Phrases and Sayings Discussion Forum

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• As broke as piecrust - ESC 10/05/02
  • As broke as piecrust - Bob 10/06/02
• What do the following phrases mean - Scott 10/05/02
  • Phrases from Greek mythology - ESC 10/05/02
• A dead fish on a line - James Briggs 10/04/02
  • A dead cat (fish) on a line - ESC 10/04/02
• Background on "Hi" - Scot 10/03/02
  • Hello - ESC 10/03/02
  • Background on "Hi" - R. Berg 10/03/02
• Dutch auction - Adrian Hobbs 10/03/02
  • Dutch auction - James Briggs 10/03/02
• "Young Turk" - Guy Andrews 10/02/02
• Do you know... - Shana 10/02/02
  • Fool me once - ESC 10/02/02
• GOLDBRICK AND 'CHOWDERHEAD' - Bob 10/02/02
  • GOLDBRICK, CHOWDERHEAD - ESC 10/02/02
• Dam the Torpedoes - pf 10/01/02
  • Damn the Torpedoes - R. Berg 10/01/02
• Help! Only Word In English Language... - Mhairi Wylie 10/01/02
  • Help! Only Word In English Language... - DGW 10/03/02
  • Help! Only Word In English Language... - Bookworm 10/01/02
• Talk the hind legs off a Donkey - BOB 10/01/02
  • Talk the hind legs off a Donkey - Shae 10/02/02
• Spitting Image - David Sturdy 09/30/02
• Rabbits, rabbits, rabbits - ESC 09/30/02
• Chamber's Dictionary Free Centenary E-book - Woodchuck 09/30/02
• Old blasphemies (not for the faint-hearted) - Kiwi49 09/30/02
  • Old blasphemies (not for the faint-hearted) - Kiwi49 09/30/02
• Is this a nautical term? - jim 09/30/02
  • Hair of the dog... - ESC 09/30/02
• Want to know the meaning please. - Aparna.s 09/30/02
  • Want to know the meaning please. - Woodchuck 09/30/02
• Need meaning for phrase! - Lauren 09/30/02
  • God is on the mountaintop - ESC 09/30/02
    • Mountaintop experiences - ESC 09/30/02
• Round Robin - Gillian 09/29/02
• Calendars - nancy k. 09/28/02
  • Calendars - ESC 09/29/02
• All's fair in love and war - travis 09/27/02
  • Answer is in archives - R. Berg 09/27/02
• UK National Sound Archives - James Briggs 09/27/02
• Thinking outside the box - Robin 09/26/02
  • Archived discussion & diagram - R. Berg 09/26/02
• Found phrase -- leaning forward - ESC 09/26/02
  • Found phrase -- leaning forward - masakim 09/26/02
    • Found phrase -- leaning forward - masakim 09/27/02
• Im looking for an answer to - mcgiver 09/25/02
  • im looking for an answer to - Bruce Kahl 09/26/02
• The phrase hairy eyeball - marina 09/25/02
  • hairy eyeball - ESC 09/26/02
• Plug and Play - Charles Wright 09/25/02
  • Plug and Play - Barney 09/25/02
• Thought re: "right" as an intensifier... - Word Camel 09/25/02
• Jump on the bandwagon - kjo 09/25/02
  • Jump on the bandwagon - James Briggs 09/25/02
• Gullible, Gullable - Neil B 09/25/02
  • Gullible, Gullable - Belaboring the obvious 09/25/02
• Above and Beyond - Heidi 09/25/02
  • Above and Beyond - Woodchuck 09/26/02
• Re:give me the right tools and i'll move the earth - Shaun O'Connell 09/24/02
  • Leverage - R. Berg 09/24/02
    • Leverage - Shae 09/24/02
• Ins and outs - Shae 09/24/02
  • Ins and outs - ESC 09/24/02
• A true tale of phrase horror - Woodchuck 09/24/02
  • A true tale of phrase horror - ESC 09/25/02
• Room and Board - Nancy K 09/24/02
  • Room and Board - R. Berg 09/24/02
• Random phrases vol. 2 - Ed Stansell 09/24/02
  • Armchair general; Monday morning qback - ESC 09/24/02
• Random phrases - Ed Stansell 09/23/02
• Auld lang syne - Ed Stansell 09/23/02
• Out of sorts - Ed Stansell 09/23/02
• "He's a real loser" - joel 09/23/02
  • "He's a real loser" - ESC 09/24/02
• Being hit by a beer truck - ESC 09/23/02
• An appropriate English proverb? - Less 09/23/02
• Buzzword dictionary - ESC 09/23/02
• What does it means? - lili 09/23/02
  • Nose to grindstone - R. Berg 09/23/02
• Heavy metal - Ed Stansell 09/22/02
  • heavy metal - masakim 09/22/02
• Sources of word YAHOO - Richard Stoney 09/22/02
• Phrase - alan 09/22/02
  • Phrase (Sun over the yardarm) - Woodchuck 09/22/02
  • Sun is over the yardarm - ESC 09/22/02
• Two phrases for the price of one - Ed Stansell 09/22/02
• Wild goose chase - Ed Stansell 09/22/02
  • Wild goose chase - ESC 09/22/02
• Like looking for a needle in a haystack - Ed Stansell 09/22/02
  • Like looking for a needle in a haystack - Barney 09/22/02
• A sucker born every minute - Ed Stansell 09/22/02
• Stranger things - JF 09/22/02
  • stranger things - ThFallen 09/23/02
• Threw me for a loop - Valerie Mockaitis 09/22/02
• Smoke and a Pancake? - Coniption 09/21/02
• Shake a leg - Ed Stansell 09/20/02
  • Shake a leg - Patricia 09/23/02
• Got it licked - Jennifer 09/19/02
  • Got it licked - R. Berg 09/19/02
• "Wet dream" - Niklas Hellgren 09/19/02
• Deju vu -- jamais vu - ESC 09/19/02
• Of the first water - Charles Bruns 09/19/02
• Who the tar? - ESC 09/19/02
• Heart of Hearts - Alex 09/19/02
  • Heart of Hearts - Woodchuck 09/19/02
• Sod's alphabet? - TheFallen 09/19/02
• Who, what, where, when, why... - jim 09/19/02
  • Boys will be boys - ESC 09/19/02
• Phrase meaning - Ruth Drummond 09/19/02
  • phrase meaning - ESC 09/19/02
• A word problem - billy 09/19/02
  • a word problem - TheFallen 09/19/02
• Origin of phrase 'Pause for Thought' - Simon Carroll 09/18/02
• Fair to Middling - maddog 09/18/02
  • Hubba, Hubba -meaning - Ed Maul 09/18/02
• Found phrase - nametag & a hairnet - ESC 09/18/02
• Dutch-- stung - Tiko 09/18/02
• Eves Dropping - Sandy 09/18/02
  • Eaves Dropping - ESC 09/18/02
• Found phrase - Magic Negro - ESC 09/18/02
• Taken down a peg or two - Chad Edgecombe 09/18/02
  • Taken down a peg or two - ESC 09/18/02
• Jacob's Joy - Tim 09/18/02
• Digging out blind - cherryferrari 09/17/02
• O Brother, Where Are Thou? - fretlessman71 09/17/02
  • piece, not peace - Dan McTeague 09/17/02
• "Raising the hackles of" - guy andrews 09/17/02
  • Raising the hackles of / Getting one's hackles up - TheFallen 09/17/02
• Barking Mad - Lewis Cooper 09/17/02
• Scape Goat - kelley 09/17/02
  • Scape Goat - Mollie 09/25/02
  • Escape Goat - Word Camel 09/18/02
• Biggest bang or most bang - ESC 09/16/02
  • Biggest bang or most bang - Word Camel 09/16/02
• Yonks - Linda Edwards 09/16/02
  • Yonks - TheFallen 09/17/02
• Silver hook - Heath 09/16/02
• Jerry built. - Ed Stansell 09/15/02
  • jerry built. - TheFallen 09/15/02
• An offer he can't refuse. - Ed Stansell 09/15/02
  • An offer he can't refuse. - masakim 09/16/02
• One fell swoop - Ed Stansell 09/14/02
  • One fell swoop - ESC 09/14/02
    • One fell swoop - Ed Stansell 09/14/02
• High five - gareth william whittaker 09/13/02
  • high five - ESC 09/14/02
• As rich as Croesus - Ed Stansell 09/13/02
  • As rich as Croesus - ESC 09/14/02
• Pyrrhic victory - Ed Stansell 09/13/02
• Peas & queues - Edward Stansell 09/13/02
• "Put your head between your legs and kiss your a** good bye" - smiles 09/12/02
• Origin - Straight as a dye - David George 09/12/02
  • Origin - Straight as a dye - cherryferrari 09/17/02
  • Origin - Straight as a dye - Woodchuck 09/12/02
• Patience - Helen 09/12/02
• Stakeholder - Kirsten Bæk 09/11/02
• One for the chaps - Keswick 09/11/02
  • Fair play and the minor English aristocracy - TheFallen 09/11/02
• Quote - Brad 09/11/02
  • Biblical - TheFallen 09/11/02
• Barrel load of monkeys - Liz Harry 09/10/02
  • Barrel load of monkeys - masakim 09/10/02
• Up to snuff - guy andrews 09/10/02
• "Second nature" - Todd Panning 09/10/02
  • "Second nature" - ESC 09/11/02
• Anyone know the "meaning" of this? - sequin 09/10/02
  • Anyone know the "meaning" of this? - Edward Stansell 09/10/02
• Mickey Finn - Edward Stansell 09/09/02
• How in Tartarus - Pavlina Hristova 09/09/02
  • How in Tartarus - Bruce Kahl 09/09/02
• Repentance - TheFallen 09/09/02
• Hassed - Woodchuck 09/09/02
• Crimbles pressies for the lexicographically inclined - Shae 09/08/02
• "Proverbs from Purgatory" - ESC 09/08/02

• On the ocky
• On/At the oche
• I hosie
• Barking Mad
• "Right" as intensifier
• An appropriate English proverb?
• English equivalent?
• L-seven phrase in Wooly Bully song
• Round Robin and Ringleader
• Like a rotten mackerel
• Full Bore (or boar)?
• Spitting Image