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- Cockny
rhyming slang - tom 09/25/00
- Help
me!!!!!!!!! with these phrases - sam 09/25/00
- Those
who do not learn from history are doomed to repeat it. - Deanna 09/25/00
- Phrase
pay on the nail - Nick Mcall 09/24/00
- For
Pete's Sake - eimmik 09/24/00
- What
is the meaning of - Dean Richardson 09/24/00
- Bed
Bugs - Lori Leigh 09/22/00
- Different
Drummers... - Susan 09/22/00
- Phrases
for bungling - Patty 09/21/00
- Meaning
of what does 'YOU SMELL, I STINK' mean? - SMILEY 09/21/00
- With
bells on - heidijo 09/21/00
- "Jump
off the cliff" - Ben 09/21/00
- Rear
admiral - bob 09/20/00
- The Crust of humility - Hannah
09/20/00
- The
orgin of the word News? - Mike 09/19/00
- Need
origin of a phrase - Richard Kane 09/18/00
- Feet
of clay - Joel 09/18/00
- Try
to clear up a phrase - Michael 09/17/00
- Green
Cars - Btd 09/17/00
- Knick-knack
paddywhack? - Calla 09/16/00
- Meaning
/ Origin of 86'd - Leslie 09/15/00
- CREEKS
DONT RAISE - Jay 09/15/00
- Origin
of phrase - William D. Burstow 09/15/00
- Meaning
of Phrase - Smiley 09/14/00
- Double
Dutch - Ian Frame 09/14/00
- Pigs
might fly - Carolyn Ford 09/14/00
- My
bad - BGM 09/14/00
- Phrases
- robin jones 09/14/00
- In
his oil tot - JOHN 09/13/00
- OCTOTHORP
- Frankie 09/13/00
- Beyond
the shadow of a doubt - isaac 09/13/00
- Can't
see the wood for the trees - Tommy 09/12/00
- Put
your money where your mouth is - Laszlo Kovari 09/12/00
- So to speak? - Selida 09/11/00
- Coon Phrase
- --- 09/11/00
- Need
Help with 3 Phrases! - kris 09/09/00
- More's
the pity - Ted Lucas 09/08/00
- "Come hell or high water..."
- dan rashid 09/08/00
- Coined phrase - WooD 09/08/00
- Whistlin'
in a graveyard - Lawyerchk 09/07/00
- What
does the phrase "Running numbers" mean - Jason 09/07/00
- What
is the origin of the phrase "Red Light District"? - Dillon
09/07/00
- Origins
- Brian Jones 09/06/00
- Swinging
the lead - Alastair 09/06/00
- See
Naples and die - D.M. 09/05/00
- Its
all gone pear shaped - Martin Knight 09/05/00
- Movie
quote - Amanda Nicoll 09/05/00
- What
is the origin of the whole ball of wax? - Kristin Freed 09/05/00
- One small step for man, one
giant leap for mankind - wkw 09/04/00
- Thick
as thieves - Michael 09/04/00
- Little
pitchers have big ears - Cheryl 09/04/00
- Meaning
and origin of: - Dave Edwards 09/03/00
- Meaning/origin
- Marion 09/03/00
- Behind
the Curve - Jay McMann 09/03/00
- Monkey
See, Monkey Do - Chris B 09/02/00
- "Bless
You" when someone sneezes - Sarah 09/02/00
- Phrase
- C Payne 09/02/00
- CowTow
- LawyerChk 09/01/00
- Bow
and Scrape - LawyerChk 09/01/00
- Around
Robin Hood's barn - Patty 09/01/00
- SAY
CHEESE - JDR 09/01/00
- Fist
to cuff - Ginny Quinn 08/31/00
- Insurance/assurance??
- ESC 08/31/00
- As
American As Apple Pie - Tony 08/31/00
- Play
the race card - Tom Wharton 08/31/00
- All
good things must come to an end - Dwight Harvey 08/31/00
- To
hell In a hand basket...meaning??? - mare 08/30/00
- An
arm and a leg - Janice 08/30/00
- S'mores
- Casey 08/29/00
- Pillar
to post - GARY RYAN 08/29/00
- Re:Childhood
phrase - Angela 08/29/00
- Wreck
of the Hesperus - Sandra 08/28/00
- High
tail (ing) it - Strat-O-Bender 08/28/00
- Meaning
- Aurora Taylor 08/27/00
- Origin
of word - sid 08/27/00
- "Hide
nor hair" - Greg Pauls 08/27/00
- Origin
of BLUE CHIP? - fred cosgrove 08/26/00
- Have a say in - Aron Judkins
08/26/00
- "By
George" I haven't got it - Paul Fyfe 08/25/00
- Daft
as a brush (what does it mean) - Paul.Dodgson 08/25/00
- Origin of phrase - kim
08/25/00
- Money
on the barrel head - Richard Washington 08/25/00
- Sittin'
in the catbird's seat - Barry Jacobs 08/24/00
- Bunce
- John Joce 08/24/00
- Too
Clever By Half: Meaning? - Frank Apodaca 08/23/00
- A
symbol - Frankie 08/23/00
- Limey
- ESC 08/23/00
- Phrase
query?? - Lizz 08/23/00
- HIGH
SCHOOL WRITING - JUDI 08/23/00
- Origin
of Phrase - Susie 08/23/00
- Seeking
word origin - Ken Waller 08/22/00
- Phrases
for sluggish situations - Patty 08/22/00
- Red
headed step child. - Edward Potter 08/22/00
- Man
of the cloth - ARL 08/22/00
- Origin
of "Having a paddy" / "In a paddy"? - Stuart Cormie
08/21/00
- Stuff'em
/ Lead up the garden path. - Russ Hawkins 08/20/00
- Weassel
- Bill Wright 08/20/00
- Meaning
of three phrases - Georgios P. 08/19/00
- If
you cook too long with the pilot light.... - Georgios P. 08/19/00
- Purple
Prose? - Scott Marsden 08/18/00
- Dining
on ashes - Johan Norberg 08/18/00
- Gone
to pot - cwm 08/18/00
- Bring someone to their
knees - tony 08/18/00
- Cleanliness/godliness
- Marge 08/17/00
- "You
can't have your cake and eat it, too" - Nostromo 08/17/00
- Mexican Stand Off
- Serdar Rifat 08/17/00
- ....Pros
from Dover - Tom 08/17/00
- Phrase
meaning - sawcurma 08/17/00
- Find
phrase - Todd 08/17/00
- The
long arm of the law - SteveY 08/17/00
- Fall
through - Jess Klein 08/16/00
- Naval
expressions - janet agar 08/15/00
- Blinder - Louise Barnfield
08/15/00
- "May the devil
take the high note" - George 08/15/00
- Etimology
of "parting shot" - Sarah Capote 08/14/00
- Happy Go Lucky
- DL 08/14/00
- As
Keen as Mustard - Colin Bell 08/14/00
- Naval language
- Janet Agar 08/14/00
- Where
does "Put a sock in it!" come from - Chris 08/14/00
- Lock
step - Kelly 08/12/00
- You
bet your sweet bippy. - John Mather 08/11/00
- Let the games begin - Michael
Marshall 08/11/00
- Line from what poem?
- Bob Gehring, Cedar Rapids, IA, USA 08/11/00
- Origin
of 'Sent to Coventry' - Dec 08/11/00
- Who said "the unexamined
life is not worth living"? - matthew kocvara 08/11/00
- Letter
closing - Triscia 08/11/00
- His
Nibs - Shelly 08/10/00
- Screw
the pooch - Ian Hall 08/10/00
- Tit For Tat - Jack
08/10/00
- Too
clever by half - Frank 08/10/00
- An
Ethnic? joke - Bemused from Berkley 08/09/00
- 'Better
than a finger in your eye' - Stan Chlebda 08/09/00
- You're yanking my
chain - Mike 08/09/00
- Origin
of "How the Cow ate the cabbage" - D 08/09/00
- Meaning
of Phrase - Diane 08/09/00
- Punky's
dilemma - bb 08/08/00
- Slap
Happy - Rico 08/08/00
- Help!!!
- Biju 08/08/00
- Pork
chops and applesauce - kenda fourmy 08/08/00
- Rattle
His Chains - Tina 08/07/00
- Origins
of "suits you to a T" - Patty 08/07/00
- Origin of Different Strokes
for Different Folks? - Larry 08/07/00
- Scott Free still never addressed
- Dave Davis 08/07/00
- Trying
to decipher an e-mail - help! - SRB 08/06/00
- Bet
Your Bootie - or - Bet Your Sweet Little Bootie - or Bet Your Little Bootie
- Stacie 08/06/00
- Meaning
of phrases - Sue Bullock 08/06/00
- Smoregasboard
- Bill Lovelock 08/05/00
- Question
- Please help! - Nat 08/05/00
- **Colorful
Words*** - Vidhya 08/04/00
- US
Slang!! - Vidhya 08/04/00
- Cc:
- Btd 08/03/00
- What
a Corker! - James Briggs 08/03/00
- To
"get carded"?? - Patty 08/03/00
- "You are what you Eat"
- cassical 08/03/00
- Origin of phrase "blue
chip" - Fred Cosgrove 08/03/00
- Phrase
- Sandra 08/03/00
- Suck-egg
dog? - AmyC 08/02/00
- Origin
of phrase and meaning - Gene Knerr 08/02/00
- Bird
in the hand - Mehgen Delaney 08/02/00
- Brass mouth/ mouth of brass - Slanter
08/02/00
- Expression
"knock on wood" - DAVID CRAIG 08/02/00
- "Origin of phrase Roger, over and
out" - kAREN 08/02/00
- Sods
law - pat fitch 08/01/00
- Shoe
in - Graham 08/01/00
- Man
about a horse. - Zachary T. Lehman 07/31/00
- From
soup to nuts - Zachary T. Lehman 07/31/00
- "No
bones about it" - Brian 07/31/00
- Origin of nothing ventured nothing gained
- Rod 07/31/00
- Origin
- Jem 07/30/00
- Stinking
badges - Gary Martin 07/29/00
- I need puzzle help - Ali
07/28/00
- Slim
Chance and Fat Chance - Scott Marsden 07/28/00
- Snug
as a bug in a rug - Ted Wiecek 07/28/00
- Resident
of Alton - Mary 07/27/00
- Call
a spade a spade - Sam McMillan 07/27/00
- Tickle
your fancy - Dan 07/27/00
- French
letter - christophe 07/26/00
- Quotes
- Steven 07/26/00
- Sweet
Fanny Adams - Scott Marsden 07/25/00
- Origin
of "moonlight flit" - Marge Inglis 07/24/00
- Bad Moon Rising - Lois deragon
07/24/00
- Old
phrase - Kathleen Meighan 07/24/00
- Aunt
Sally ?! - kts 07/24/00
- Meaning of the phrase "How long
is a piece of string?" - patricia 07/24/00
- There
are none so blind... - Jack 07/23/00
- Cocktail
- bob 07/23/00
- Irish
twins & singletons - ESC 07/22/00
- Penny
- Vidhya 07/22/00
- Who are you. - Mary
07/21/00
- Meaning
of "toe head" - Rick Lemansky 07/21/00
- Quae
cun que - Becky 07/21/00
- 'all
systems go' - Claudia 07/21/00
- Red
sky at night....... - Peter 07/21/00
- Watch
your P's and Q's - Michael Berry 07/20/00
- Does
anyone about this phrase in English? - Roberto Chabat Green 07/20/00
- Holy Toledo
- Ashley Jakeway 07/20/00
- Wax
lyrical - K Hitchen 07/20/00
- Phrase
meaning - Halo 07/20/00
- You're a brick! - Maggi
07/20/00
- Monkey
talk - Vidhya 07/19/00
- Gift
Horse - Joan 07/18/00
- Fair
to middling - John Hayden 07/18/00
- Right
angle - larry passey 07/18/00
- Phrases
- Joe Frogge 07/17/00
- Song
and dance - Rahul Sharma 07/17/00
- Origins
of a phrase - Kay Moxley 07/17/00
- I
can't believe it! - Patty 07/17/00
- Origin
& meaning - Jack White 07/17/00
- Green
card - Betsy 07/16/00
- Culture
hero - daphna 07/15/00
- The
phrase "Coyote Ugly" - Matt Reece 07/15/00
- WILL ONLY COST
YOU A YANKEE DIME - JUDY BELL 07/15/00
- That
looks great, but who are the chefs? - Wordmadeflesh 07/14/00
- Goose
- robin 07/14/00
- Home
again, home again, jiggity jig - Trish 07/14/00
- Query:
weapons of mass destruction - Nina 07/13/00
- Rinky dink..anyone know what it means
and it's history? - Debs 07/13/00
- The
Smoking Lamp is Lit - jane austin 07/13/00
- KY
Jelly - BTT 07/13/00
- CUTE
AS A BUTTON - LOU K. 07/12/00
- "Smallest
room in my house" - Barry Jacobs 07/12/00
- Redneck - mark 07/12/00
- Someone
walked over my grave - Tara McAuliff 07/12/00
- Eat
it or wear it - Angoosh 07/12/00
- Indian
giver - angie engelhardt 07/11/00
- Clever
Clogs or Hows your father - laura 07/11/00
- Love
of Mike - Marcy 07/11/00
- Off
the top of my head - Cilla Wykes 07/11/00
- Naked
as a Jay Bird - Paula Jakab 07/11/00
- Money
for old rope - bob 07/09/00
- "Gone for a Burton"
- Steve Burnett 07/09/00
- Railroad terms - ESC
07/08/00
- Shiola? - Kevin
07/08/00
- Meaning
of two phrases - Georgios P. 07/08/00
- Pet peeves - Charles
07/08/00
- "Know
thyself" - Jason 07/08/00
- "In
a coon's age" - George Mason 07/07/00
- Orgin
of phrase? - Winn 07/07/00
- Put
a spanner in the works - Scott Marsden 07/07/00
- Additional
phrases - Nelly Vishnevky 07/07/00
- Double
cross - Brian Shea 07/07/00
- Chinese
restaurant shoulder - Barney 07/06/00
- Home Sweet Home - Shelly
07/06/00
- Origin
of "Wake up and Smell the Coffee" - Shelly 07/06/00
- Racked
with Pain - Brian Walden 07/06/00
- Test
the waters - Claire 07/06/00
- ORIGIN
OF THE PHRASE: DEVIL IS IN THE DETAILS - Joel Rojas 07/05/00
- "Bodice
ripper" ... type of story?? - Patty 07/05/00
- Origin
of "brand spanking new" - Charlotte 07/05/00
- Phrase
- Bev Glass 07/04/00
- It
would take a blind man to notice - Deborah Kirkman 07/03/00
- Sayings,
terms for - ESC 07/02/00
- To
do a mad dog - Véronique Gigot 07/02/00
- "Seeing
soneone" - Jami 07/01/00
- Standing
on the shoulders of giants - joel 07/01/00
- "The Hand
writting is on the wall" - Linda 07/01/00
- Phrases
- Joseph Frogge 06/30/00
- Hit
the Sack - Steve 06/30/00
- Correctly
phrased expression - Paula 06/30/00
- Swing
a cat - Paul 06/30/00
- Who
said this ?? - andy 06/30/00
- Origin/Meaning
of "Pour salt on my wound" - Loren Stacy 06/30/00
- Look,
Ma, no hands - Hiroko 06/29/00
- Jingoism
- Louise 06/29/00
- Pennies
- Darren G 06/29/00
- Bog
standard - Adrian Hawksley 06/28/00
- Gravy
train - Robert Handley 06/28/00
- People
who live in glass houses shouldn't throw stones. - Chris Berquist 06/28/00
- Myth - Patricia
C. Graef 06/28/00
- Myth:
George Washington and the Cherry Tree - Patricia C. Graef 06/28/00
- Wheeler-dealer
- Ann 06/27/00
- Staff of life - Betsy
06/27/00
- Dot-com
or dot.com - ESC 06/27/00
- Looking
for meaning of: - Kirsten Langbein 06/27/00
- Very
long word lists - SEAN COLSON 06/27/00
- Raveled sleave
of care - ESC 06/27/00
- Live,
laugh, love - tparker 06/27/00
- "Hucking"
phrases revisited - joel 06/26/00
- More than you can shake
a stick at - John Drennan 06/26/00
- Misheard
song lyrics - The Happy Wanderer 06/26/00
- Pitchers
Bullpen - Chuck Yoder 06/25/00
- In spades - Swan
06/25/00
- Olly,
olly oxen free - ESC 06/25/00
- That's
a crock. - Joseph Frogge 06/24/00
- Brass
Tacks - Gina Godbout 06/23/00
- Rubber
johnny - denzil thomas 06/23/00
- Bargain
at half the price - Ruth 06/23/00
- Isoquantic
shift - Bianca Cawthorne 06/23/00
- Derivation
of "What in the Sam Hill......" - Dave McCrabb 06/22/00
- Eeny
meeny miny mo - Barry Jacobs 06/21/00
- "It's
nothing to write home about" - Barry Jacobs 06/21/00
- "Loogies"
and "loogers" - Barry Jacobs 06/21/00
- Origin
of "lucky duck" - Iridesa 06/21/00
- As
naked as a jaybird - Richarell MacDonald 06/20/00
- Piffy on a rock - dave 06/20/00
- Tables
will turn - wordmadeflesh 06/20/00
- Call
a spade a spade - Sean 06/20/00
- "Egg
on your face" - amy 06/20/00
- Dead
to Rights - LawyerChk1 06/19/00
- Casting
- Daniel Cohen 06/19/00
- Common
all garden - James Game 06/19/00
- Feeling
at sixes and sevens - Don Sims 06/19/00
- Phrases
& meanings - Michelle Esquivel 06/18/00
- Help
Needed on phrase meaning - Gabriel 06/18/00
- Having a cow - lisa
06/17/00
- Valid
saying? - Vooijs Christiaan 06/17/00
- God
willing and the creek don't rise - Erwin 06/17/00
- Grab the brass ring - Deepak
Patney 06/16/00
- Mark
Twain's Use of "nigger in the woodpile" - Gabriela 06/16/00
- Pushed
from pillar to post - Ian Francis 06/16/00
- Live,
love, laugh - tparker 06/16/00
- Smart
Alec - PaulB 06/16/00
- Jerry-built - Ian Carter
06/16/00
- In
the Pink - Lisa Whiteley 06/16/00
- There
but for the grace of God go I - David Grace 06/16/00
- These are the salad days....
- Ben 06/15/00
- SPELLING
& ORIGIN - RHINELANDER DISTRICY LIBRARY 06/15/00
- Time is of the essence
- Lewis Armstrong 06/14/00
- Doe-eyed
girl - joel 06/13/00
- A
bum steer - Michelle Calder 06/13/00
- Dollars
to Donuts/Doughnuts - jennifer 06/13/00
- Phrase: Blowing someone off
- John Bailey 06/13/00
- Word
& phrase origin books - ESC 06/12/00
- Adam's
house cat - tparker 06/12/00
- Gild
the lily - Frankie 06/12/00
- Sawbuck
- nmatte 06/12/00
- Something
old, something new, something borrowed, something blue - stephanie
06/11/00
- Origin
of Curates Egg - Tony 06/10/00
- Loosing
my religion - Jeanette Sjaaheim 06/10/00
- Origin
of Glass Ceiling - Berta Riley 06/10/00
- Curiosity
Killed the Cat - Rosie Sermeno 06/09/00
- Get
one's dander up. - Andy Sabl 06/09/00
- Phrase
- paula jackson 06/09/00
- Phrase - PaulB
06/09/00
- NEED
TO KNOW - PInder 06/09/00
- Origin
- martha 06/08/00
- What does this mean? - Vanessa
Wilkinson 06/08/00
- Egg
on Your Face - Steve Connor 06/08/00
- Horses
for courses and more???? - mandy 06/08/00
- Worms -
Abby 06/07/00
- Raining
Cats & Dogs - LawyerChk1 06/07/00
- Dry
as a bone - MADDOG 06/07/00
- Whistle
down the wind - James Hearn 06/07/00
- Heavens
to Mergatroyd - Shilah 06/07/00
- State
of the art - Chad 06/07/00
- Huck
= to throw? (Hucking phrases) - Patty 06/06/00
- Carpe
diem - doesn't matter 06/06/00
- I'll break him from sucking
eggs - MADDOG 06/06/00
- Banana
problem - ESC 06/06/00
- Origin
of Kangaroo Court and Frick and Frack - Andrea Field 06/06/00
- Yada
yada yada! - Glenn 06/06/00
- Them
apples - Phil Kirrage 06/06/00
- DAD GUM! - mark patray 06/06/00
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