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• Things that go bump - Rand 05/18/03
  • Things that go bump - ESC 05/19/03
• Or not - Fred 05/18/03
  • Or not - R. Berg 05/18/03
    • Whether or not - Henry 05/19/03
• Crunch time - MM 05/18/03
  • Crunch time - R. Berg 05/18/03
• Not really on - MM 05/18/03
  • Not really on - R. Berg 05/18/03
    • Not really on - MM 05/19/03
• Carter's Liver Pills - TRG 05/18/03
  • Carter's Little Liver Pills - ESC 05/18/03
    • Carter's Little Liver Pills - Bob 05/18/03
• Surname - Lotg 05/17/03
  • Surname - R. Berg 05/18/03
• The Origin of Names - Lap of the Goddess 05/17/03
  • The Origin of Names - James Briggs 05/18/03
• Hold your peace - David Bergdahl 05/17/03
  • Hold your peace - masakim 05/17/03
• 'everything's all Sir Garnet' - John 05/17/03
  • 'everything's all Sir Garnet' - R. Berg 05/17/03
• Carminow - Julian 05/17/03
  • Carminow - Lap of the Goddess 05/17/03
    • Carminow - Henry 05/17/03
• WAGG - Lilly 05/17/03
  • WAGG - ESC 05/17/03
• MEANING OF "POINT BLANK" - BillShope 05/17/03
  • MEANING OF "POINT BLANK" and thoughts about media phrases - janes_kid 05/18/03
• Pass the buck - TRG 05/17/03
  • Pass the buck - Bob 05/17/03
• Two cents worth & pounds, shillings & pence - Lotg 05/17/03
  • Two cents worth & pounds, shillings & pence - James Briggs 05/17/03
• Blue-Sky Thinking - Brian from Shawnee 05/16/03
• Hootnanny - Word Smitten 05/16/03
• Got the red ass - Raymond 05/16/03
• Lounge - ESC 05/16/03
• Heavens to mugatroyd - mandy 05/16/03
  • Heavens to Murgatroyd - ESC 05/16/03
    • Heavens to Murgatroyd - R. Berg 05/16/03
• Why a baby is "it"? - Roman Korolenko 05/16/03
• Murphys Law - Lap of the Goddess 05/16/03
• Tuckered out - Lap of the Goddess 05/16/03
  • Tuckered out - ESC 05/16/03
    • Tuckered out - R. Berg 05/16/03
• Help plz - kathaab afandi 05/16/03
• Hop in the hay - Bob 05/16/03
  • Hop in the hay - ESC 05/16/03
• Fourteen-day rule - Mei 05/16/03
  • Fourteen-day rule - Bruce Kahl 05/16/03
• Corny (as in jokes) - Lap of the Goddess 05/16/03
• Cripes & crikey - Lap of the Goddess 05/16/03
  • Cripes & crikey - TheFallen 05/16/03
    • Cripes & crikey - James Briggs 05/16/03
• Ignorance is bliss - Mike 05/16/03
  • Ignorance is bliss - R. Berg 05/16/03
    • Ignorance is bliss - ESC 05/16/03
• The oldest phrase in the English language? - Krissy Lavery 05/15/03
  • The oldest phrase in the English language? - ESC 05/16/03
• Origination of phrase - willie 05/15/03
  • Origination of phrase - masakim 05/15/03
• The ultimate challenge! help me with my english project! - kirby 05/15/03
  • My English project! - ESC 05/16/03
    • All 8 Metric Feet (unless anyone knows more...) - TheFallen 05/16/03
  • English project! - R. Berg 05/15/03
    • English project! - Krissy Lavery 05/15/03
• Every Man a Rembrandt - ESC 05/15/03
• Words ending in 'gry' - Kit 05/15/03
• Girl Friday where did it come from? - Low Rider 05/15/03
  • Girl Friday where did it come from? - Lotg 05/15/03
    • Man Friday, Girl Friday - ESC 05/16/03
• Thick skinned - Lap of the Goddess 05/15/03
  • Thick skinned - R. Berg 05/15/03
• Buzz words - Lap of the Goddess 05/15/03
• More phrasal verbs - kathaab afandi 05/15/03
  • More phrasal verbs - TheFallen 05/15/03
• Somethink, anythink, I seen it, I done it. - Lotg 05/15/03
  • Somethink, anythink, I seen it, I done it. - Kit 05/15/03
    • Somethink, anythink, I seen it, I done it. - Lotg 05/15/03
• A friend in need is a friend indeed - Felicity 05/15/03
  • Archived discussion - R. Berg 05/15/03
• Is this a trick question? - Wayne 05/15/03
  • Is this a trick question? - ESC 05/15/03
• A square meal - toastie 05/14/03
• Quit cold turkey - steve bradley 05/14/03
  • Quit cold turkey - ESC 05/14/03
• Pot Hole - Erik Zalenski 05/14/03
• "That's The Horse I Ride" - Bubba 05/14/03
  • "That's The Horse I Ride" - James Briggs 05/14/03
• Pennsylvania talk - ESC 05/14/03
• Rode him like a one-hump camel (?) - ESC 05/14/03
• "In a zero sum game"? - Nina Xu 05/14/03
  • "In a zero sum game" - R. Berg 05/14/03
• Cats Curiosity and Fat - Professor Dan Remenyi 05/14/03
  • Cats Curiosity and Fat - Shae 05/14/03
    • Cats Curiosity and Fat - ESC 05/14/03
• BBC's "redness" - Celia 05/14/03
  • BBC's "redness" - Shae 05/14/03
• Shoot the Moon - Lap of the Goddess 05/14/03
• Jump through hoops - Penny Rea 05/14/03
  • Jump through hoops - ESC 05/14/03
    • Jump through hoops - Shae 05/14/03
• The phrase 'corner case' - Rob Lanphier 05/14/03
  • The phrase 'corner case' - ESC 05/14/03
• Nipple Nazis - TheFallen 05/14/03
• Humanized radio - Celia 05/14/03
  • Humanize - TheFallen 05/14/03
    • Humanize - Bob 05/14/03
• What is this phrase???? - Jamie 05/13/03
  • Double shame - TheFallen 05/13/03
• PHRASE - JOAN LEDOUX 05/13/03
  • You can't have your cake and eat it - TheFallen 05/13/03
    • You can't have your cake and eat it - ESC 05/14/03
• Sailing quote - R. Bromleigh-McNeil 05/13/03
  • Sailing quote - masakim 05/13/03
• Bean counter - Shirley Vander Vorste 05/13/03
• Other Fish in the Sea - Bev 05/13/03
  • Other Fish in the Sea - masakim 05/13/03
• "She is really a moth in the wool" - Ward A. Fredericks 05/13/03
  • "She is really a moth in the wool" - ESC 05/13/03
• Grammar mavens - a question - ESC 05/13/03
• BBC's political loyalty - Mei 05/13/03
  • BBC's political loyalty - Bob 05/13/03
• Hunkey Dorey - Kev Hendry 05/13/03
  • Hunkey Dorey - Bruce Kahl 05/13/03
    • Hunkey Dorey - Lotg 05/14/03
• Some phrases plz - kathaab afandi 05/13/03
• Yowza! - Cogito 05/13/03
• To "hold a candle" for someone - tina callcut 05/12/03
  • To "hold a candle" for someone - Word Camel 05/12/03
    • Can't hold a candle to; Carry a torch for - ESC 05/13/03
• Who wrote this, in what? - joan king 05/12/03
• Tiger by the tail - KGT 05/12/03
• A Glossary site - James Briggs 05/12/03
  • A Glossary site - ESC 05/12/03
• Origin of "To Put Your Foot in Your Mouth" - emily ann 05/11/03
  • "To Put Your Foot in Your Mouth" - ESC 05/11/03
• Put something down & Put something right - MM 05/11/03
  • Put something down & Put something right - ESC 05/11/03
    • Put something down & Put something right - MM 05/12/03
• "Cut Yourself a Piece of Cake" - Don Gregory 05/11/03
  • "Cut Yourself a Piece of Cake" - ESC 05/11/03
    • "Cut Yourself a Piece of Cake" - R. Berg 05/11/03
• Larking about - Angri of 'Uddersfield 05/11/03
  • Larking about - James Briggs 05/11/03
    • Larking about - Lotg 05/14/03
• Cock a Snook - DanF 05/11/03
• Dodgy and Dicey - Lap of the Goddess 05/11/03
• Phrase through - Jane 05/11/03
• Paint your self in to a corner - S. 05/11/03
  • Paint yourself in to a corner - TheFallen 05/11/03
• Crime Scene Investigation - Miri Barak 05/10/03
• Bandwagon - Lotg 05/10/03
  • Bandwagon - Bruce Kahl 05/10/03
• The toil of ink-stained hacks - Mei 05/10/03
• Cotton-pickin - jeff 05/09/03
• Yous, (Youse?) Ireland and New York - Word Camel 05/09/03
• Past experience - Lap of the Goddess 05/09/03
  • Past experience - TheFallen 05/09/03
    • Good point, actually - SCBert 05/09/03
• Whether or Not - Lap of the Goddess 05/09/03
• Usage vs Use - Lap of the Goddess 05/09/03
  • Usage vs Use - Fred 05/09/03
  • Usage vs Use - Bob 05/09/03
    • Usage vs Use - janes_kid 05/09/03
• Who coined the phrase "coined the phrase?" - Govenah 05/09/03
  • Coined a phrase - ESC 05/09/03
• First you see it, then you don't - Lotg 05/08/03
  • Now you see it, now you don't - Lotg 05/08/03
    • Now you see it - R. Berg 05/09/03
• Origin of "third world country" - chas 05/08/03
• Shot in the saddle???? - jon Erickson 05/08/03
  • Shot in the saddle???? - ESC 05/08/03
• Daylight robbery & window tax - Julian 05/08/03
  • Daylight robbery & window tax - TheFallen 05/08/03
• Happy birthday spam - ESC 05/08/03
  • Happy birthday spam - Dirk 05/08/03
• Can't make an omlette without breaking eggs.... - Paul B 05/08/03
  • Can't make an omlette without breaking eggs.... - ESC 05/08/03
    • Can't make an omlette without breaking eggs.... - masakim 05/08/03
• Brass Monkeys - Kev 05/08/03
  • Brass Monkeys - ESC 05/08/03
    • Brass Monkeys - Mr Ri 05/09/03
• BULLY FOR YOU - John Faith (Cyprus) 05/08/03
• All hands on deck - SF 05/08/03
• Provide me the phrase - pravesh 05/08/03
  • Red herring? - R. Berg 05/08/03
• More Important vs. More Importantly - S. 05/08/03
• The meaning of a phrase - Bob Trower 05/08/03
• Help a desperate Brazilian young woman - Elaine Pepe 05/08/03
  • Postcards from the Edge - ESC 05/08/03
    • Postcards from the Edge - R. Berg 05/08/03
• What do you mean if you say'Such being the case, I can't help but support him' - whengrowup 05/08/03
  • I can't help but support him - ESC 05/08/03
    • I can't help but support him - TheFallen 05/08/03
• History Repeats Itself -- who said this?? - Brock 05/08/03
  • History Repeats Itself - ESC 05/08/03
    • Those who cannot remember... - Henry 05/08/03
• Ben Franklin - Tisha 05/07/03
• Misheard lyrics - Kenn v 05/07/03
• What's the meaning - Mloes 05/07/03
• "Worth his/her salt" - Summer 05/07/03
  • "Worth his/her salt" - Shae 05/07/03
• Origin of "Get a handle on it" - J 05/07/03
  • Get a handle on it - ESC 05/07/03
• Origin of "Heads up" - J 05/07/03
• Drunken Sky - D.L. 05/07/03
  • Drunken Sky - S. 05/08/03
    • Drunken Sky - ESC 05/08/03
• Cats in the cradle - Neil Cavanagh 05/07/03
• Straws in the wind - Sophia 05/07/03
  • Straws in the wind - peter persoff 05/07/03
• Impartiality - Mei 05/07/03
  • Impartiality - Word Camel 05/07/03
• Public scepticism - Purple 05/07/03
  • Public scepticism - R. Berg 05/07/03
• Impersonal techniques - Mei 05/07/03
• Office jargon - ESC 05/06/03
• Drinking of toasts from skulls - Celia 05/06/03
  • Drinking of toasts from skulls - ESC 05/06/03
• Origin of phrase - Bruce Smith 05/06/03
  • Origin of phrase - ESC 05/06/03
• Ahead of the game - S. Ryan 05/06/03
• A few more phrasal verbs - kathaab afandi 05/06/03
  • A few more phrasal verbs - ESC 05/06/03
    • A few more phrasal verbs. Shoe/boot on the other foot - James Briggs 05/06/03
• In One's Dodge - S. 05/05/03
• To Feel One's Oats - S. 05/05/03
  • To Feel (and Sow) One's Oats - Bookworm 05/05/03
    • "To feel one's oats" is related to horses - SCBert 05/09/03
• Dear John Letter - S. 05/05/03
• Sling your hook - ceafumoon 05/05/03
  • Sling your hook - Dirk 05/05/03
• Out of whack - Michael Scullin 05/05/03
  • On the fritz - R. Berg 05/05/03
  • Whack, fritz - R. Berg 05/05/03
• Stamp duties - Mei 05/05/03
  • Stamp duties - esther laventhol 05/05/03
    • Stamp duties - Lewis 05/09/03
• Oops! - Lotg 05/05/03
  • Oops & Whoops! - Lotg (again) 05/05/03
• Cannot or can not? - EE 05/05/03
  • Cannot or can not? - R. Berg 05/05/03
• In the proverbial toilet - SF 05/05/03
  • In the proverbial toilet - R.Berg 05/05/03
    • In the proverbial toilet - lewis 05/09/03
• Birds and the bees - Bob 05/04/03
  • Birds and the bees - ESC 05/05/03
• The lowest hacks of literature - Mei 05/04/03
  • The lowest hacks of literature - ESC 05/05/03
    • The lowest hacks of literature - Dirk 05/05/03
• Meaning of "Going off half cocked" - Dakota raised 05/04/03
  • Going off half cocked - ESC 05/05/03
    • Going off half cocked - Lewis 05/09/03
• "A Lightning Rod" - Jerre Conder 05/04/03
• Devils advocate - Andrew Powell 05/04/03
  • Devil's advocate - ESC 05/04/03
    • Devil's advocate - Andrew Powell 05/04/03
    • Devil's advocate - Andrew Powell 05/04/03
• If I didn't know any better - MM 05/04/03
  • If I didn't know any better - ESC 05/04/03
    • If I didn't know any better - MM 05/05/03
    • If I didn't know any better - R. Berg 05/04/03
• Believe in the tooth fairly - MM 05/04/03
  • Tooth fairy - ESC 05/04/03
    • Tooth fairy - MM 05/05/03
• Coquettish allure - kathaab afandi 05/04/03
  • Coquettish allure - ESC 05/04/03
• Phrase, explanation not found - Heath Lawrence 05/04/03
• Significance of the telegraph - Mei 05/04/03
  • Significance of the telegraph - Bob 05/04/03
• Offer an olive branch - G 05/04/03
  • Offer an olive branch - ESC 05/04/03
    • Olive tree as symbol - ESC 05/04/03
• Obscure meaning. - stefan 05/03/03
  • Obscure meaning. - TheFallen 05/04/03
    • Obscure meaning. - stefan 05/05/03
• "To do an Irish" - Cedric Barfoot 05/03/03
• Some Phrases plz - kathaab afandi 05/03/03
• What does "keep in touch" mean? - varda 05/03/03
  • What does "keep in touch" mean? - James Briggs 05/03/03
    • Keep in touch - ESC 05/03/03
• Need help - pasiree 05/03/03
• Brave boys, shy girls, men fixing roofs, women baking cookies, God, witches, owls, heathens, birthday cake, and religious fanatics - Word Camel 05/03/03
• Low point - AA 05/03/03
  • Low point - R. Berg 05/03/03
    • Low point - Henry 05/03/03
• What the heck does this mean? - LisSuz 05/03/03
• At large - witchbaby 05/02/03
  • Thanks - witchbaby 05/03/03
  • At large - Henry 05/03/03
• These phrases meaning plz - kathaab afandi 05/02/03
• More (insert word) than you can shake a stick at - Jenn 05/02/03
  • Shake a stick at - ESC 05/02/03
    • Shake a stick at - Lewis 05/09/03
• Today is the day they give away babies... - Dan Dennis 05/02/03
  • Today is the day they give away babies... - Woodchuck 05/02/03
• Tooth & Nail - Pamela Winter 05/02/03
  • Tooth & Nail - ESC 05/02/03
• Two more - Miri Barak 05/02/03
• Its all down hill from here - Drew Collin 05/02/03
• Herd of turtles - Carol 05/02/03
• Killing with kindness - Sax 05/02/03
  • Killing with kindness - ESC 05/02/03
    • Kill with kindness; Heap coals on his head - ESC 05/02/03
• Slang and pun - Miri Barak 05/01/03
  • Tag team, soaking wet - TheFallen 05/01/03
  • Slang and pun - ESC 05/01/03
    • Slang and pun and a lot of thanks - Miri Barak 05/01/03
• Fissle or fistle - Steph Phillips 05/01/03
  • Fissle or fistle - Lewis 05/02/03
  • Fissle or fistle - R.Berg 05/01/03
• Make my day - ESC 05/01/03
  • Make my day - Arjan Smits 05/02/03
    • Make my day - ESC 05/02/03
• Oh dear me - is it suds, sauce, suss or something else entirely? - Woodchuck 05/01/03
  • Oh dear me - is it suds, sauce, suss or something else entirely? - masakim 05/01/03
• Parsons nose - dan 05/01/03
• Thick and thin? - S. Ryan 05/01/03
  • Through thick and thin - ESC 05/01/03
• Old saying? - S. Ryan 05/01/03
  • Old saying? - James Briggs 05/01/03
• Lady of the Night - slang names - Maria S 05/01/03
• Hurricanes - Sax 05/01/03
  • Help - chryssie 05/01/03
  • Hurricanes - R. Berg 05/01/03
    • Hurricanes - masakim 05/01/03
• No matter where you go, there you are - Mike Huovila 05/01/03
• Towards or Towards? - Brian from Shawnee 04/30/03
• Get your goat - ESC 04/30/03
• Coopers ducks - irene 04/30/03
• Too much information - andrew 04/30/03
  • Too much information - Lewis 05/09/03
• Rock of Ages - S. 04/30/03
• The art of printing - Mei 04/30/03
  • The art of printing - R. Berg 04/30/03
    • The art of printing - bella 04/30/03
• Don't come the raw prawn with me - Lotg 04/29/03
  • Raw prawn; ripoff - R. Berg 04/29/03
    • Raw prawn; ripoff & Hoodwink - James Briggs 04/30/03
• Lap of the Gods - Lap of the Goddess 04/29/03
  • Lap of the Gods - ESC 04/30/03
• Synonyms? - S. 04/29/03
  • Belie / Give (the) lie to - TheFallen 04/30/03
    • Belie / Give (the) lie to - ESC 04/30/03
• Blowing smoke revisited - Word Camel 04/29/03
• Gone for a Burton - Ian Hamilton 04/29/03
  • Gone for a Burton - ESC 04/29/03
    • Gone for a Burton - ESC 04/29/03
• HELP - Mike Floyd 04/29/03
  • "Boondocks" in archives - R. Berg 04/29/03
• Not to build at all - Celia 04/29/03
• Depth/independence - Purple 04/28/03
  • Could we have a little mor context? - Word Camel 04/28/03
    • Could we have a little MORE context? (Had to correct it) - Word Camel 04/28/03
• Hand in marriage - S. Ryan 04/28/03
• Capitals - holly 04/28/03
  • My grandad, Grandad - ESC 04/28/03
• Tie the knot - S. Ryan 04/28/03
• Turn a question on its head - Azad 04/28/03
  • Here's the meaning - Word Camel 04/28/03
    • Ps - Word Camel 04/28/03
• Shag like a Minx - Nick 04/28/03
• Programming language - Mei 04/28/03
  • Programming language - James Briggs 04/28/03
• Common as Muck - Heatherbelle 04/27/03
• "With all due respect" - Dr. Ward Fredericks 04/27/03
  • "With all due respect" - Lewis 05/02/03
• Accidents by flood and field - Mei 04/27/03
• HELP please!! - Allison 04/27/03
  • It's your call - TheFallen 04/27/03
    • It's your call - R. Berg 04/27/03
• What's the origin - ANgElnDEvil 04/27/03
  • Cross my heart - ESC 04/27/03
    • Cross my heart - TheFallen 04/28/03
• What is the origin? - Linda 04/27/03
  • What is the origin? - Bob 04/27/03
• Questions from TOEFL - Tom 04/26/03
• Infamous publications - Mei 04/26/03
• King's-Arms Tavern - Celia 04/26/03
  • King's-Arms Tavern - R. Berg 04/26/03
• Three florins - Mei 04/25/03
• Pack Sand - jen 04/25/03
  • Pack Sand - ESC 04/25/03
• Full fathom five - Brian from Shawnee 04/25/03
• Millionaire's family - Barbara 04/25/03
  • Millionaire's family - bella 04/25/03
  • Millionaire's family - bella 04/25/03
• Wine press - Celia 04/25/03
• Paper journey - Mei 04/25/03
  • Paper journey - Bob 04/25/03
    • Paper journey - Mei 04/25/03
• Persian flaw - Sharon 04/25/03
• Don't mention the War! - C Salway 04/24/03
• Origin of "beelzebub has a devil for a sideboard"? - Mama Mia 04/24/03
• The Opposite of "The Benefit of the Doubt" - S. 04/24/03
• German words commonly used in English? - EE 04/24/03
  • German words commonly used in English? - James Briggs 04/24/03
• By some mysterious alchemy - Anders 04/23/03
• Phrase - Connie 04/23/03
• Beauty is as Beauty Does? - Darold Vredberg 04/23/03
  • Beauty is as Beauty Does? - Brenda 04/23/03
    • Beauty is as Beauty Does? - ESC 04/23/03
• Chaos! Panic! Disorder! - Lost Choice 04/23/03
  • Button/magnet - R. Berg 04/23/03
• Mondegreen - stu 04/23/03
  • Mondegreen - bella 04/23/03
• I give you props - Dali 04/23/03
  • Propers, props - ESC 04/23/03
    • Propers, props - masakim 04/23/03
• Need speling - Ed 04/23/03
  • Need spelling - R. Berg 04/23/03
    • Need spelling - Matt 04/26/03
• Love conquers all - Saxon 04/23/03
• What does this expression mean? - Ben McDevitt 04/23/03
  • What does this expression mean? - James Briggs 04/23/03
    • Blow me down - Henry 04/23/03
• Well, blow me down - Bev Graham 04/22/03
• The origin of Football Terms - Kris Hans 04/22/03
  • The origin of Football Terms - Rugby - TheFallen 04/23/03
  • The origin of Football Terms - Henry 04/23/03
• Cat - Kim 04/22/03
  • Cat - ESC 04/22/03
    • Cat - ESC 04/23/03
• "Let the dead bury the dead," - andrew 04/22/03
  • "Let the dead bury the dead," - ESC 04/22/03
• Straight-edgers - ESC 04/22/03
• What gives me power - alivingbeing 04/22/03
  • What gives me power - ESC 04/22/03
  • What gives me power - A Thinking Being 04/22/03
    • What gives me gas - ANonCalifornianBeing 04/22/03
• A bum rap - EE 04/22/03
  • A bum rap - R. Berg 04/22/03
• Meaning of..... - Guy 04/22/03
  • Meaning of..... - Henry 04/22/03
• English - Latin - James 04/21/03
  • English . . . - R. Berg 04/22/03
• Tough row/ road - S. Ryan 04/21/03
• Put money in the kitty. - Bill Kipp-Young 04/21/03
• Domineering wife and submissive husband - EE 04/21/03
• Kith and kin - ESC 04/21/03
• Goo Goo eyes-The meaning and origin - Don 04/21/03
• Fall between the cracks - celia 04/20/03
• Rode hard and put away wet - Dr. Ward Fredericks 04/20/03
• Antonyms - Gordon Bates 04/19/03
  • Antonyms - Fred 04/19/03
    • Antonyms - Gordon 04/20/03
• **** - **** stabber 04/18/03
  • **** - R. Berg 04/19/03
• Phrase "How's your father?" - Michael 04/18/03
  • Phrase "How's your father?" - masakim 04/18/03
    • Phrase - Michael 04/21/03
• There but for fortune... - S. Ryan 04/18/03
  • There but for the grace of God - ESC 04/18/03
• Quotation: Forgetting a wrong is a mild revenge - E. Gaffney 04/18/03
  • Quotation: Forgetting a wrong is a mild revenge - E. Gaffney 04/22/03
  • Forgetting a wrong is a mild revenge - ESC 04/18/03
    • Forgetting a wrong is a mild revenge - masakim 04/18/03
• Translation - Stella 04/18/03
• Cali girl - zxc 04/18/03
• SOME HELP FROM SPAIN!!!!!!! - marian 04/17/03
  • Help for spain - bella 04/17/03
    • Help for Spain - a UK postscript & the aftershave connection - TheFallen 04/18/03
  • SOME HELP FROM SPAIN!!!!!!! - Bob 04/17/03
• Rudyard Kipling Gunga Din - Frazer Rice 04/17/03
  • Rudyard Kipling Gunga Din - Henry 04/17/03
    • Rudyard Kipling Gunga Din - S. Ryan 04/18/03
• Getting older - S. Ryan 04/17/03
• Level best - S. Ryan 04/17/03
• Cooter Brown - Man or Myth - Matt Cooke 04/17/03
• Four ways from Sunday - John Buttner 04/17/03
  • Four ways from Sunday - R. Berg 04/17/03
• French words commonly used in English - AA 04/17/03
• Identify a poem? - the monk 04/17/03
  • Identify a poem? - Bob 04/17/03
    • Identify a poem? - ESC 04/18/03
• Phrasal verbs - janes_kid 04/16/03
  • Phrasal verbs - R. Berg 04/17/03
• Constructive termination - ESC 04/16/03
  • Constructive termination - Shae 04/17/03
• Eluviation expert - ESC 04/16/03
• Crossword clue - Bookworm 04/16/03
• Replaced with/by - Fred 04/15/03
  • Replaced with/by - henry 04/15/03
    • Replaced with/by - R. Berg 04/16/03
• War words - ESC 04/15/03
• In tension with - Mei 04/15/03
• Extra credit, please help - Misty 04/14/03
• RE: Nice word or phrase - S. Ryan 04/14/03
  • Fun girls - ESC 04/14/03
    • Fun guys?? - S. Ryan 04/15/03
• Origin of "Hi There" - Eva Cameron 04/14/03
• On midstream merit - celia 04/14/03
  • On midstream merit - bella 04/18/03
• In the large - mei227 04/14/03
• Quiet Land Title - S. 04/14/03
• Easter egg - Jim Judson 04/14/03
• Pot shots or pop shots? - Dan Tyler 04/14/03
  • Potshots - TheFallen 04/14/03
    • Potshots - ESC 04/14/03
• An intervention into the ongoing debates - Mei 04/13/03
  • An intervention into the ongoing debates - R. Berg 04/13/03
• Phrase origin - nikki 04/13/03
  • To coin a phrase - ESC 04/13/03
    • To coin a phrase - masakim 04/13/03
• The Living End - Tom 04/13/03
  • The Living End - ESC 04/13/03
    • The Living End - ESC 04/13/03
• Origin of "from pillar to post" - Frank J. Mandriota 04/13/03
• New words - James Briggs 04/13/03
• Friend of yours - Anders 04/13/03
  • Friend of yours - R. Berg 04/13/03
• More of the same - Miri Barak 04/13/03
• Book recommendation for word fans - Wrod Camel 04/12/03
• Cache - Fred 04/12/03
• Pearl Harbour - Catherine Clacher 04/12/03
  • Sleeping giant - ESC 04/12/03
    • Sleeping giant - Catherine Clacher 04/12/03
    • Sleeping giant - ESC 04/12/03
• Damn the Torpedos - S. 04/12/03
  • Damn the Torpedos - Bruce Kahl 04/12/03
    • Damn the Torpedos - S. 04/14/03
• "Mox nix" "Mocks Nicks" "Machts nichts" actually Macht Nichts - David P. Hagar 04/11/03
  • "Mox nix" usually Macht Nichts but sometimes Macht's Nichts. - TheFallen 04/12/03
    • "Mox nix" and American GI's - Word Camel 04/12/03
• Origin of the phase "win the hearts and minds of the people" - Martin Bogue 04/11/03
• "Train is sailing"? - Visio 04/11/03
  • "Train is sailing"? - S. Ryan 04/15/03
• German Profs declare war on English terms - ESC 04/11/03
  • Idiots - Lewis 04/14/03
• A matter of understanding - Miri Barak 04/11/03
• Turbas, thumbs up and other Iraqi images - ESC 04/10/03
• Origin of phrase - CJ 04/10/03
  • In his heyday - ESC 04/10/03
    • In his heyday - ESC 04/11/03
• A codified definition - Mei 04/10/03
  • A codified definition - ESC 04/10/03
• Please Help with This Quotation - S. 04/10/03
  • Please Help with This Quotation - ESC 04/10/03
    • Please Help with This Quotation - S. Ryan 04/15/03
• "Close to" or "close with" - HGL 04/10/03
• Everyone has his/her or their? - EE 04/10/03
• Oxford English - AA 04/10/03
• "I am not too/also." - EE 04/10/03
  • "I am not too/also." - R. Berg 04/10/03
• BUCK NAKED - MICHELLE 04/10/03
• Rock the bop - Bob 04/09/03
• BROOK(S) NO TRUCK: what does this mean? - Paula Dispenza 04/09/03
• Meaning of this phrase - Vimala Raheja 04/09/03
• An old maxim - Mei 04/09/03
  • An old maxim - ESC 04/09/03
    • Journalism & strong drink - ESC 04/09/03
• Make for grim reading - Mei 04/09/03
  • Make for grim reading - TheFallen 04/09/03
    • Make for grim reading - Mei 04/09/03
• Including but not limited to - a 04/09/03
  • Including but not limited to - R. Berg 04/09/03
• Devil docs - ESC 04/09/03
• P.U. - Homer 04/08/03
  • P.U. - masakim 04/08/03
    • P.U. - Homer 04/08/03
• Too smart - peter dunn 04/08/03
  • By half - R. Berg 04/09/03
• Carpe diem - EE 04/08/03
• "Que sera, sera" - AA 04/08/03
  • "Que sera, sera" - bella 04/08/03
  • "Que sera, sera" - Jerry 04/08/03
• Origins of the phrase "crazy like a fox" - Justin Radell 04/08/03
  • Crazy like a fox - ESC 04/08/03
• Going to town - mike 04/08/03
• Summer Teeth - S. 04/08/03
  • Summer Teeth - Woodchuck 04/08/03
• Terrible and horrible - EE 04/08/03
  • Terrible and horrible - R.Berg 04/08/03
• The phrase, "Wait for it..." - Mike 04/08/03
• Front and center - MM 04/08/03
  • Front and center - TheFallen 04/08/03
• What do these quotes mean from shakespeare??? - liz 04/08/03
  • Shakespeare - ESC 04/09/03
• Phrasal verb - Eudes Martins 04/07/03
  • Phrasal verb - Bruce Kahl 04/07/03
• In like Flint - Johnny Drako 04/07/03
  • In like Flint - andrew 04/21/03
  • In like Flint - ESC 04/07/03
    • In like Flint - Brian from Shawnee 04/07/03
• "The God that Failed" - S. 04/07/03
  • "The God that Failed" - TheFallen 04/07/03
    • "The God that Failed" - S. 04/08/03
• Love Jones - mayur 04/07/03
  • Love Jones - ESC 04/07/03
• Similie and metaphor - AA 04/06/03
  • Similie and metaphor - ESC 04/07/03
• Info please - Sherry 04/06/03
• Help - sharon 04/06/03
  • One swallow doesn't make a summer - TheFallen 04/06/03
• Walk the talk - MM 04/06/03
• Has a hook to it - MM 04/06/03
• New coinage - Sauerkraut 04/06/03
• A pot or a window - Marian 04/05/03
  • A pot or a window - ESC 04/05/03
• What does this mean - rita 04/05/03
• You're Sitting on a Gold Mine - Hal Moldauer 04/05/03
  • You're Sitting on a Gold Mine - Hal Moldauer 04/05/03
• "Own the process" - rur42 04/05/03
  • "Own the process" - ESC 04/05/03
    • "Own the process" - Lewis 04/07/03
• Goose and gander - steve miller 04/04/03
• Sizzle meaning? - manpu 04/04/03
• Royalty - ESC 04/04/03
• Killing the monkey - miri barak 04/04/03
  • Killing the monkey - manky - James Briggs 04/04/03
    • Killing the monkey - manky - Miri Barak 04/05/03
• A coat of many colours - Roslyn Glow 04/04/03
  • A coat of many colours - Harikrishnan Menon 04/04/03
    • A coat of many colours - Shae 04/04/03
• Mug - S. 04/04/03
• Hello! - andrew 04/04/03
• Origin? - Welcome to the show that never ends... - Jack Chung 04/04/03
• Origin of Out of the frying pan, into the fire - Kristen DeWitt 04/03/03
  • Origin of Out of the frying pan, into the fire - James Briggs 04/03/03
    • Jump out of the frying pan into the fire - ESC 04/03/03
• Hell for leather - Lisa Jennings 04/03/03
  • Archives on leather - R. Berg 04/03/03
• Curate's Egg - John Levy 04/03/03
  • Curate's Egg - Harikrishnan Menon 04/04/03
  • Curate's Egg - ESC 04/03/03
• Pull your socks up - Simon 04/03/03
  • Pull your socks up - ESC 04/03/03
    • Pull your socks up - masakim 04/03/03
• To kill the monkey - miri barak 04/03/03
  • To kill the monkey - Lewis 04/04/03
    • To kill the monkey - Miri Barak 04/04/03
• Spaghetti Western - Gerard 04/03/03
  • Spaghetti Western - ESC 04/03/03
    • Spaghetti Western - masakim 04/03/03
• Skinny Winnie - EC 04/02/03
  • Skinny Winnie and her sister Minnie - Woodchuck 04/03/03
• The price of fish - Kit 04/02/03
• What is Milton's impact on current English? - Anders 04/02/03
• Words with no opposite equivalent - James Briggs 04/02/03
• Do no. 17 - stile 04/02/03
• SHALLOW GRAVE - Alex 04/02/03
  • Shallow grave - ESC 04/02/03
    • Shallow grave - James Briggs 04/02/03
• Piece, bunch, pair, - HGL 04/02/03
• Ship, boat, airplane, etc. - AA 04/02/03
  • Ship, boat, airplane, etc. - TheFallen 04/02/03
    • Ship, boat, airplane, etc. - AA 04/03/03
• More Pentagon Jargon - S. 04/02/03
  • More Pentagon Jargon - ESC 04/02/03
• High-handed - S. 04/02/03
• Monkeys and Nuts - Steve 04/02/03
  • Monkeys and Nuts - Curious 04/04/03
• Mark Twain - Saxon 04/02/03
  • Mark Twain - S. 04/02/03
• Origin of "Halcyon Days" - Dorothy Doyle 04/02/03
  • Origin of "Halcyon Days" - James Briggs 04/02/03
• More "daily basis" vs "daily" - al 04/01/03
  • More "daily basis" vs "daily" - al 04/01/03
• Shakespeare quote - Kit 04/01/03
  • Shakespeare quote - Anders 04/01/03
    • Shakespeare quote - Anders 04/01/03
• Conscience and alcohol - Peter Jenkins 04/01/03
  • Conscience and alcohol - ESC 04/02/03
    • Conscience and alcohol - S. 04/02/03
• Schadenfreude - an update - James Briggs 04/01/03
• A short history of April Fool's Day - James Briggs 04/01/03
  • A short history of April Fool's Day - ESC 04/01/03
    • A short history of April Fool's Day - Kit 04/01/03
• Whelk stall - S. 04/01/03
  • Whelk stall - TheFallen 04/01/03
• Retributive Justice - AA 04/01/03
  • Retributive Justice - Fred 04/01/03
  • Retributive Justice - Bruce Kahl 04/01/03
    • Retribution - Lewis 04/04/03
• Brass Monkeys and Cold Weather - George Pearsall 04/01/03
  • Brass Monkeys and Cold Weather - Spurious 04/04/03
    • Update - Lewis 04/07/03
• Cook's tour - Adrian 04/01/03
  • Cook's tour - Bruce Kahl 04/01/03
    • Cook's tour - James Briggs 04/01/03
• THE BOTTOM OF THE NINTH - L.W. 04/01/03
  • THE BOTTOM OF THE NINTH - R. Berg 04/01/03
    • Circle of Hell - Brimstone 04/04/03
• White Rabbits - Kit 04/01/03
• Say when - Alex 04/01/03
  • Say when - R. Berg 04/01/03
• Not on your Nelly - Cedric Barfoot 03/31/03
• About kick - stile 03/31/03
  • About kick - R. Berg 03/31/03
• Phatic speech and language bullies - Word Camel 03/31/03
• Crying wolf,or to call a cry wolf - Ilana gavra 03/31/03
  • To cry wolf - TheFallen 03/31/03
  • Crying wolf,or to call a cry wolf - Ilana 03/31/03
• Quote of Winston Churchill - EE 03/31/03
  • Quote of Winston Churchill - ESC 04/01/03
    • Quote of Winston Churchill - Lewis 04/04/03
• Origin of stuck up - HGL 03/31/03
  • Origin of stuck up - R. Berg 03/31/03
    • Origin of stuck up - TheFallen 03/31/03
• A watched pot never boils - Steven Syme 03/31/03
  • A watched pot never boils - TheFallen 03/31/03
• Origin of a weather proverb - Lucky 03/31/03
  • Origin of a weather proverb - Bruce Kahl 03/31/03
• Robes - stacy 03/31/03
  • Robes - Lewis 03/31/03
    • Robes - TheFallen 03/31/03
• Draw lines in the sand - MM 03/30/03
  • Draw lines in the sand - ESC 03/30/03
• Pull the other one, it's got bells on - Yasmin Mazur 03/30/03
• ANY - EE 03/30/03
  • ANY - Gary 03/30/03
  • ANY - R. Berg 03/30/03
• Origin of saying "Every now and then" - Carolyn Thiers 03/30/03
  • Origin of saying "Every now and then" - James Briggs 03/30/03
• Divine justice in King Lear - HGL 03/30/03
  • Divine justice in King Lear - James Briggs 03/30/03
• Phrases origin - Chen 03/29/03
  • Phrases origin - Toni 05/15/03
• "Daily basis" vs "daily" and similar usage - al 03/29/03
  • "Daily basis" vs "daily" . . . - R. Berg 03/29/03
• Origin of 'I am shown and I forget' - Gareth Noakes 03/29/03
  • Origin of 'I see and I forget' - TheFallen 03/29/03
    • Origin of 'I see and I forget' - ESC 03/29/03
• Phrase - Thomas Jacob 03/29/03
  • Phrase - MAIA 03/30/03
  • Phrase - James Briggs 03/29/03
    • In/into - TheFallen 03/29/03
• The Collywobbles - Kevin Brewer 03/29/03
• Help me! - stile 03/29/03
  • Help me! - James Briggs 03/29/03
    • Help me! - Jim 05/19/03
    • Help me! - raaz1002 04/05/03
    • Help me! - wdwfdsdf 04/05/03
    • Diet - jashgdasjhg 04/05/03
    • Better/worse - TheFallen 03/29/03

• Snake skins
• BULLY FOR YOU
• Whether or Not
• Old ladies with cats become joggers with a pocket full of Viagra(tm)
• Yous, (Youse?) Ireland and New York
• Cotton-picking
• Yous, (Youse?) Ireland and New York
• Dodgy and Dicey
• Phase through
• Pothole
• Bean counter
• Flaking out?
• Piece, bunch, pair,
• What is Milton's impact on current English?
• Why a baby is "it"?
• ...went out with an high hand
• Royalty.PS
• Sizzle meaning?
• Weeny, weedy, weaky
• Buck naked - of racist origin?
• More of the same
• Quiet Land Title
• Origin of "Hi There"
• French words
• Googoo eyes - The meaning and origin
• Mysterious alchemy
• Don't mention the War!
• Three florins
• Fall between the cracks
• White Rabbits
• Hand in marriage
• Tobacco smoke where the sun don't shine.
• Get your goat a link to the picture
• Phrase, explanation not found
• Herd of turtles
• In One's Dodge