/June/06
    • Uppity women - ESC 22/June/06
• Soup in a basket - Joss 21/June/06
• Flibber-de-Gibbet - Pappy Atoms 21/June/06
• : "...polish the cannon balls." - mhunting 21/June/06
  • : "...polish the cannon balls." - David FG 21/June/06
• 'life is the art of drawing sufficient conclusions from insufficient premises' - jim 21/June/06
• Fever pitch - MaryKate 21/June/06
• "A cock up", "balls up" - JOHN LAVERS 18/June/06
  • "A cock up", "balls up" - Bob 18/June/06
• Dogs Bollocks - Don X, aka Andy Lightshow 17/June/06
• Painting somebody into corner - Mark 16/June/06
  • Painting somebody into corner - David FG 16/June/06
    • Painting somebody into corner - ESC 16/June/06

• No-holds-barred
• "Italian torpedo"
• 'make after'
• Up the pole
• Knock his breath out of him
• "I'm just saying.."
• Stitched up like a kipper
• "Red eye flight"
• "woman of substance"
• No answer came the stern reply
• Just for kicks
• Come in # 5
• Safety First
• A bit nippy
• Take a pee
• "Pick Up The Pace"