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Local English Sayings - James Briggs 05/17/02
Idioms - Sabrina Teo 05/17/02
Gay person - Less 05/17/02
It's Official - I Am A Racist - TheFallen 05/16/02
Potentially useful site for helping with English - James Briggs 05/16/02
Fly by night - leighb 05/15/02
Dead Language? - Bruce Kahl 05/15/02
Spagged by a cat - Chris W 05/14/02
The Last Straw - Breeana 05/14/02
- The Last Straw - TheFallen 05/14/02
Cow over the moon. - Ray 05/14/02
Funny phrase - origins??? - Todd Panning 05/14/02
Word origin - samantha 05/13/02
Dead Nuts - S. M. Adams 05/12/02
Clinton Phase - Sue Koseck 05/12/02
Mother - Bruce Kahl 05/12/02
The Almighty and Omni- - TheFallen 05/11/02
White man's burden - Pivvy 05/11/02
Off your trolley - matthew 05/10/02
Murmur - Ronnie 05/09/02
Murmur - Ronnie 05/09/02
To keep someone honest - Kim Metzger 05/09/02
Angels on the head of a pin - ESC 05/09/02
Smart Alec - James Briggs 05/09/02
- Smart Alec - ESC 05/09/02
- Angels on pin heads - Pamela 05/09/02
  - Angels on pin heads - James Briggs 05/09/02
What did thought do? - susiesusie 05/08/02
- What did thought do? - TheFallen 05/09/02
  - What did thought do? - R. Berg 05/09/02
Thumbing your nose - Roseann 05/08/02
It takes one to know one. - nicole 05/08/02
Cancer schmancer? - nicole 05/08/02
Daresn't - Marian 05/08/02
What does "Water under the bridge" mean? - eatfiber 05/06/02
Who said: "Great things can happen whem man and mountain meet" - gal landauo 05/06/02
Suffer fools lightly.... - Lisa 05/06/02
Spiffing - Linda Edwards 05/06/02
- spiffing - R. Berg 05/06/02
Getting your clock cleaned - Jannie 05/05/02
- Getting your clock cleaned - masakim 05/05/02
Mudroom - Armorel 05/05/02
A cat among pigeons - joel 05/05/02
"Save me the neck" - Philip Barry - Word Camel 05/04/02
Baseball phrase - Give him the neck - Word Camel 05/04/02
- Baseball phrase - Give him the neck - masakim 05/05/02
  - Thanks, that seems likely. - Word Camel 05/06/02
- Baseball phrase - Give him the neck - Bob 05/05/02
"I knew that" - Patty 05/04/02
On the Ball - Buc 05/04/02
"Nipper" for child - Word Camel 05/03/02
Dead as a doornail - Dorothy Caffrey 05/03/02
- Dead as a doornail - ESC 05/03/02
What is this? - Tiko 05/02/02
Blow Smoke - Missey 05/02/02
- Blow Smoke - Bob 05/02/02
  - Blow Smoke - ESC 05/02/02
Whistle stop - Rob 05/02/02
- Whistle stop - Bruce Kahl 05/02/02
Knock your block off - Valerie 05/02/02
The human condition - Weston 05/01/02
- The human condition - ESC 05/02/02
- the human condition - R. Berg 05/02/02
When one Door Closes, another one opens - Barbara 05/01/02
Shredding - Bob 05/01/02
- Shredding - Gary 05/01/02
Catch a tartar - Jim 04/30/02
- Catch a tartar - Bruce Kahl 04/30/02
Origin of "Knock your socks off" - David 04/29/02
As if - Armorel 04/28/02
Swinging Cat Reprised - Word Camel 04/28/02
Re:mind your p's and q's - ingrid 04/28/02
Who said "over the hill & far away" - brianm506 04/28/02
Searching for the origin of a poem - James Briggs 04/27/02
- No luck yet - ESC 04/28/02
"Short Horse" expression... - Jack 04/26/02
"Clem" - Abby 04/25/02
Love - rayxa mendez 04/24/02
Smell and Taste - Jim 04/24/02
Red herring - George 04/24/02
- Red herring - ESC 04/24/02
Meaning/origin of "patch hell a mile" - paula 04/23/02
Parallel adjectives for "smell" - nicole 04/23/02
The law of the jungle - Pivvy 04/21/02
- the law of the jungle - ESC 04/21/02
  - the law of the jungle - WordCamel 04/21/02
Origin of the phrase "ignorance is bliss" - Jennifer VandenBrooks 04/19/02
- Origin of the phrase "ignorance is bliss" - Bob 04/19/02
  - Origin of the phrase "ignorance is bliss" - Jim 04/24/02
Up in Arms - JaneS 04/19/02
- Up in Arms - ESC 04/19/02
  - Up in Arms - masakim 04/19/02
Origin of "Going to hell in a handbasket" - Brad 04/19/02
Boil the ocean - David Sper 04/19/02
Tom Foolery - eddie edwards 04/19/02
Poster child - easy rider 04/18/02
Hen Night - Margot 04/18/02
Too cute for your own good - Nate 04/17/02
- too cute for your own good - TheFallen 04/17/02
  - too cute for your own good - R. Berg 04/18/02
Goat rope - Matthew 04/17/02
Flag on the play - Niklas 04/17/02
- Flag on the play - Bruce Kahl 04/17/02
  - Flag on the play - Bob 04/17/02
Bachelorette - TheFallen 04/17/02
S.S. - Tiko 04/16/02
- S.S. - R. Berg 04/16/02
Have the cake... - Ray 04/15/02
- Have the cake... - masakim 04/17/02
- Have the cake... - Barney 04/15/02
  - Have the cake... - ESC 04/15/02
Found phrase -- chair bodger - ESC 04/15/02
Egg on your face - TheFallen 04/15/02
- Egg on your face - ESC 04/15/02
Fame's fleeting chariot - UllaW 04/14/02
"After a fashion" - Ortin 04/13/02
- "After a fashion" - R. Berg 04/13/02
Eye teeth - lb 04/13/02
Wolf whistle - lb 04/13/02
Judas Priest - Horvath 04/12/02
- Judas Priest - ESC 04/12/02
To make short work of - bill 04/12/02
- to make short work of - TheFallen 04/12/02
  - to make short work of - R. Berg 04/12/02
Attaboy - Ray 04/10/02
What is "Our S.O.S"? - julie 04/10/02
S.O.S - Julie 04/10/02
A different kettle of fish??? - Ramon 04/09/02
- a different kettle of fish??? - Bob 04/09/02
Cost an arm and a leg - Sunny 04/09/02
The real McCoy - Ray Atlee 04/09/02
- The real McCoy - Gary 04/09/02
- The real McCoy - TheFallen 04/09/02
" 'tis better to have loved and lost..." - alexandra 04/08/02
On the lam - ESC 04/08/02
To be "on the lamb" - Word Camel 04/08/02
Fiddlers Green - Dan 04/08/02
Bull market; bear market - Marian 04/07/02
- bull market; bear market - ESC 04/07/02
English pronunciation - James Briggs 04/06/02
- With Apologies - TheFallen 04/07/02
- English pronunciation - Barney 04/06/02
The old college try? - Seth 04/06/02
- the old college try - R. Berg 04/06/02
  - the old college try - masakim 04/06/02
Candy ass - Jay 04/05/02
- candy ass - ESC 04/05/02
"If not me, then who: if not now, then when?" - Paul Curry 04/04/02
- "If not me., then who: if not now, then when?" - Paul Curry 04/04/02
  - "If I am not for myself" - R. Berg 04/05/02
Clock... - Q 04/04/02
Synonym phrases for "stupid move" please - Wervil 04/04/02
Whole Nine Yards - John Taylor 04/04/02
Encroaching Senility & The Possessive Apostrophe S - TheFallen 04/03/02
- Possessive Apostrophe S - R. Berg 04/03/02
  - Possessive Apostrophe S - Thanks - TheFallen 04/03/02
Take care - K. Yone 04/03/02
- Take care - TheFallen 04/03/02
- Take care - ESC 04/03/02
"On the Fritz", Origin? - Word Camel 04/03/02
Old Remedies and Recipes - Barney 04/03/02
What does "Winks at you coming and going" mean - Soo 04/02/02
- What does "Winks at you coming and going" mean - Anon 04/03/02
Three roadside crosses - ESC 04/02/02
What is the phrase that pays? - beverly 04/01/02
- The phrase that pays - R. Berg 04/02/02
The Origin of OK - new thinking - Word Camel 04/01/02
Straw man - Word Camel 04/01/02
RedSkin - Jen 04/01/02
Savage breast vs beast - krista 04/01/02
- savage breast vs beast - Gary 04/01/02
- savage breast - R. Berg 04/01/02
Two Ladies Sick In Poona - Catharine Honeyman 03/31/02
- Two other fellows from Poona - R. Berg 03/31/02
  - Two other fellows from Poona - Neville 05/13/02
Torpedo juice - Jay 03/30/02
- torpedo juice - masakim 03/30/02
Place name suffix headache - Marian 03/30/02
Cannot versus can not - Linda 03/29/02
Guts for garters - Catriona 03/29/02
Found phrase - push parenting - ESC 03/28/02
Uncle Miltie phrases - ESC 03/28/02
- Uncle Miltie phrases - James Briggs 03/29/02
  - Uncle Miltie phrases - ESC 03/29/02
Balls out - Sue Sauve 03/27/02
"Makes my stomach turn". . . - Barry Kaiman 03/27/02
- "Makes my stomach turn". . . - ESC 03/31/02
Question about a phrase - Sarah 03/27/02
- Kick in the pants - TheFallen 03/27/02
  - Kick in the pants - DGW 03/27/02
Skeeziks - Pam 03/27/02
Lush--The Noun - Bruce Kahl 03/26/02
Cat got your tongue? - Hamilton Williams 03/26/02
Polysemous people - ESC 03/25/02
Iota - Horvath 03/25/02
- Iota - James Briggs 03/25/02
In A coons Age - serenade 03/25/02
Having a barney - TheFallen 03/25/02
Phrase - Exelsior 03/25/02
- And the creek don't rise - R. Berg 03/25/02
To Get the Hump - origin - Word Camel 03/24/02
- To Get the Hump - origin - James Briggs 03/24/02
  - To get the hump, humped - ESC 03/24/02
To call for - TheFallen 03/23/02
The [word removed in order to comply with Google's Publisher Policy] by any other name - Word Camel 03/23/02
Dosh - ESC 03/22/02
Origin of "box office" - Chris M. 03/22/02
SEPHITUS DANCE - Neil smith 03/22/02
- Saint Vitus' dance - Bruce Kahl 03/22/02
Dosh - Linda Edwards 03/21/02
Draco dormiens nunquam titillandus - Mario 03/20/02
Attracting attention - ESC 03/20/02
Nonetheless v Nevertheless. - Lok 03/20/02
- Nonetheless v Nevertheless. - TheFallen 03/20/02
GIGO - sam 03/20/02
Phrase Help - CRB 03/19/02
- Can't win for losing - R. Berg 03/19/02
  - Can't win for losing - stile 03/26/02
Slow boat to china - 337 03/19/02
Good luck - psi 03/19/02
- Good luck - 337 03/19/02
- Good luck - Bob 03/19/02
  - Good luck - R. Berg 03/19/02
Crutch phrases - ESC 03/18/02
Origin of 'piffle' - ESC 03/17/02
- Origin of 'piffle' - R. Berg 03/18/02
Bob's Your Uncle. - Mouche 03/16/02
Phrase - Mouche 03/16/02
- Phrase - psi 03/18/02
Oopsie-daisy or whoopsie dazy? - Jim 03/16/02
- oopsy-daisy - R. Berg 03/16/02
Found phrase - tipping point - ESC 03/15/02
Woofle dust - ESC 03/15/02
Military Musical Slang - Martin Tordoff 03/15/02
- Military Musical Slang - TheUnlurker 03/15/02
  - Military Musical Slang - James Briggs 03/15/02
The white glove test - Marian 03/14/02
'ise' vs 'ize' - James Briggs 03/14/02
- Just superb - TheFallen 03/14/02
Trees - Connected 03/14/02
Bless His Little Cotton Socks - Lynda 03/14/02
- Bless our little searchable archives - R. Berg 03/14/02
Found phrase - detail men - ESC 03/14/02
And then some - Meg 03/14/02
- and then some - TheFallen 03/14/02
Latin motto for Kentucky - ESC 03/13/02
A dog's breakfast - Word Camel 03/13/02
Out of Joint - Meg 03/13/02
- Out of Joint - ESC 03/13/02
  - Have your nose out of joint - ESC 03/13/02
Stomping ground(s) - Marian 03/12/02
Book about the "[word removed in order to comply with Google's Publisher Policy]" - ESC 03/11/02
Rod in pickle - psi 03/11/02
Modern russian derivatives - nn 03/11/02
"Have A Little Faith" translation - Eric 03/11/02
Cleave - should I stay around or split? - TheFallen 03/10/02
The Spirit of the Law vs. The Letter of the Law - Word Camel 03/10/02
Horses for courses - Paul 03/09/02
"Out of pocket" - PattiJo 03/09/02
Raring to go - John Pomeranz 03/08/02
Suits to a T - Cathie 03/08/02
That which is bred in the bone - Patty 03/08/02
"......to boot." - Q 03/07/02
I have always wondered - nita 03/07/02
Schediasma - Bruce Kahl 03/07/02
Wimpy, wimps, and names in general - nita 03/07/02
- And Katzenjammer Kids - nita 03/08/02
Long Dog - Never Said Dog - Lee 03/06/02
Spitting image - Scott Moerschbacher 03/05/02
- spitting image - Bruce Kahl 03/06/02
Meaning - badri 03/05/02
Weather weenies - ESC 03/05/02
Mulder it out - Marian 03/05/02
Don't Be Such a Big Girl's Blouse - Word Camel 03/04/02
Where abouts? - Word Camel 03/04/02
Order of magnitude - honnibal 03/04/02
Long time no see - Marian 03/03/02
NY Times Blooper? - Bruce Kahl 03/02/02
Put more lipstick on the pig - ESC 03/02/02
- Put more lipstick on the pig - nita 03/07/02
Tea at Three - Bruce Kahl 03/02/02
Dogwatch - Rick Kane 03/01/02
- dogwatch - R. Berg 03/02/02
Whether to **** or go blind - klaren 03/01/02
To get ahead - Weston 02/28/02
Meaning - Stephanie 02/28/02
Regional Euphamisms for Death - Word Camel 02/28/02
Vis-a-vis - Mike Painter 02/28/02
- vis-a-vis - R. Berg 02/28/02
Until every dog is hung - Wendi 02/28/02
- until every dog is hung - ESC 02/28/02
Spike Milligan - TheUnlurker 02/27/02
Bitch on wheels - Word Camel 02/27/02
Needs must - Word Camel 02/26/02
One-trick pony - Marian 02/26/02
Tioc faidh ar la??? - Jade 02/26/02
Found phrase - ducks - ESC 02/25/02
To fall between two stools - Mina 02/24/02
Rode out on a rail - James Butters 02/24/02
Meaning of phrase - Justin 02/23/02
Crying over spilt milk - another idiom - Mina 02/23/02
Animation... - ESC 02/23/02
"Excuse my French" - Michael Kirk-Smith 02/23/02
Yellow Jingoism - Jenna 02/23/02
- Yellow Jingoism - ESC 02/23/02
Nose to the wind - Gary Pash 02/22/02
Meaning of a Phrase - Terry Bell 02/22/02
Origination & versions of "eeney meeney miney moe" - nici 02/22/02
Skinny-dipping - Ed 02/21/02
Working-class theatre and dialect - eman al 02/21/02
- working-class theatre and dialect - The Fallen 02/22/02
Come a cropper - Jim 02/20/02
Throw your hat in the ring - Don 02/20/02
Scuppered a deal - ESC 02/20/02
Knocking for 9 months - emily dornbos 02/20/02
Important ENG-LAT phrase - Lyndsay 02/20/02
Ancient Words - Word Camel 02/19/02
- Ancient Words - R. Berg 02/19/02
Bryson and Baseball - Word Camel 02/19/02
Help - Bubba - Andy 02/19/02
Nine yards for the sheer heck of it - The Fallen 02/19/02
Spelling - The Fallen 02/19/02
Bleedin' Nora - Robert Piras 02/19/02
Catch my drift - ty 02/18/02
- catch my drift - R. Berg 02/18/02
Found phrase - wigger - ESC 02/18/02
Nautical Term - Nicholas Moore 02/18/02
- Architectural term? - R. Berg 02/18/02
  - Over the transom - ESC 02/19/02
"Beat to the socks" - Patty 02/18/02
- "Beat to the socks" - James Briggs 02/18/02
  - "Beat to the socks" - Patty 02/20/02
Lion of Lucern - Suzi 02/17/02
- Lion of Lucern - Bruce Kahl 02/17/02
Top Notch - James Briggs 02/16/02
There's no love lost... - Steve 02/16/02
- No love lost... - ESC 02/16/02
Ground-Zero - Chris Mattix 02/15/02
Go to hell in a handcart - psi 02/15/02
- Go to hell in a handcart - ESC 02/18/02
  - Go to hell in a handcart - I've heard go to hell in a handbasket. 02/18/02
Swing a cat - Tom Ross 02/13/02
Speak of the Devil - Jennifer 02/12/02
Honkytonk - term origin? - Word Camel 02/12/02
The Whole Nine Yards - Harry DeBari 02/12/02
Found phrase - starter marriage - ESC 02/12/02
Charge it to the ground and let the rain settle it - Michael 02/12/02
The Whole Nine Yards - Michael Hiles 02/12/02
- The Whole Nine Yards - Bob 02/12/02
Planks - Beth 02/12/02
To do "in the spirit of the chase" - Pepe 02/11/02
Goes with the territory - Bill Bougourd 02/11/02
Names with the same initials? - Amanda 02/10/02
- Names with the same initials? - Bob 02/10/02
6s and 7s - JOEL BRENNER 02/10/02
Why Cockney? - Word Camel 02/10/02
Clean your clock - francie 02/10/02
To go "get the stink blown off us" - Marian 02/09/02
" I do not like that man." - ann jackson 02/08/02
- " I do not like that man." - Bruce Kahl 02/08/02
Stiff drink - psi 02/08/02
- Stiff drink - Marian 02/08/02
  - OED on "stiff" - R. Berg 02/08/02
Railroad terms - Pieter L 02/08/02
- Railroad terms - ESC 02/08/02
"She was a bit of a Mrs Warren" - Patty 02/07/02
- "She was a bit of a Mrs Warren" - masakim 02/07/02
- "She was a bit of a Mrs Warren" - R. Berg 02/07/02
Meanings of phrases - I****a Mehta 02/07/02
Figurative language - Averil 02/07/02
Historical phrases - Jeff C. 02/07/02
- historical phrases - ESC 02/07/02
  - historical phrases - R. Berg 02/07/02
Tinker's dam - John McHugh 02/06/02
Hens, Roosters and Foxes - Word Camel 02/06/02
Rose is a rose is a rose is a rose - Jason 02/05/02
French expressions - TM 02/05/02
Hazelnut - Kelly Sloan 02/05/02
Riffs, riff-raff - an idle segue - The Fallen 02/05/02
- Riffs, riff-raff - an idle segue - Word Camel 02/05/02
  - Riff, riffle - ESC 02/06/02
"I'm going take you to school" - Cathy S. 02/04/02
Honor and Falling - toddfan 02/04/02
Discussion group support - Gary Martin 02/04/02
- Discussion group support - James Briggs 02/04/02
You smell, I stink - Frank Lynch 02/04/02
- You smell, I stink - Gary 02/04/02
"Mental Metalurgy" (continued from previous page) - TheUnlurker 02/04/02
He could walk between the raindrops - Weston 02/03/02
A dish best served cold ?? - Andie 02/03/02
Y'all: Plural form - Jim 02/02/02
"Dear Mr. Jackson" (continued from previous page) - R. Berg 02/02/02
- "Dear Mr. Jackson" (continued from previous page) - Word Camel 02/02/02

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