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- He's talking through his hat - Ortin 02/02/02
- Suns of the world may stain when heaven's sun staineth. - Word Camel 02/01/02
- Nothing is cheap which is superfluous, for what one does need, is dear a penny - Marta 02/01/02
- The Family Jewels - Word Camel 01/31/02
- BRASS MONKEY - term origin - Bruce Clark 01/31/02
- Can't died in a corn field - Susan Z 01/31/02
- Meanig orgin - kimo 01/31/02
- To "gee" someone up - Word Camel 01/30/02
- The Whole Nine Yards: Indian Perspective - Smita 01/30/02
- Loyalty
card - ESC 01/30/02
- Loyalty card - Barney 01/30/02
- Origin
of "Want to come up and see my etchings?" - Phillip Cline 01/30/02
- Etchings - R. Berg 01/30/02
- Mustard - Ronald Reston 01/29/02
- Mustard - Bob 01/29/02
- Float it - Tiko 01/29/02
- Generation X? - Jackson Crawford 01/29/02
- Who
said ? - Tmc 01/29/02
- Voltaire - R. Berg 01/29/02
- Voltaire - masakim 01/29/02
- Voltaire - R. Berg 01/29/02
- "Had
the biscuit" - B. Marlin 01/28/02
- "Had the biscuit" - ESC 01/29/02
- Cheap
at half the price. - Roger Eaton 01/28/02
- Cheap at half the price. - Bruce Kahl 01/28/02
- Something
rotten in Denmark - Sue Cutter 01/28/02
- Something rotten in Denmark - R. Berg 01/28/02
- Something rotten in Denmark - masakim 01/28/02
- Something rotten in Denmark - R. Berg 01/28/02
- Necessity
is the mother of invention - Grace 01/28/02
- Necessity is the mother of invention - Word Camel 01/28/02
- Necessity is the mother of invention - ESC 01/28/02
- "Pike" phrase - Patty 01/28/02
- Wanna know origins of... - Billoud Nicolas 01/27/02
- Cast Down Your Bucket - tom dewey 01/27/02
- Lake Superior State University Issues 2002 List of Banished Words - Bruce Kahl 01/26/02
- It's better than a poke in the eye with a sharp stick - Word Camel 01/25/02
- Holocaust quotes - ESC 01/25/02
- Soup and Fish - James Briggs 01/25/02
- Big smoke derivation - tom lloyd 01/25/02
- Walking spanish - Angela Kilpatrick 01/25/02
- I complained I had no shoes - Mark Perry 01/25/02
- Wanna know the maning of the phrase " ballpark figure" - Vivek 01/24/02
- Sunlight and shadow - Tony Zavaleta 01/24/02
- Rocket Science - Hannah Hoag 01/24/02
- Let the chips fall where they may - Pat 01/24/02
- He had me in stitches...? - Jeni 01/24/02
- Broom sayings: - Al Nancy Brown 01/24/02
- Walking spanish - Angela 01/23/02
- One fell swoop - Wesley 01/23/02
- Busman's holiday - Leslie 01/23/02
- Mustard gas - CRT 01/22/02
- Mexican Wave - Leslie Slape 01/22/02
- English Language - Tiko 01/22/02
- Oxbridge and Oxbridge accents - Word Camel 01/21/02
- Give 'em "what for". Show 'em "what for". - Word Camel 01/21/02
- Science fiction - Marian 01/21/02
- Pogey Bait - Jim 01/20/02
- Found phrase - history division - ESC 01/20/02
- Swears like a sailor - Nancy 01/20/02
- Froofreraw, hullaballoo, kinnipshen - Chris 01/20/02
- Phrase - Ann 01/19/02
- WWJD - What Would Jesus Do? - ESC 01/19/02
- Woman's name change after marriage - Michael 01/19/02
- Seven Bells - dennis cox 01/18/02
- "Take a number" - atcg 01/18/02
- Bad Hair Day - Polly Hall 01/18/02
- Shakespeare - Mari 01/18/02
- Origin of the phrase "jump the gun" - Debbie Kuratko 01/17/02
- Hat-racks in the desert - lydia 01/17/02
- Keeping up with the Joneses - Marian 01/17/02
- Phrase - Diane 01/17/02
- An amazing followup - Bob 01/16/02
- Name that walkathon - R. Berg 01/16/02
- Complaining - marty 01/16/02
- Gripers get the vipers - ESC 01/16/02
- Gripers get the vipers - James Briggs 01/16/02
- Gripers get the vipers - ESC 01/16/02
- Born
With A Silver Spoon - Ron 01/16/02
- Born With A Silver Spoon - ESC 01/16/02
- Ride the whirlwind - Wesley 01/16/02
- Kotchel? Cottchel? - Word Camel 01/14/02
- Offensive word F. *. *. * - T. Webb 01/14/02
- US Equivalent for... - The Fallen 01/14/02
- To wear one's heart on one's sleeve - Marian 01/14/02
- Want to find out what a phrase means - liz Garside 01/13/02
- Meaning of rhyme - John 01/12/02
- Wind up at manager's - Niklas Hellgren 01/12/02
- Searching for my golden fiddle? - K. Harris 01/12/02
- Railroad
Frog - Jim 01/12/02
- Railroad Frog, frog it - ESC 01/12/02
- Tinker's dam - Phil Skogmo 01/12/02
- Line
up behind - Orbit 01/11/02
- line up behind - Word Camel 01/11/02
- Pause for thought... irregularity. - The Fallen 01/11/02
- Origin of the phrase "old ... never die; they just ..." - Becker 01/11/02
- Bought the Farm - Jay Fields 01/11/02
- Nodding vs Shaking one's head yes. - The Fallen 01/10/02
- Jonesing (Valspeak?) and "mmm hmm" for "you're welcome" - The Fallen 01/10/02
- "You Are What You Eat" - Douglas Becker 01/10/02
- Subscription charges - casual phrase-seeker 01/10/02
- Splendid Isolation - D. Hearn 01/10/02
- Dropped H's - Word Camel 01/10/02
- To beggar belief - Tracy Beasley 01/09/02
- Nirvana mondegreen - Badeye 01/09/02
- The balloon has gone up - Christine 01/09/02
- "Whole nine yards" - Joseph Berry 01/09/02
- Innit? - Word Camel 01/08/02
- "If
you will" origin - Aaron 01/08/02
- "If you will" origin - The Fallen 01/08/02
- Phrase origin - Raquel 01/08/02
- Thick
As Thieves - Tony Zavaleta 01/08/02
- Thick As Thieves - ESC 01/08/02
- Thick As Thieves - James Briggs 01/08/02
- Thick As Thieves - ESC 01/08/02
- Wake
up and smell the roses? - Ed Williams 01/07/02
- Wake up and smell the coffee - ESC 01/07/02
- Who can tell me what this is? -Hey up a ree ... - Elith Chen 01/07/02
- Phrase - Carol P. 01/07/02
- "My Fair Lady" a pun? - Word Camel 01/07/02
- Word Association explanation - Clive Hoggs 01/07/02
- Sketch/flash
in the pan - Marian 01/06/02
- sketch - masakim 01/06/02
- sketch - Marian 01/06/02
- sketch/flash in the pan - Sauerkraut 01/06/02
- sketch/flash in the pan - Marian 01/06/02
- sketch - masakim 01/06/02
- Sherriff - Brian Silverthorne 01/06/02
- sheriff - ESC 01/06/02
- Sloane Rangers (posh, hooray henry types). - Jim 01/06/02
- Meaning of "lay it on the line" - Roian Atwood 01/05/02
- Will o' the wisp - Wesley 01/05/02
- What does it mean to "turn a phrase"? - Raf 01/05/02
- Waiting
for the other shoe to fall - diogenes Bob 01/04/02
- waiting for the other shoe to fall - Bob 01/04/02
- waiting for the other shoe to fall - masakim 01/06/02
- waiting for the other shoe to fall - Bob 01/04/02
- Naff - The Fallen 01/04/02
- Tow vs. Toe the Line - Mike Portwood 01/04/02
- Off his rocker - James Briggs 01/04/02
- Rock
and a hard place - quiss 01/04/02
- rock and a hard place - R. Berg 01/04/02
- rock and a hard place - The Fallen 01/04/02
- rock and a hard place - R. Berg 01/04/02
- Do it up brown - Stephen Davey 01/03/02
- Ring the other one - Graeme Forbes 01/03/02
- Bloody - Andreas 01/03/02
- 'Under
the weather' - Rob Wallin 01/02/02
- 'Under the weather' - Bruce Kahl 01/02/02
- Hogwash - sherry 01/02/02
- hogwash - R. Berg 01/02/02
- Origin
of a phrase - Jack Wilkinson 01/02/02
- Those who can, do; . . . - R. Berg 01/02/02
- Those who can, do; . . . - masakim 01/02/02
- Those who can, do; . . . - R. Berg 01/02/02
- "These
colors never run." - Richard Slota 01/01/02
- "These colors never run." - ESC 01/03/02
- Poem
title and verse(s) - Brenda Bailey Little 12/30/01
- Poem title and verse(s) - masakim 12/30/01
- Poem title and verse(s) - Brenda Bailey Little 12/31/01
- Poem title and verse(s) - Brenda Bailey Little 12/31/01
- Poem title and verse(s) - masakim 12/30/01
- Bend
wookie - nrk 12/30/01
- bend wookie - Brownie 01/08/02
- bend wookie - Bruce Kahl 01/01/02
- Technical
term for phrases - john netherwood 12/30/01
- technical term for phrases - masakim 12/30/01
- Lazy Susan - Jim 12/30/01
- Monty
python - Vickie 12/30/01
- Monty python - masakim 12/30/01
- Monty python - Bruce Kahl 12/30/01
- Railroad
Bull - Jim 12/29/01
- Railroad Bull - R. Berg 12/29/01
- Railroad Bull - ESC 12/29/01
- Railroad Bull - R. Berg 12/29/01
- Red
herring - Michael 12/29/01
- red herring - R. Berg 12/29/01
- red herring - a bit more - James Briggs 12/29/01
- red herring - R. Berg 12/29/01
- How
prisoner warders came to be called 'Screws' - James Briggs 12/28/01
- How prisoner warders came to be called 'Screws' - ESC 12/28/01
- How prisoner warders came to be called 'Screws' - masakim 12/28/01
- How prisoner warders came to be called 'Screws' - ESC 12/28/01
- Mexican Standoff - RGM 12/28/01
- Word that I can't finf in the dictionary - einat 12/28/01
- Origin of "colder than a witches tit" - Roxann 12/27/01
- Deadline - Cutter Sisson 12/27/01
- Kilroy was here - Cutter Sisson 12/27/01
- Back to "Thick as a brick" - Sylvie Tougas 12/27/01
- Feminine form of "bull headed" - Maxwell 12/26/01
- You are just playing word games - P 12/26/01
- Hatred of clowns - Michael 12/25/01
- Old sayings - Robin Gailley 12/23/01
- Cry Havoc - Robert Weodababyeetzaboy 12/23/01
- Coo coo ka choo - Pattie 12/21/01
- "Works
like a Charm" - Kirby 12/20/01
- "Works like a Charm" - R. Berg 12/21/01
- "Works like a Charm" - ESC 12/22/01
- "Works like a Charm" - R. Berg 12/21/01
- Who
Said This? - Brian Hendrickson 12/18/01
- Who Said This? - jkrall 12/18/01
- "Don't
blow smoke up my ass". - Jogger Runner 12/18/01
- "Don't blow smoke up my ass". - Bob 12/18/01
- "Don't blow smoke - ESC 12/18/01
- "Don't blow smoke - WordCamel 12/18/01
- "Don't blow smoke - ESC 12/18/01
- "Don't blow smoke up my ass". - Bob 12/18/01
- "Shaggy
Dog Story" - Lee Wilson 12/18/01
- "Shaggy Dog Story" - jkrall 12/18/01
- Hurts
like the Dickens - Susan 12/18/01
- Hurts like the dickens - R. Berg 12/18/01
- Hurts like the dickens - James Briggs 12/18/01
- Hurts like the dickens - R. Berg 12/18/01
- The
world in a grain of sand - Migel 12/17/01
- The world in a grain of sand - TheFallen 12/17/01
- Knick
Knack - Skip 12/17/01
- Knick Knack - TheFallen 12/17/01
- Taking
the biscuit - TheFallen 12/16/01
- Taking the biscuit - Bruce Kahl 12/16/01
- Taking the biscuit - James Briggs 12/17/01
- Taking the biscuit - Bruce Kahl 12/16/01
- Burnt
offerings - Paul Taylor 12/16/01
- burnt offerings - ESC 12/16/01
- Full
Monty reprised - TheFallen 12/15/01
- Full Monty reprised - Door Number 1 12/16/01
- Full Monty reprised - ESC 12/15/01
- "Whipping a dead horse" etc - Patty 12/15/01
- Wedding tackle - Michael 12/15/01
- Slang --snob - Q 12/14/01
- Come
undone - Olga 12/14/01
- Come undone - Bruce Kahl 12/14/01
- Come undone - TheFallen 12/14/01
- Come undone - TheFallen 12/14/01
- Come undone - Bruce Kahl 12/14/01
- How
do we get Dead Nuts On from accurate - jacob 12/14/01
- Dead Nuts On - R. Berg 12/14/01
- Dead Nuts On - Barney 12/15/01
- Dead Nuts On - R. Berg 12/14/01
- Where
does Kitty Corner derive from - jacob 12/13/01
- Where does Kitty Corner derive from - Bruce Kahl 12/14/01
- Vive la différence... -ce / -se - TheFallen 12/13/01
- Thinning the blood - Morano 12/13/01
- Spank the monkey - TheFallen 12/12/01
- Cold
as a witch's t i t (in a brass brassiere???) - Dj 12/12/01
- Cold as a witch's t i t (in a brass brassiere???) - Bruce Kahl 12/12/01
- Momma
had a baby.... - J. Dahling 12/12/01
- Momma had a baby.... - ESC 12/13/01
- Jump-rope rhyme - R. Berg 12/13/01
- Momma had a baby.... - ESC 12/13/01
- I need to finish this sentance...PLEASE HELP!!! - Sarah 12/12/01
- Lift that bale, tote that barge - Marian 12/12/01
- "Up
the dancers" - David Campbell 12/12/01
- "Up the dancers" - R. Berg 12/14/01
- The better angels of our nature - Marian 12/12/01
- Oopsy Daisy - Jess 12/11/01
- Strike when the iron is hot... - Stoney 12/11/01
- Ring around the Rosey - Bruce Kahl 12/11/01
- Tradition - Ian 12/11/01
- Putting
on the dog - Maggie 12/11/01
- Putting on the dog - capable wingnut 12/11/01
- Visa versa - Steven E. Kern 12/11/01
- This was translated from spanish to english - A 12/10/01
- Model
T or Fit To A T - Indefual 12/10/01
- Fit to a T - James Briggs 12/10/01
- Inform me; what is "keeping it on the QT" - KT Aull 12/10/01
- What is a "backhanded compliment" ? - KC 12/10/01
- Strange phone message re: "The Albatross flies low when headed in a southern direction" - Celestial 12/09/01
- So
quiet you could hear a pin drop - Nikki 12/09/01
- So quiet you could hear a pin drop - R. Berg 12/11/01
- Origin
of "Go pound salt" - Teresa DeSantis 12/09/01
- Archives on "Go pound salt" - R. Berg 12/09/01
- The number three - mick 12/08/01
- Thinking
out of the box- where did it come from? - JJ 12/08/01
- Thinking out of the box- where did it come from? - Bob 12/08/01
- Turn-up for the books - what does it mean? - andrew bremner 12/07/01
- A
Bottle In the Smoke - Scott Marsden 12/07/01
- A Bottle In the Smoke - ESC 12/07/01
- Defintion/translation - SH 12/06/01
- Toe to toe - R. Berg 12/06/01
- Kangaroo
Court - Jim 12/05/01
- Kangaroo Court - ESC 12/05/01
- Kangaroo Court - Bruce Kahl 12/06/01
- Kangaroo Court - ESC 12/05/01
- Along
the lines - R. Dixon 12/05/01
- Along/on the lines - R. Berg 12/06/01
- Open
space - Vic 12/05/01
- open space - R. Berg 12/05/01
- Pardon my ignorance - capable wingnut 12/05/01
- Cockney
Rhyming sland X 2 - Paul Taylor 12/05/01
- Cockney Rhyming sland X 2 - Gary 12/05/01
- Crash at your pad - Bruce Kahl 12/05/01
- Cockney Rhyming sland X 2 - Gary 12/05/01
- Counting
sheep - nita 12/05/01
- counting sheep - R. Berg 12/05/01
- counting sheep - ESC 12/05/01
- counting sheep - R. Berg 12/05/01
- Piker - Jim 12/05/01
- What does "bocome an item" mean? - Charles Chen 12/05/01
- What does this one mean? - D. 12/05/01
- Xmas - origin - R. Newman 12/04/01
- The etymological roots of marmalade - Paul Taylor 12/04/01
- Africa-America
phrase - Kim Soon 12/04/01
- African-American phrase - R. Berg 12/04/01
- Selling woof tickets - ESC 12/04/01
- Selling woof tickets - Sauerkraut 12/16/01
- Origin/meaning of "Rubber Chicken" - Edward Frost 12/03/01
- Christmas words -- Three Wise Men - ESC 12/03/01
- Seeing a man about a horse - Michael 12/03/01
- Origin of "walking papers"? - John Blackmore 12/02/01
- Little brother to the world - Denis 12/01/01
- More on "animal vitality" discussion - Chet 12/01/01
- Tilting at windmills - Marian 11/30/01
- Gung ho - PM O'Donoghue 11/30/01
- Simple question (I hope) - Chris Tembreull 11/30/01
- Fighting talk - Gary Martin 11/30/01
- Whats the meaning - Ali 11/30/01
- Deadlier (not more deadly) than the male & Full Monty - PM O'Donoghue 11/30/01
- True blue, through and through - Katie Madsen 11/29/01
- Come
up for air, other meanings of - Denis 11/29/01
- come up for air, other meanings of - P 12/01/01
- Fish death mystery - R. Berg 12/01/01
- come up for air - R. Berg 11/30/01
- come up for air - masakim 11/30/01
- come up for air, other meanings of - P 12/01/01
- Found
phrase - "indoor life" - ESC 11/29/01
- Found phrase - "indoor life" - Gary 11/29/01
- Quotation - william isom 11/28/01
- What is the meaning of this phrase? - Terry Wilkinson 11/28/01
- Who was George? - Q 11/28/01
- S**tload - Michael 11/28/01
- Canary in a coal mine - JM Goethals 11/27/01
- Latin quarter, French quarter, etc. - Marian 11/27/01
- No quarter - M. Olzenak 11/27/01
- Onomatopoeia - capable wingnut 11/27/01
- onomatopoeia - Barney 11/27/01
- onomatopoeia - nita 12/05/01
- onomatopoeia - Barney 11/27/01
- The word junior - Heleno 11/26/01
- Sleang word for obvoius/dubious product placement in films?? - Ben 11/26/01
- What
is a mullet? - ESC 11/26/01
- What is a mullet? - Aasvogel 11/26/01
- What is a mullet? - Bob 11/27/01
- Mullet site - ESC 11/27/01
- What is a mullet? - Bob 11/27/01
- What is a mullet? - Aasvogel 11/26/01
- Got
the hump - line 11/26/01
- got the hump - James Briggs 11/26/01
- got the hump - ESC 11/26/01
- got the hump - James Briggs 11/26/01
- HELP
ME...I need to know the origin of the word babe or baby - silkylongblkhair 11/26/01
- babe or baby - ESC 11/27/01
- babe or baby or child - ESC 11/27/01
- babe or baby - ESC 11/27/01
- Questions
tag - Heleno 11/25/01
- Questions tag - Scott Marsden 11/27/01
- Question tags - R. Berg 11/25/01
- Question tags - Heleno 11/26/01
- Phrase - bonnie 11/25/01
- Tongue in cheek - R. Berg 11/25/01
- Liquidate - Jim 11/25/01
- Questions
tag - Heleno 11/25/01
- questions tag - R. Berg 11/25/01
- "You make a better door than a window" - Dave 11/25/01
- "Busting
my chops" - R. Dixon 11/25/01
- "Busting my chops"--origin - R. Berg 11/25/01
- "Busting my chops"--origin - masakim 11/25/01
- "Busting my chops"--origin - R. Berg 11/25/01
- How
about "As Tight As Dick's Hat Band"? - Wade 11/24/01
- The
archives on Dick - R. Berg 11/24/01
- The archives on Dick - ESC 11/24/01
- The
archives on Dick - R. Berg 11/24/01
- "For
Pete's Sake" - Wade 11/24/01
- The archives on Pete - R. Berg 11/24/01
- Round-Robin - R. Dixon 11/24/01
- round robin - ESC 11/24/01
- "Read
between the lines" - Robert Rust 11/23/01
- "Read between the lines" - ESC 11/23/01
- "Read between the lines" - James Briggs 11/23/01
- "Read between the lines" - ESC 11/23/01
- Origin
of On Tenterhooks - Gareth Noakes 11/23/01
- Origin of On Tenterhooks - capable wingnut 11/23/01
- Phrase - Dominick 11/23/01
- paying through the nose - capable wingnut 11/23/01
- "How's
it hanging?" - Ed lam 11/23/01
- "How's it hanging?" - R. Berg 11/23/01
- "How's it hanging?" - masakim 11/23/01
- "How's it hanging?" - R. Berg 11/23/01
- "Freighted
with meaning" - ESC 11/22/01
- "Freighted with meaning" - R. Berg 11/23/01
- Paint the Devil on the wall - Hazel Rudd 11/22/01
- The origin of 'cocked head' - Heleno 11/22/01
- Happy
Thanksgiving! - Bruce Kahl 11/22/01
- Happy Thanksgiving! - R. Berg 11/22/01
- The
meaning of cocked head - Heleno 11/22/01
- cocked head - R. Berg 11/22/01
- Cost
of a thing - Roger Fisher 11/22/01
- Cost of a thing - Gary 11/22/01
- Collateral damage - julie sherriff 11/21/01
- Practice Makes Perfect - Kevin 11/21/01
- Mutton Dressed as Lamb - Tim Herbert 11/20/01
- Origin of a phrase - Sara Enders 11/20/01
- Beef Steak - Aasvogel 11/20/01
- GO TO WORK ON AN EGG - fiona wylie 11/20/01
- "Animal vitality" - Ortin 11/20/01
- Phrase - Len Yancey 11/20/01
- Sticking to his guns - Patty 11/20/01
- French? - Tiko 11/19/01
- Why?
When? - Sharon Benson 11/19/01
- Why? When? - Benjamin levitz 11/19/01
- Afghan - Dana 11/19/01
- Afghan - ESC 11/19/01
- Doing
a land office business - steve 11/19/01
- doing a land office business - ESC 11/19/01
- Origin of "Wouldn't touch it with a ten foot pole" - Jack Bonham 11/19/01
- Boffin - Marian 11/19/01
- ... I would like my roses to see you - Richard Sheridan - Sunitha 11/18/01
- Plausible deniability - R. Dixon 11/18/01
- Piss like a race horse! - R. Dixon 11/18/01
- Sucking wind - Rick Dixon 11/18/01
- No. 1 - ESC 11/17/01
- Piss like a race horse!
- Ad Astar Per Aspera
- The English Language
- SALT & redundancy
- The origin of 'cocked head'
- Swears like a sailor
- Collateral damage
- Mustard gas
- Mexican Wave
- One fell swoop
- Knightsbridge and Stepney
- He had me in stitches
- Rocket Science
- Plausible deniability
- Tilting at windmills
- Blow the Man Down
- "Rubber Chicken"
- The English language
- Xmas - origin
- "backhanded compliment"
- Ring around the Rosey
- Thinning the blood
- French?
- Back to "Thick as a brick"
- Subconcept
- For crying out loud
- Ring the other one
- Do it up brown
- What does it mean to "turn a phrase"?
- The balloon has gone up
- "You Are What You Eat"
- Meaning of rhyme
- Old Bill used it
- To wear one's heart on one's sleeve
- US Equivalent for...
- Phrase
- Origin of the phrase "jump the gun"
- Shakespeare