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• I'm game for it - Deepika 16/December/03
• Knee biter - Walter Lakey 16/December/03
  • Knee biter - ESC 16/December/03
• Don't get ya knickers in a knot - Lotg 15/December/03
• Croggled - ESC 15/December/03
  • Nice one - Word Camel 15/December/03
• What's vig? - MichaelFr 14/December/03
  • Vig, vigorish - ESC 14/December/03
• Pig's ear - Joe Grocott-James 13/December/03
  • Pig's ear - Ward 13/December/03
    • Silk purse - R. Berg 13/December/03
    • Pig's ear - James Briggs 13/December/03
• A dreary commitment? and again: live by example - sphinx 13/December/03
• Nice phrases for work-field familiarity - werner 12/December/03
• Southern Engineered - gifron 12/December/03
• "All get out" - Phia 11/December/03
  • "All get out" - ESC 11/December/03
• "Now you're shaping - like Muldoon at a picnic" - T'Phantom Peer 11/December/03
• Enter the fray - Lotg 10/December/03
• Horse - Butler 10/December/03
  • Horse - Bruce Kahl 10/December/03
• Hide and watch - Danny Gammon 10/December/03
• Coming up roses - Bill Walthall 08/December/03
  • Coming up roses - Henry 08/December/03
• "Window of opportunity" - David Oaks 08/December/03
• Shed load - Lewis 08/December/03
  • Shedding light - Henry 08/December/03
    • Mike Harding? - Lewis 08/December/03
• Pushing up the Daisies - Ditfos 08/December/03
• 'on this matter' versus 'in this matter' - John 08/December/03
  • 'on this matter' versus 'in this matter' - R. Berg 08/December/03
    • Dodgy question - Lewis 08/December/03
• Help - sphinx 07/December/03
• Take the Christ out of Christmas - Lotg 07/December/03
• Pigs & mud - werner 06/December/03
  • Lie like a pig in mud - Lap of the Goddess 07/December/03
• Look it? - VictoriaCanada 05/December/03
  • Look it? - R. Berg 06/December/03
    • Look it? - ESC 06/December/03
• Put the wood to him - ESC 04/December/03
• Origins of the phrase "like nobodies business" - Badger 04/December/03
  • Origins of the phrase "like nobodies business" - Fred 04/December/03
• More fool you - Bookworm 03/December/03
  • More fool me - Henry 03/December/03
    • More fool me - Smokey Stover 04/December/03
• More Bang for the Buck - Mary Sparks 03/December/03
  • More Bangs for your Buck - Henry 03/December/03
• Father Christmas - Finbar 03/December/03
• "What kinds of friends" or "what kind of friends"? - ABC 03/December/03
  • "What kinds of friends" or "what kind of friends"? - Fred 03/December/03
• Something old - Mark Corden 03/December/03
  • Something old - ESC 03/December/03
• "You shoot me in a dream, you better wake up and apologize" - Ruth 03/December/03
  • Reservoir Dogs - ESC 03/December/03
• Would someone help me what this means? - Kashima 02/December/03
  • Would someone help me what this means? - ESC 02/December/03
• Gypsy phrases - Kane 02/December/03
  • Gypsy phrases - ESC 02/December/03
• "Someones put a lot of hay down" - Ward Fredericks 02/December/03
  • "Someones put a lot of hay down" - R. Berg 02/December/03
    • "Someones put a lot of hay down" - ESC 02/December/03
• UK help needed: stair-rods - pdianek 02/December/03
  • Stair-rods: a guess - Word Camel 02/December/03
  • UK help needed: stair-rods - Shae 02/December/03
    • UK help needed: stair-rods - pdianek 02/December/03
    • Stair rod synchonicity - Word Camel 02/December/03
• Left in a huff and a Chevy - ESC 01/December/03
• Davis cup??? - Lotg 30/November/03
  • Davis cup??? - sorry to the Russians - Lotg 30/November/03
    • Davis cup??? - sorry to the Russians - Anders 30/November/03
• In-laws - Arlene 28/November/03
  • In-laws - R. Berg 29/November/03
• Catch 22 - again! - James Briggs 28/November/03
  • Catch 22 - again! - canders 28/November/03
  • Catch 22 - again! - Lewis 28/November/03
• May the Best Man Win - Sherry 28/November/03
• "Heads and tails" = in every aspect? - Anders 27/November/03
  • "Heads and tails" = in every aspect? - pdianek 28/November/03
    • Lock stock and barrel - Lewis 28/November/03
• Weeps for ducks who go barefoot in the park - Patrick 27/November/03
  • Sorry. Searched high and low. - Bob 02/December/03
• Meaning - Sunil 26/November/03
  • Meaning - Bruce Kahl 26/November/03
• "Contempt prior to investigation" - hadgreeneyes 26/November/03
• Neither hops nor malt lost - Rob Harrison 26/November/03
  • Neither hops nor malt lost - canders 28/November/03
  • Neither hops nor malt lost - Bruce Kahl 26/November/03
• Food phrases - thomas 25/November/03
  • Food phrases - Bob 25/November/03
• Lying doggo - Lotg 24/November/03
  • Laying doggo - Lewis 24/November/03
• Dead ringer - Lotg 24/November/03
  • Dead ringer - judy kay 25/November/03
  • Dead ringer - James Briggs 24/November/03
• Out for a duck - Lotg 24/November/03
  • Eggsactly - Henry 24/November/03
• OK - Lotg 24/November/03
  • OK - ESC 24/November/03
    • Oh my gosh - so many choices.... - Lotg 24/November/03
• What is a "ginnel"? - pdianek 23/November/03
  • What is a "ginnel"? - neil lynch 13/December/03
  • What is a "ginnel"? - Gary 23/November/03
• En dash or hyphen - this time quoting from the OSM - Anders 23/November/03
• Q for A - sphinx 22/November/03
  • Q for A - ESC 22/November/03
    • Q for A - pdianek 22/November/03
• "White tea" - "unlockable" - milena 22/November/03
• I've got your number - Lap of the Goddess 22/November/03
  • I've got your number - James Briggs 22/November/03
• War - James C 21/November/03
  • War - S.R. 05/December/03
• Between the devil and the deep blue sea & There's/there'll be the devil to pay - Bill Smith 21/November/03
• Tipped me the wink - ESC 21/November/03
• Robbing Peter to pay Paul - Tim 21/November/03
  • Robbing Peter to pay Paul - ESC 21/November/03
    • Robbing Peter to pay Paul - Tim Horner 21/November/03
• The English language - James Briggs 21/November/03
  • The English language - asfdasd 06/December/03
  • The English language - asfdasd 06/December/03
  • The English language - ESC 21/November/03
• Climbing the walls - Sax 21/November/03
  • Climbing the walls - R. Berg 21/November/03
    • Mighty men - ESC 21/November/03
• Duke's mixture - anyone use this phrase? - ESC 20/November/03
• Pull up stakes - Sax 20/November/03
  • Pull up stakes - James Briggs 20/November/03
    • Up sticks - Lewis 20/November/03
• Galavanting - Deirdre 20/November/03
  • Gallivanting - ESC 20/November/03
• 2 problems - wez 20/November/03
  • 2 problems - Jack Robinson - James Briggs 20/November/03
    • It never rains but it pours - ESC 20/November/03
• A proverb - spoiltcat 20/November/03
  • A proverb - ESC 20/November/03
• Older than Methuselah. - Leslie 20/November/03
• What's up - tuwana 19/November/03
  • What's up - ESC 19/November/03
• Taking exception - Ron 19/November/03
• P's & Q's - stgcoach 19/November/03
  • P's & Q's - R. Berg 19/November/03
    • P's & Q's - Tim 20/November/03
• Open Pandora's box - ABC 19/November/03
  • Open Pandora's box - Danielle Jiggetts 08/December/03
  • Open Pandora's box - michelle 02/December/03
  • Archived answer - R. Berg 19/November/03
• Linguistics - Kateeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee 18/November/03
  • Linguistics - Harikrishnan Menon 19/November/03
  • Linguistics - al 18/November/03
• Gazumping - pdianek 18/November/03
  • Gazumping--from t he Yiddish="gazump" - Bruce Kahl 19/November/03
• The way we were - Lotg 17/November/03
• Guilty as hell - cj 17/November/03
• The R-word - Brian from Shawnee 17/November/03
• Whatcha? - sphinx 17/November/03
  • Whatcha? - SR 17/November/03
  • Whatcha? - Henry 17/November/03
• Piping hot - Lotg 17/November/03
  • Piping hot - R. Berg 17/November/03
• "Come with bells on" - Dominique 16/November/03
  • "Come with bells on" - Bruce Kahl 16/November/03
• Change midstream - Lotg 16/November/03
  • Change midstream - pdianek 17/November/03
• As full as an egg - Emma Wiggins 16/November/03
  • As full as an egg - ESC 16/November/03
    • As full as an egg - Bob 16/November/03
• "Still speak to me *of me and mine*" - HEDGE 15/November/03
  • "Still speak to me *of me and mine*" - ESC 15/November/03
    • Re-phrasing my question - what does "me and mine" mean? - HEDGE 17/November/03
• "I've got a slick" - Michael 15/November/03
• Super Bowl - Brian from Shawnee 14/November/03
  • Super Bowl - ESC 15/November/03
• Break the ice - Sax 14/November/03
• "Late Husband/Wife" - Tim 14/November/03
• Suit - sphinx 14/November/03
  • Suit - Smokey Stover 14/November/03
    • Suits you sir! - Lewis 14/November/03
• Arse over teakettle - Mark Salzl 13/November/03
• 'hung', drawn and quartered - david patrick 13/November/03
  • 'hung', drawn and quartered - Harold 13/November/03
• Gimme a break! - SR 13/November/03
  • Gimme a break! - ESC 14/November/03
• Lickety split - Sax 13/November/03
  • Lickety split - Smokey Stover 13/November/03
• China - Lotg 13/November/03
• Inside Lane/UK - Dick Davis 13/November/03
• What does "carry so much baggage" mean? - YSG 13/November/03
• Driving me Bananas - redsag 13/November/03
• Bobs your uncle - Ossy Goldenberg 12/November/03
• Origin of the Phrase "6 Ways to Sunday" - Paul Krasnov 12/November/03
  • "6 Ways to Sunday" - ESC 13/November/03
    • "6 Ways to Sunday" - Smokey Stover 13/November/03
• "Why did the chicken cross the road" origin - Jean 12/November/03
• Cribbage - Faulkner 12/November/03
  • Cribbage - Gary 13/November/03
• Blue-eyed world - ESC 12/November/03
• :Anybody to help me out ? (continued) - Michael 12/November/03
• Proper wording of phrase - d. cole 12/November/03
  • Proper wording of phrase - Frustrated 12/November/03
    • Google Lesson - Bruce Kahl 12/November/03
• I could care less! - Smokey Stover 12/November/03
• Babe in the woods - Sax 12/November/03
  • Babe in the woods - R. Berg 12/November/03
    • Babe in the woods - GPP 12/November/03
• Competition - CC 12/November/03
• Sustained Deep Undervoltage - Bruce Kahl 12/November/03
• McJob - ESC 11/November/03
• Splice the Mainbrace - James Briggs 11/November/03
• Ontogeny Recapitulates Phylogeny - Bev 11/November/03
• "Drinks like he has a Wooden leg" - Ward Fredericks 11/November/03
  • Hollow leg - ESC 11/November/03
• To read a subject at university - milena ferrante 11/November/03
• Lush Life - Ron Lush 11/November/03
• Avast, matey! - Andrew 11/November/03
  • Avast, matey! - pdianek 11/November/03
  • Avast, matey! - Bruce Kahl 11/November/03
    • Avast, matey! - SR 11/November/03
• Goldbricking - Andrew 11/November/03
  • Goldbricking - ESC 11/November/03
• Good as gold - al 11/November/03
  • Good as gold - ESC 11/November/03
• Jake leg - ESC 11/November/03
  • Jake leg - Jerome S. Shipman 27/November/03
  • Jake leg - Jerome S. Shipman 27/November/03
• Pushing peeps in the creek. - rich 10/November/03
• Common phrases - Clarissa 10/November/03
  • Common phrases - pdianek 10/November/03
    • Around and around - Henry 11/November/03

• How about McMansion?
• Brag on
• Double-dog dare
• Dogfight
• Taking ourselves too seriously???
• "I'll go to the wire"
• Story won't wash
• How about McMansion?
• "out of the woodwork" - origin?
• Cursive
• Whistle for it
• Back of beyond
• Don't be such a pill
• Attributes & the theatre of war
• Correcting a few typos
• See Rome and die
• Modus operandi?
• Devil pays double
• Lemme show you the ropes, pal! :-)
• French idiom
• Under the glass
• And/or
• Examples
• Extend the olive branch
• Killing floor
• Shiver me timber.
• As sure as she's a day old...
• Pushing peeps in the creek.
• Air your dirty laundry in public
• Apples
• 'mile high club'
• Oughta take a rope and hang me
• McJob
• Help!
• To whom it may concern
• The western world