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Things that go bump - Rand 05/18/03
- Things that go bump - ESC 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
Two cents worth & pounds, shillings & pence - Lotg 05/17/03
- Two cents worth & pounds, shillings & pence - James Briggs 05/17/03
Got the red ass - Raymond 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
Hop in the hay - Bob 05/16/03
- Hop in the hay - ESC 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
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
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
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
Is this a trick question? - Wayne 05/15/03
- Is this a trick question? - ESC 05/15/03
Quit cold turkey - steve bradley 05/14/03
- Quit cold turkey - ESC 05/14/03
Rode him like a one-hump camel (?) - ESC 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
Jump through hoops - Penny Rea 05/14/03
- Jump through hoops - ESC 05/14/03
  - Jump through hoops - Shae 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
Other Fish in the Sea - Bev 05/13/03
- Other Fish in the Sea - masakim 05/13/03
Grammar mavens - a question - ESC 05/13/03
Hunkey Dorey - Kev Hendry 05/13/03
- Hunkey Dorey - Bruce Kahl 05/13/03
  - Hunkey Dorey - Lotg 05/14/03
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
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
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
Past experience - Lap of the Goddess 05/09/03
- Past experience - TheFallen 05/09/03
  - Good point, actually - SCBert 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
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
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
Provide me the phrase - pravesh 05/08/03
- Red herring? - R. Berg 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
"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
Drunken Sky - D.L. 05/07/03
- Drunken Sky - S. 05/08/03
  - Drunken Sky - ESC 05/08/03
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
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
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
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
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
Coquettish allure - kathaab afandi 05/04/03
- Coquettish allure - ESC 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
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
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
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
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
Towards or Towards? - Brian from Shawnee 04/30/03
Coopers ducks - irene 04/30/03
Too much information - andrew 04/30/03
- Too much information - Lewis 05/09/03
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
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
Capitals - holly 04/28/03
- My grandad, Grandad - ESC 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
"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
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
Persian flaw - Sharon 04/25/03
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
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
Tough row/ road - S. Ryan 04/21/03
Put money in the kitty. - Bill Kipp-Young 04/21/03
Kith and kin - ESC 04/21/03
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
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
Cooter Brown - Man or Myth - Matt Cooke 04/17/03
In tension with - Mei 04/15/03
RE: Nice word or phrase - S. Ryan 04/14/03
- Fun girls - ESC 04/14/03
  - Fun guys?? - S. Ryan 04/15/03
Pot shots or pop shots? - Dan Tyler 04/14/03
- Potshots - TheFallen 04/14/03
  - Potshots - ESC 04/14/03
The Living End - Tom 04/13/03
- The Living End - ESC 04/13/03
  - The Living End - ESC 04/13/03
Friend of yours - Anders 04/13/03
- Friend of yours - R. Berg 04/13/03
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
"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
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
"I am not too/also." - EE 04/10/03
- "I am not too/also." - R. Berg 04/10/03
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
"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
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
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
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
A pot or a window - Marian 04/05/03
- A pot or a window - ESC 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
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
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
Words with no opposite equivalent - James Briggs 04/02/03
SHALLOW GRAVE - Alex 04/02/03
- Shallow grave - ESC 04/02/03
  - Shallow grave - James Briggs 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
Mark Twain - Saxon 04/02/03
- Mark Twain - S. 04/02/03
Conscience and alcohol - Peter Jenkins 04/01/03
- Conscience and alcohol - ESC 04/02/03
  - Conscience and alcohol - S. 04/02/03
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
Say when - Alex 04/01/03
- Say when - R. Berg 04/01/03
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
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
Draw lines in the sand - MM 03/30/03
- Draw lines in the sand - ESC 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
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