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- A bill of goods - Patty 12/19/99 (1 reply)
- Coon Ages - Janella L. 12/19/99 (1 reply)
- Progidal son - nmatte 12/19/99 (1 reply)
- Straight and narrow path, following the - cherr 12/19/99 (1 reply)
- "Lead on McDuff" - Danny 12/18/99 (1 reply)
- Smile like a cheshire cat - Stella Sach 12/17/99 (3 replies)
- Local derby - Bob 12/16/99 (3 replies)
- What is the origin of this phrase? Nobody knows. - Boyd DuPree 12/15/99 (1 reply)
- Phrases from where you live - Gary Martin 12/12/99 (10 replies)
- Is it this or that? - David Twichell 12/12/99 (5 replies)
- Have a Nice Day! - elaine segal 12/11/99 (1 reply)
- "Push the envelope" - V-MAN 12/10/99 (2 replies)
- Al fresco - pippo 12/10/99 (6 replies)
- Middle of the road - bluebaron 12/09/99 (1 reply)
- Throwing people under the bus - Nanette 12/09/99 (1 reply)
- When push comes to shove - Gregg 12/09/99 (5 replies)
- Fiddling while Rome burns - bluebaron 12/08/99 (10 replies)
- Like teaching the taste of chocolate..... - C.M.B 12/08/99 (1 reply)
- Indian Giver - Paul Michael 12/08/99 (2 replies)
- I'm looking for the meaning of a phrase - chontella 12/06/99 (1 reply)
- Phrase - david meckley 12/06/99 (1 reply)
- Going to hell in a handbasket - Jennifer Borchardt 12/06/99 (1 reply)
- Got my mojo working - MooMoo 12/06/99 (4 replies)
- Walk on the wild side - Stefan Fuchs 12/06/99 (3 replies)
- Following paraphrase - Darlene Kemp 12/05/99 (2 replies)
- Useage of the word gifted - Kenneth Brandt 12/05/99 (1 reply)
- AHOY (AHOJ replies) - olda 12/05/99 (3 replies)
- Meeting/convention title - John Hastings 12/04/99 (4 replies)
- That's all she wrote! - Kraut 12/04/99 (1 reply)
- Origin of "Hell is other people" - liz bragg 12/03/99 (1 reply)
- Make your bed and lie in it - Linda Dowdy 12/03/99 (2 replies)
- "Five by Five" - John Moult 12/03/99 (2 replies)
- Football terminology - Brian 12/02/99 (1 reply)
- Patient as a spider - Denise McComb 12/01/99 (2 replies)
- Pulling yourself up by your boot straps. - bluebaron 12/01/99 (1 reply)
- Jumping jehosephat - Kathryn 12/01/99 (5 replies)
- Cowlick or cowslick - Aaron Price 11/30/99 (2 replies)
- Quote - Rick Scollon 11/30/99 (1 reply)
- Devil in the Details - Rosemary Ho 11/30/99 (2 replies)
- On the horns of a dilemma - Steve Hausz 11/29/99 (2 replies)
- Cant' find rest of the saying - lisa 11/28/99 (2 replies)
- Not to be sneezed at - Paul Guthrie 11/28/99 (1 reply)
- Heavens to Betsy... - Kara Melia 11/28/99 (1 reply)
- United we stand... - Tom Pennington 11/28/99 (1 reply)
- The turkey that swallowed the sparkplug - Chester 11/27/99 (1 reply)
- She who must be obeyed - Linda 11/27/99 (1 reply)
- Expression derivation - Richard Stock 11/26/99 (2 replies)
- Meaning - Tim Boylan 11/25/99 (1 reply)
- Origin of Phrase - Jerry Despaltro 11/25/99 (3 replies)
- Foot equals 12 inches - Mark Abramo 11/24/99 (6 replies)
- Rules were made to be broken - Katy 11/24/99 (1 reply)
- How's your father - Ben Brick 11/24/99 (1 reply)
- The Big Cahuna - Nancy 11/24/99 (3 replies)
- Beaver Moon - Ken 11/23/99 (1 reply)
- Phrase - Jim Walls 11/23/99 (2 replies)
- Hmm.. - JB 11/22/99 (2 replies)
- Judgemental Phrases: a Mild Misunderstanding - Chester Helm 11/21/99 (5 replies)
- ORIGIN OF THE SAYING "BEWARE THE AGAPANTHUS" - PHIL MACHIN 11/21/99 (3 replies)
- It's not over till the fat lady sings - fran wade 11/21/99 (1 reply)
- That's Life - Brooke 11/20/99 (1 reply)
- Outside edge - Pat 11/20/99 (1 reply)
- Dirty in the Garden - Aki 11/20/99 (2 replies)
- Having to please everybody - Jerry Vaughn 11/20/99 (1 reply)
- Only the good die young. - donhabel 11/19/99 (1 reply)
- Be afraid, be very afraid. - Bob 11/18/99 (1 reply)
- Spree - Richard 11/17/99 (2 replies)
- Pushing to train - Angie Rosewell 11/16/99 (3 replies)
- Spendthrift - steve GOLDBY 11/16/99 (1 reply)
- Book of Phrases? - Chester Helm 11/15/99 (4 replies)
- Blue Murder - Dr Bob Kapur 11/15/99 (1 reply)
- Revenge - tasty chef 11/15/99 (1 reply)
- Origin of "Eating Humble Pie" - Brent Schlachter 11/15/99 (1 reply)
- Curious - rob 11/14/99 (5 replies)
- Layrolls to catch meddlers - Jewel Bragg 11/14/99 (2 replies)
- Hedge your bet - Sarah Norman 11/13/99 (2 replies)
- What is the origin of throw the baby out with the bathwater? - Denise 11/12/99 (2 replies)
- Pulling my leg - Kagan 11/12/99 (2 replies)
- Go and jump in a lake - julie 11/11/99 (1 reply)
- Meaning of "damn your eyes" - Joel 11/11/99 (1 reply)
- Who is Pete anyway? - erica 11/11/99 (1 reply)
- Hump Day - G Fudala 11/10/99 (3 replies)
- The whole nine yards - Donald Martin 11/10/99 (4 replies)
- To Serve and Protect? - Donna M. Wells 11/09/99 (1 reply)
- What is the meaning of this phrase? - Alan 11/09/99 (4 replies)
- Down the Pipe or Down the Pike - WEL 11/09/99 (1 reply)
- Questions for Blocky - ESC 11/09/99 (2 replies)
- Need meaning of phrase - Barbara Healy 11/08/99 (4 replies)
- Tighter than Dick's hatband - Steve 11/08/99 (6 replies)
- Like a Didcoys dog .... - Blocky 11/08/99 (1 reply)
- Stumbling block - Ken Bonine 11/07/99 (1 reply)
- Sweep your house - angie 11/07/99 (1 reply)
- Great White....? - Cyndy 11/07/99 (4 replies)
- Let the cat out of the bag - bluebaron 11/05/99 (3 replies)
- Female of the species deadlier than the male. - bluebaron 11/05/99 (8 replies)
- "I'm gonna have a fit and fall in it" - Scott 11/05/99 (2 replies)
- Poms and Wogs - Blocky 11/05/99 (2 replies)
- Origin of An apple a day keeps the doctor away - Gordon Ueland 11/05/99 (1 reply)
- Take down a peg - bluebaron 11/04/99 (1 reply)
- Hell broke loose - A.C.H. 11/04/99 (3 replies)
- High Falutin - Steven Kennedy 11/03/99 (2 replies)
- Stone The Crows - Martin 11/02/99 (8 replies)
- Don't know squat - Judy Taipale 11/02/99 (1 reply)
- A land fit for heroes/donkeys led by lions - Jane Lucas 11/02/99 (3 replies)
- Waiting for the other shoe to drop - M. J. 11/02/99 (1 reply)
- Cork and floating - rosewell 11/02/99 (1 reply)
- An ounce of prevention is a pound of cure - Jennifer Shweky 11/01/99 (1 reply)
- Olly olly oxen free - Peter Robinson 11/01/99 (3 replies)
- Mad dogs and englishmen - D Russell 10/31/99 (5 replies)
- Dixie land - Christy 10/29/99 (1 reply)
- Chasing rainbows - wendywood77 10/28/99 (1 reply)
- To the victor goes the spoils - Julie Candau 10/27/99 (1 reply)
- Silver spoon in you mouth - Pam 10/27/99 (1 reply)
- Re:Forewarned is forearmed - Andrew James 10/26/99 (1 reply)
- In the nick of time - Nathan 10/25/99 (3 replies)
- Witch's Tit - Marian Bell 10/24/99 (2 replies)
- Catch my drift - marty 10/24/99 (1 reply)
- Who wrote - Catherine cochrane 10/23/99 (1 reply)
- Words ending in GRY - Gary Martin 10/23/99 (1 reply)
- Origin of 'Fly off the Handle'? - J S 10/20/99 (1 reply)
- Origins: Taking the Michael/Mickey - SJ 10/20/99 (1 reply)
- Jones-ing It... - Casey 10/19/99 (2 replies)
- Shiver me timbers! - Will Don 10/16/99 (3 replies)
- School of fish - Jim Wiebe 10/11/99 (1 reply)
- Dutch Auction - IL 10/11/99 (1 reply)
- Gone for a Burton - Tony Haddock 10/11/99 (3 replies)
- Run of the Mill - Helen 10/10/99 (4 replies)
- Meaning of Sight for sore eyes - Quintin 10/08/99 (1 reply)
- Jumpin' jehosephat - penny 10/06/99 (1 reply)
- At sixes and sevens - Dave 10/06/99 (1 reply)
- Paying through the nose - Joelle 10/01/99 (1 reply)
- On the ropes (meaning and synonyms replies) - Jerry Vaughn 9/30/99 (2 replies)
- Touch base - Joel G 9/30/99 (1 reply)
- Fickle hand of fate - Rosie 9/30/99 (1 reply)
- Take down a peg or two - Camo 9/30/99 (1 reply)
- You can't have your cake and eat it too - sarah 9/29/99 (2 replies)
- Ten to the dozen - David Ingram 9/29/99 (1 reply)
- Meaning of the phrase Local Derby - Mike Barney 9/28/99 (1 reply)
- Trip the light fantastic - Nicole Braginton 9/25/99 (2 replies)
- Blood, Sweat and Tears - Brad Gayken 9/25/99 (2 replies)
- Green with envy - Joe Weatherall 9/25/99 (1 reply)
- Shoot from the hip - Ayub 9/23/99 (1 reply)
- Tongue in Cheek - Renee Pouvreau 9/23/99 (4 replies)
- Devil in the details - Lucy 9/21/99 (1 reply)
- Ivy League colleges - alice Melkonian 9/21/99 (2 replies)
- King's Contrivence - Marcus 9/21/99 (1 reply)
- Push the envelope - Tom Logan 9/18/99 (1 reply)
- Welsher - Joanne Taylor 9/15/99 (1 reply)
- Not on your life! - joel 9/15/99 (2 replies)
- Pack drill - P Garrity 9/14/99 (1 reply)
- As fit as a flea - Arnie Hamilton 9/13/99 (2 replies)
- Knuckle Down - Bruce Kahl 9/12/99 (1 reply)
- Embarrassment of riches - Melinda Nowikowski 9/12/99 (1 reply)
- Old home day - John Middleton 9/10/99 (2 replies)
- Dead on his feet - Amelia 9/10/99 (1 reply)
- As the crow flies - marie vans 9/09/99 (1 reply)
- A stitch in time saves nine"WHAT DOES IT MEAN?!?" - Michelle 9/09/99 (1 reply)
- Lose one's shirt - Appy 9/08/99 (2 replies)
- For Pete's Sake - Casey 8/18/99 (2 replies)
- "Pipe Down" - Bruce Kahl 8/10/99 (1 reply)
- Spitting Image - Steve McElroy 8/09/99 (2 replies)
- Cold shoulder - mike 8/06/99 (2 replies)
- Cat's pyjamas - Tony Hughes 6/13/99 (1 reply)
- American phrases - Gary Martin 5/29/99 (5 replies)
- Go to work on an egg - Austin Marshall 1/08/99 (1 reply)
- As keen as mustard - Kylie Crouch 2/04/98 (2 replies)
- American phrases
- Spitting Image
- As the crow flies
- Lose one's shirt
- Knuckle Down
- Green with envy
- Touch base
- Paying
- Jumpin' jehosephat
- Fly off the Handle
- Taking the mick/mickey/michael
- Witch's Tit
- Forewarned is forearmed
- Dixieland
- Mad dogs
- Waiting
- Witch's Tit
- Stumbling block?
- What is the meaning of this phrase?
- What is the meaning of this phrase?
- Balling the jack
- "damn your eyes"
- Excuse me in advance...
- Hedge your bet
- Blue Murder
- She who must be obeyed
- Grin
- Dead on...
- Rod McKuen
- Devil in the Details
- Patient as a spider
- You've made your bed...
- Following paraphrase
- "push the envelope"
- Mojo & the blues
- Chicago
- Mad dogs and englishmen
- Blow George