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- Expression in French - Bruce Kahl 09/28/01
- "Just like downtown" - Jay 09/28/01
- Phrase Meaning - Ronald E. Sobota 09/27/01
- Cordon sanitaire - ESC 09/27/01
- Get rid of - KJ 09/26/01
- ...demands his due. - Scott D. 09/25/01
- A thousand Frenchmen - Karen 09/25/01
- Opportunity Knocks - Stephanie 09/25/01
- Cake - THe 09/24/01
- Go pound sand..... - Jim 09/24/01
- Beyond reproach?? - Bret S. 09/24/01
- Screaming bicycle - ESC 09/23/01
- Bale out - Sharon Hoskinson 09/23/01
- Glass Onion - Michael 09/22/01
- Need origin of a phrase(asap!) - chantelle 09/22/01
- Phrase - amanda 09/21/01
- Renaissance - LIRR 09/21/01
- Tar Baby - Charlene Carpenter 09/21/01
- "In a Coon's Age" - Carissa 09/20/01
- Origin of phrase - george mack 09/20/01
- Meaning of this phrase? - DoJo 09/20/01
- Godspeed - Angie 09/20/01
- Why do we say "God bless you" after a sneeze? - Dee 09/20/01
- 15 Men on a Dead Man's Chest - Solar Flare 09/19/01
- Meaning of a saying - S.A.Lee 09/19/01
- Circus terms - Ian McCloskey 09/18/01
- Phrase meaning - Richard 09/18/01
- Thirty Pieces of silver - Michelle 09/17/01
- Origin of "In a Pigs Eye" - M.McAlexander 09/17/01
- With God on Our Side - ESC 09/17/01
- Enough is Enough - Joe Parks 09/17/01
- "Get the Hell out of Dodge." - Andrew Plummer 09/17/01
- I'm in a pickle on this one. - christine 09/16/01
- Acid test - Craig S. 09/16/01
- Push and pull philosophies - UFO 09/15/01
- A jim-dandy - Larry 09/15/01
- "Put some salt in it" - Patty 09/14/01
- Happy birthday - mark 09/14/01
- Origin of phrase - Anita 09/14/01
- "Shot heard round the world" - Eric Neel 09/13/01
- BC and AD - Bruce Kahl 09/13/01
- "If your not part of the solution, your part of the problem." - Natalia 09/13/01
- Billing - Svetlana Janicijevic 09/11/01
- Nineteen to the dozen - James Briggs 09/11/01
- Don't throw the baby out with the bath water - sally james 09/11/01
- A drug on the market - charles geiger 09/11/01
- Giving someone a wide berth - mortimer 09/10/01
- On the Fritz - Bruce Kahl 09/10/01
- New Economy - ESC 09/10/01
- PLUs; anschluss - ESC 09/10/01
- Pool car - UFO 09/09/01
- Saying - Ian Dalgetty 09/09/01
- Victorian Mentality - Q 09/09/01
- Rowing on the fens - Sergey 09/09/01
- back to basics - Jay King 09/09/01
- Part and Parcel meaning - Diane 09/09/01
- Dog Days - anne 09/08/01
- John Doe - Alain Houé 09/08/01
- Phrase Origin - Dave Walmsley 09/08/01
- Absolutely! - ESC 09/08/01
- Deader than a doughnut - ESC 09/08/01
- Take a different "tack? - Marie 09/07/01
- Team name? Please help - A fan 09/07/01
- Softly, softly, cachee monkey - Chris Scott 09/07/01
- Timothy Leary Phrase - at 09/07/01
- Cheap at half the price - jessica 09/06/01
- Phrase origin - Dorothy 09/06/01
- Dutch from Holland - W.F. 09/05/01
- Sheep's eye and lickerish tooth - Clifford Monks 09/05/01
- Meaning and origin of . . . - Renee McNeil 09/05/01
- Seinfeld primer - A fan 09/05/01
- If wishes were horses, then beggars would ride - Pam 09/05/01
- Six in one, half dozen in the other - Pam 09/05/01
- Bread in the oven's done, people finish - Pam 09/05/01
- Under glass - Mark Curry 09/05/01
- The Whole Nine Yards - Bert Kovash 09/05/01
- I wonder why you don't have these........ - Kathi 09/04/01
- Gams - Heldmyw 09/04/01
- Shot heard around the world? - Joe Hamblin 09/04/01
- Help with translation please. - Scot Sapper 09/04/01
- Charley Horse - Thomas S. England 09/04/01
- Translation help. More specific this time, Thanks. - Nick ADD 09/04/01
- Not On Your Nellie - Peter Pritchard 09/04/01
- Time and money - kevin 09/04/01
- What is the meaning of the idiom "loose change"? - Svetlana Janicijevic 09/04/01
- To Eaves drop - a 09/04/01
- Cottoneye joe - Nan 09/03/01
- Meaning of old phrases - Gloria 09/03/01
- With Bells On - George B. 09/03/01
- Junk food - Sam 09/03/01
- "Go their separate ways" - Nancy 09/03/01
- It has legs - joel 09/02/01
- Spitting image - STEVEN SMITH 09/02/01
- Open water swimming - tianguo zhang 09/02/01
- Little pitchers have big ears - Richard Weintraut 09/01/01
- Talk the Talk, Walk the Walk - Greg Bell 09/01/01
- The little man of the house - Denis 09/01/01
- From one moment to the next - Denis 09/01/01
- Origin of "hell bent for leather" - garry 09/01/01
- Molotov cocktail - bikeT 09/01/01
- Love the living tanslation, please help. Much thanks. - Nick ADD 08/31/01
- HELL in a handbasket - Pati 08/31/01
- Piggyback? - heldmyw 08/31/01
- What's it mean or where did it come from - q.h. 08/31/01
- The Cheese Stands Alone - J.C. 08/31/01
- You can't have your cake and eat it too - Susan 08/31/01
- "Reverting to type" - Patty 08/30/01
- Email - Q 08/30/01
- Old Maids? - Marsha 08/30/01
- Gone forever - James Briggs 08/30/01
- Turn somebody loose - Jana 08/30/01
- Site address change - Gary Martin 08/30/01
- Gee willikers - James Beaton 08/30/01
- Once bitten twice shy - Brian Kelley 08/30/01
- Ashes - Faulknor 08/30/01
- Man about a horse - Dan 08/29/01
- Doo Wop - bobC 08/29/01
- Boy Howdy - Jim Webster 08/29/01
- Get your goat - Tracy Kiefer 09/27/01
- Lit. phrases - emac 08/28/01
- Origin of phrase - Sharon Wochos 08/28/01
- (Brother)Once removed? - Deebee 08/27/01
- Grass - tia 08/26/01
- Meaning of Phrase, "Walking the Dog" - Karl Thurber 08/26/01
- PHRASE - T WILLIAMS 08/26/01
- New post - c goode 08/25/01
- Sweating like a pig - Rob Hawley 08/25/01
- Bruce Kahl: "Life is nurturing a garden" - joel 08/25/01
- Question - lkaroff 08/24/01
- Gingerlady - Colin 08/24/01
- Try these on - Tom 08/24/01
- Cut the mustard - Maximus 08/23/01
- Cattywumpus - ck 08/23/01
- No Hill For a Climber - Michele 08/23/01
- Belling the cat - hwoo 08/23/01
- Looking for Source - Don G. 08/22/01
- Ours is not to wonder why, ours is just to do or die - linda Z 08/22/01
- "Hitch in your git-along"..type of phrase - Patty 08/22/01
- Kill the Potter - W.F. 08/21/01
- Tape - Mortimer 08/21/01
- Squares - Maximus 08/21/01
- "Pie in the sky" origin? - Patty 08/20/01
- Stone dead. - Anton 08/20/01
- Origin please - joanne 08/19/01
- Origin please? - Becky 08/19/01
- Www.SingerSongwriter.ws - Dave Blackledge 08/18/01
- Theory & Practice - Fred 08/18/01
- @ - colin 08/18/01
- Duck - Johnny White Zin 08/17/01
- The Apple - Tiko 08/17/01
- Followed suit - Franny 08/17/01
- Get off your soapbox - Lesley M 08/17/01
- I'm trying to find the source of a quote. - sar 08/17/01
- What is meant by 'To this end' - Venkatesh 08/17/01
- Choc-a-bloc - Sarah Tree 08/16/01
- Doo-dah - W.F. 08/16/01
- Well, I swanee... - Teresa 08/16/01
- Mac Theory - Tiko 08/16/01
- Local derby - mike haley 08/16/01
- Five by Five - Patrick Nelson 08/15/01
- "I appreciate it" - Bill 08/15/01
- What the heck is a Hoosier? - Markitos 08/15/01
- Patty - Money talk: He owes me five large.... 08/14/01
- Two-tone corespondents - Barbara Gordon 08/14/01
- Round Robin - kate 08/14/01
- Brand new - Judy S 08/14/01
- When Hell Freezes Over - Ye Olde Man 08/13/01
- Imitation/flattery - D.M. Wilson 08/13/01
- With Bells on - Shannon Hopfner 08/13/01
- Origin please - Maximus 08/13/01
- Vive la difference - Derek 08/11/01
- "Beside myself with joy" - Sam Hill 08/10/01
- As safe as the Banks of England - Dan Monroe 08/10/01
- Translation / Melioribus Utere Fatis - Suzi Riddle 08/10/01
- Okay - Adam Chambers 08/10/01
- Over a Barrel - Alex 08/10/01
- Two phrases ... Need origins ... anyone know? - BranSaigh 08/09/01
- Handicap - Peter Maple 08/09/01
- Roll out the red carpet - Paula K. 08/09/01
- 12 on the PT - Kirsten 08/09/01
- Phrase/idiom meanings, derivations/origins - Natalie Sher 08/08/01
- Bear with a sore head - larry 08/08/01
- Knock on wood - Bartholomew 08/08/01
- Honest engine - Chin Ho 08/08/01
- Tall order - James Briggs 08/08/01
- Looking for derivation or origin - Lee Hunter 08/08/01
- Sign Your John Henry - Tana 08/08/01
- "She" - Thornton 08/08/01
- Busy Bee - Maximus 08/08/01
- Gossip and rumor - Tom 08/08/01
- Mighty white of you - Barbara Clayton 08/08/01
- Peanut Gallery - Francisco 08/08/01
- It's all good - Maureen Sullivan 08/07/01
- Holy cow - Boris 08/07/01
- Fun - Q 08/07/01
- Wind... - Rico 08/07/01
- Gods - Chin Ho 08/07/01
- Help, please - Kirsten 08/07/01
- Fiddle - Boris 08/07/01
- Serpent - Thompkins 08/07/01
- One and (in?) the same - Karen Zethmayr 08/07/01
- A secret - delphine carroll 08/06/01
- Great Scott - Milo 08/06/01
- Origin please - Great Scott 08/06/01
- Family Jewels - Letterbomb 08/06/01
- Family Jewels - Letterbomb 08/06/01
- Dead as a door nail - James Watters 08/05/01
- No Better Than She Should Be? - Dianne DeSha 08/05/01
- Origin of saying - Michael Bar-Dov 08/04/01
- Money can't buy happiness - ESC 08/04/01
- Police/Latin translations
- Supercalafragalistic
- 911
- Always a bridesmaid never a bride
- Latin translation
- You are what you eat
- Love of God
- Tighter than Dick's hatband
- Can = toilet
- Latin to English
- Sine Cerebrum
- Ego liber est
- Kick the bucket
- Beauty is in the eye of the beholder
- Latin translations
- Cordon sanitaire
- Get all one's ducks in a row
- Throw/toss all one's toys out of the cot
- Dead as a door nail
- Over a Barrel
- When Hell Freezes Over
- Two-tone corespondents
- Great Scott
- Local derby
- Follow suit
- Ethnic slur?
- Www.SingerSongwriter.ws
- Belling the cat
- The whole nine archives
- Latin to English
- Question
- Doo Wop
- Ashes
- Old Maids
- Fit as a fiddle
- : "whose boar ate the cabbage?"
- Ashes
- Origin of phrase
- Molotov cocktail
- Handicap
- Molotov cocktail
- Wandering the halls of archivy
- Under glass
- Softly, softly, cachee monkey
- Fell off the roof
- Back to basics
- Giving someone a wide berth
- Don't throw the baby out...
- Pray for us
- A drug on the market
- Top billing
- Chief Seattle quote
- Pot calling the kettle black - ethnic slur?
- Black Irish
- Deader than a doughnut
- Push and pull philosophies
- The bees knees
- "Get the Hell out of Dodge."
- Phrase meaning
- Sink or swim
- Q
- Coming Down the Pike or Pipe
- 15 Men on a Dead Man's Chest
- Latin Translation?
- Grapes of wrath
- "Coon's Age" in the archives
- For the good of the cause
- Renaissance
- Fun