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- Hale fellow well met - squazeedle 29/February/04
- Hail, fellow, well met - R. Berg 29/February/04
- One more: watering hole - miri barak 29/February/04
- Happy Leap Year Day! - WordCrafter 29/February/04
- Where did it originate? - sarah 28/February/04
- Where did it originate? - Teach 01/March/04
- Whinney-whicker? - ESC 28/February/04
- Whinney-whicker? - Smokey Stover 29/February/04
- Whinny-whicker? - R. Berg 29/February/04
- Whinney-whicker? - Smokey Stover 29/February/04
- The Devil, a long spoon to sup
with - David 28/February/04
- The Devil, a long spoon
to sup with - ESC 28/February/04
- The Devil - R. Berg 28/February/04
- The Devil, a long spoon
to sup with - ESC 28/February/04
- Famous phrase - D Haak 28/February/04
- Leap of faith - ESC 28/February/04
- Some questions - sphinx 28/February/04
- Diagraming sentence - sphinx 28/February/04
- Lexicurious - ESC 27/February/04
- Meanings of english proverbs - SilverHawk 27/February/04
- Proverbs 15:17 - DH 26/February/04
- 'Fire in the hole' - Gerald
Ryan 26/February/04
- 'Fire in the hole' - ESC 26/February/04
- 'Fire in the hole' - inaccurate - Lewis 01/March/04
- 'Fire in the hole' - ESC 26/February/04
- Nut cutting time - Bill
Davis 26/February/04
- Nut cutting time - Henry 27/February/04
- Nut cutting time - Bill Davis 27/February/04
- Nut cutting time - Henry 27/February/04
- Based out - Miri Barak 26/February/04
- What is meant by the phrase "we
live in an age of discontinuity" - Manju 26/February/04
- What is meant by the phrase "we live in an age of discontinuity" - Bruce Kahl 27/February/04
- What is meant by the phrase "we live in an age of discontinuity" - Bob 27/February/04
- What is meant by the phrase "we live in an age of discontinuity" - Bruce Kahl 27/February/04
- Wigging Out - Troy 26/February/04
- Wigging Out - Wig
Wam 26/February/04
- Earwig - ESC 26/February/04
- Wigging Out - Wig
Wam 26/February/04
- Cut from different cloth - Marcia
Gruver 26/February/04
- Cutting remark - Henry 27/February/04
- If I do say so myself or If I don't
say so myself? - William Kennedy 26/February/04
- If I do say so myself - R. Berg 26/February/04
- Though I say so myself - Henry 27/February/04
- If I do say so myself - R. Berg 26/February/04
- Call your own - MichaelFR 26/February/04
- Honey-do list - Sathyaish 26/February/04
- Site for meanings of proverbs - SilverHawk 26/February/04
- Site for meanings of proverbs - Bob 26/February/04 26/February/04
- Someone is toast - Roy 26/February/04
- At the end of your rope - sax 26/February/04
- If March comes in like a lion,then
it will go out like a lamb,. - nat 26/February/04
- If March comes in like a
lion,then it will go out like a lamb,. - Smokey Stover 26/February/04
- I do - Lewis 26/February/04
- If March comes in like a
lion,then it will go out like a lamb,. - Smokey Stover 26/February/04
- Phrase - Marc White 26/February/04
- Dead right - R. Berg 26/February/04
- Leave....? - Didi 26/February/04
- Leave....? - ESC 26/February/04
- Happy times and "pass the soda
crackers". - Patti 26/February/04
- Free soda crackers - ESC 27/February/04
- Dry as a bone - Dee 25/February/04
- Dry as a bone - Brian
from Shawnee 25/February/04
- Dry as a bone - ESC 25/February/04
- Dry as a bone - Brian
from Shawnee 25/February/04
- Jesus H Christ - abe 25/February/04
- Making a hames - SR 25/February/04
- Making a hames - Henry 25/February/04
- Making a hames - Shae 25/February/04
- Making a hames - Henry 25/February/04
- This little piggy... - Word Camel 25/February/04
- Meaning of word - carl klein 25/February/04
- Dog man - Miri Barak 25/February/04
- Dog man - Henry 25/February/04
- Dog man - miri barak 25/February/04
- Dog man - Henry 25/February/04
- Rally monkey - ESC 25/February/04
- Rally monkey - Brian from Shawnee 25/February/04
- Why are Yorkshiremen called Tykes? - MarkRockEmDead 25/February/04
- She took an eggbeater and went over the hill - Brenda 25/February/04
- 'the last word' - Ward Fredericks 24/February/04
- Like pissing in an angel's ear - Daniel 24/February/04
- Like pissing in an angel's ear - Bookworm 24/February/04
- Phrase in Discworld - Srik Madani 24/February/04
- Sam Hill - An Illinois Gal 24/February/04
- Sam Hill - ESC 24/February/04
- Sam Hill - Illinois Gal 24/February/04
- Sam Hill - ESC 24/February/04
- Trouper/trooper - Swalsh 24/February/04
- Meaning of phrase - Doug
Evans 24/February/04
- See the "Search" box up there? - Bob 24/February/04
- That's all she wrote... - Dan 24/February/04
- Search box, again. - Bob 24/February/04
- Search box, again. - Barry 25/February/04
- Search box, again. - Bob 24/February/04
- Colder than ... - Dan 24/February/04
- Dead bury dead - Ron 24/February/04
- Dead bury dead - Smokey Stover 24/February/04
- Torn down a strip - itzhar 24/February/04
- Mighty wide - Steve 23/February/04
- Poor thing - Miri Barak 23/February/04
- Riddle in Philadelphia - Sathyaish 23/February/04
- Purple elephant. - Miri Barak 23/February/04
- Phrases - Aron 23/February/04
- What fresh Hell is this? - GRAN
FRAN 23/February/04
- Hello - Henry 23/February/04
- Hello - Gran Fran 23/February/04
- Hello - Henry 23/February/04
- Talk - JOhn 22/February/04
- Meaning of a phrase - Mcverma 22/February/04
- Meaning of a phrase - Henry 22/February/04
- Meaning of a phrase - yVONNE 25/February/04
- Meaning of a phrase - Henry 22/February/04
- Mary will make John a fine wife. - Tom 22/February/04
- He has a way with him - Rob 21/February/04
- Beach photographer - miri barak 21/February/04
- Evermind - HCD 21/February/04
- Yankee or Dixie - ESC 21/February/04
- Wierd Word: autotrephination - Sathyaish 21/February/04
- Wierd Word: autotrephination - Bruce Kahl 21/February/04
- "Knew going in" - sphinx 21/February/04
- Hoo-ah! - Fred Donehoo 21/February/04
- Origin of the phrase blood is thicker
than water - harold lamar 21/February/04
- Origin of the phrase blood
is thicker than water - Bruce Kahl 21/February/04
- Try Again! - Bruce Kahl 21/February/04
- Origin of the phrase blood
is thicker than water - Bruce Kahl 21/February/04
- Cut from whole cloth - Alex 20/February/04
- This side of paradise - Alex 20/February/04
- This side of paradise - ESC 21/February/04
- A horse is a horse, of course, of course - Corina 20/February/04
- Buddha - Little R.J 20/February/04
- Buddha - ESC 20/February/04
- A substitute for the intended subject - Sathyaish 20/February/04
- Stop Flapping - Phil 20/February/04
- Head honcho - Sax 20/February/04
- Han=squad Cho=chief from the Japanese - Bruce Kahl 20/February/04
- Lucky stars - kate 20/February/04
- Lucky stars - Henry 20/February/04
- Lucky stars - Smokey Stover 21/February/04
- Lucky stars - Henry 20/February/04
- 'a gentleman, and a scholar' - Ward Fredericks 20/February/04
- 'a gentleman, and a scholar' - ESC 20/February/04
- Some expressions in english - HCD 20/February/04
- "Hell or High Water" - Steve Reichmuth 20/February/04
- "Hell or High Water" - ESC 20/February/04
- Suggestions for newbies - Old-timer 19/February/04
- Suggestions for newbies - R. Berg 20/February/04
- Rope a dope - joel 19/February/04
- Rope a dope - ESC 19/February/04
- Rope-a-dope - ESC 19/February/04
- Rope a dope - ESC 19/February/04
- Searching for the right word - Sathyaish 19/February/04
- Knee-jerk - Sathyaish 19/February/04
- Tucker's yard - Miri Barak 19/February/04
- Tucker's yard - Bob 19/February/04
- Thank you Bob - miri barak 19/February/04
- Tucker's yard - Bob 19/February/04
- Patho-logy - Sathyaish 19/February/04
- 1.life in the fast lane . 2. whistle
britches - glenn forrest 19/February/04
- 1.life in the fast lane . 2. whistle britches - ESC 20/February/04
- Didn't kill the beast - jon 19/February/04
- Didn't kill the beast - Bob 20/February/04
- Big Brother's Watching You! - Rachael Damofuski 19/February/04
- Two ways from tuesday - Bob deducy 19/February/04
- Two ways from tuesday - R. Berg 20/February/04
- "When peepers sing..." - Lorie 18/February/04
- Origins of proverbs - Paola 18/February/04
- Go on you - Miri Barak 18/February/04
- Three-dog night - thomas 18/February/04
- Don't take any wooden nickels - Norm Boughton 18/February/04
- Pussy Bow - gerrie 18/February/04
- "Tough Titties" - Mark 18/February/04
- "Tough titties" - Smokey Stover 18/February/04
- "Tough titties" - SR 18/February/04
- "Tough titties" - Smokey Stover 18/February/04
- Old saying - Brian 17/February/04
- Old saying - Bruce Kahl 18/February/04
- Proverb Quiz - pkmjm 17/February/04
- File down his sights - Tabor 17/February/04
- Picked their nuts for a season - sara 17/February/04
- Mother Hubbard nursery rhyme - Anthony Sanford 16/February/04
- Mother Hubbard nursery rhyme - Henry 16/February/04
- Mother Hubbard nursery rhyme - Henry 16/February/04
- Mother Hubbard nursery rhyme - Henry 16/February/04
- Giraffes are selfish - ESC 16/February/04
- Point-blank - Muhammad Imran 16/February/04
- Point-blank - ESC 16/February/04
- Point-blank - James Briggs 17/February/04
- Point-blank - ESC 16/February/04
- Thank you all! - tomoya 16/February/04
- Mr. Cellophane - ESC 16/February/04
- 'there's got to be a pony in there, somewhere' - Ward Fredericks 16/February/04
- A few questions - tomoya 16/February/04
- Eating our seed corn - ESC 16/February/04
- Sayings - Val 16/February/04
- Re; Pudding crawl - R.
Berg 16/February/04
- Re; Pudding crawl - val 20/February/04
- Re; Pudding crawl - R.
Berg 16/February/04
- Deep throat - WordCrafter 15/February/04
- Deep throat - Bob 16/February/04
- Stories & Phrases - Deborah 15/February/04
- Stories & Phrases - Bob 15/February/04
- Practical Joke - Bernard
Tanner 15/February/04
- Practical Joke - Bob 15/February/04
- Practical Joke - R. Berg 15/February/04
- Practical Joke - Bob 15/February/04
- Swing and roundabout - sphinx 15/February/04
- Anyone know the origin?? - Dayna 15/February/04
- Larripin! - Henry 15/February/04
- Larrup, larruping, larripin - ESC 16/February/04
- Larripin! - Henry 15/February/04
- Christmas Tiger - deb 15/February/04
- Christmas Tiger - ESC 15/February/04
- Christmas Tiger - Bruce Kahl 15/February/04
- Christmas Tiger - ESC 15/February/04
- The Old Dart - Jean Cowan 14/February/04
- The Old Dart - Bob 14/February/04
- Cometh the hour, cometh the man - Ray Hattingh 14/February/04
- Cometh the hour, cometh the man - James Briggs 14/February/04
- Some 'discrete' (I mean 'separate') questions - sphinx 14/February/04
- Fastidid encourous - federica dante 14/February/04
- Hot Stove League - Brian from Shawnee 13/February/04
- A "simple" question - Miri Barak 13/February/04
- "Put out" - SR 13/February/04
- Katy Bar the Door - Tom Gray 13/February/04
- On the shoulders of giants - mystic 13/February/04
- On the shoulders of giants - ESC 13/February/04
- On the shoulders of giants - ESC 13/February/04
- On the shoulders of giants - ESC 13/February/04
- Behind the wizard's curtain. - yuri20 13/February/04
- No worse for the wear - Mike 13/February/04
- No worse for the wear - Henry 13/February/04
- No worse for the wear - Gary 13/February/04
- Dog gone - Tim 13/February/04
- Dog gone - ESC 13/February/04
- "When there is no more room in hell... - Ruth 12/February/04
- Like asking chickens to vote on the menu (?) - DOR 12/February/04
- Hats/Hat's off - Bookworm 11/February/04
- Hats/Hat's off - Bob 11/February/04
- Hats/Hat's off - R. Berg 12/February/04
- Hats/Hat's off - Bob 11/February/04
- Help; - oje Ka 11/February/04
- Help; - Shae 11/February/04
- Use the Search Box up there - Bob 11/February/04
- Help; - Shae 11/February/04
- A "young pretender" - Billy Bragg 11/February/04
- Fed a bunch of faddle - ESC 11/February/04
- Nice find.... - Word Camel 11/February/04
- Merriam-Webster online - ESC 11/February/04
- Cliches understanding and translation - Alexandra 11/February/04
- Cliches understanding and
translation - ESC 11/February/04
- Cliches understanding and translation - itzhar 12/February/04
- Cliches understanding and
translation - ESC 11/February/04
- MAY Be MAYBE - Harsha 11/February/04
- MAY Be MAYBE - ESC 11/February/04
- All my eye and Betty Martin - David Cundy 11/February/04
- All my eye and Betty Martin - ESC 11/February/04
- "Home of the Rebels" - One from Seoul 11/February/04
- Inquiry about [picks and pans] - charles2smart 11/February/04
- Leader of the Free World - Mary Fran 11/February/04
- Rope Access - A Rope Access
Technology Enthusiast 10/February/04
- Rope Access - Daniel 14/February/04
- Rope Access - ESC 10/February/04
- Scared the Dickens out of me - lachlan oddy 10/February/04
- Scared the Dickens out of
me - Henry 10/February/04
- Scared the Dickens out of me - ESC 10/February/04
- Scared the Dickens out of
me - Henry 10/February/04
- Pop tart - ESC 10/February/04
- The Past Century - Brian from Shawnee 10/February/04
- Sarcasm is the lowest form of wit - Lotg 10/February/04
- War driving and war chalking - ESC 10/February/04
- War driving and war chalking - Brian from Shawnee 10/February/04
- Grammar please - SR 10/February/04
- "Happy as a Sandboy" - Stan Unwin 10/February/04
- "Happy as a Sandboy" - James Briggs 10/February/04
- "Happy as Larry" - Lewis 12/February/04
- "Happy as a Sandboy" - James Briggs 10/February/04
- Slinging hash - Sax 10/February/04
- Feeling under the weather - Scott Cressey 09/February/04
- Feeling under the weather - ESC 10/February/04
- Grammar question - Dana 09/February/04
- Grammar question - ESC 10/February/04
- Pink Elephants - Mick Fairless 09/February/04
- "Serious Jones" "Lost his mojo" - jda 09/February/04
- Skitch 'em Rex - Lap of the
Goddess 09/February/04
- Misquote: should have been "sic em Rex" - Lotg 10/February/04
- "There's more than one way to skin a cat" - Felix 09/February/04
- Heteroflexible , et al - Word Camel 09/February/04
- Slept like a top - Liz Atkin 09/February/04
- Slept like a top - Henry 09/February/04
- HELP! - Sophie Brook 09/February/04
- Newspaper comics American - john farrell 09/February/04
- Newspaper comics American - Bob 09/February/04
- Newspaper comics American - Bruce Kahl 10/February/04
- Newspaper comics American - Bob 09/February/04
- "Form follows function" - Ward Fredericks 09/February/04
- Split a gut - Denis 09/February/04
- That which doesn't kill us makes
us stronger - wendy 08/February/04
- That which doesn't kill
us makes us stronger - Lewis 09/February/04
- No pain, no gain - Ward 14/February/04
- That which doesn't kill
us makes us stronger - Lewis 09/February/04
- Two six heave - john murphy 08/February/04
- Two six heave - Ricardo 17/February/04
- Two six heave - Bruce Kahl 08/February/04
- Bunny Boiler - Justin 08/February/04
- "Second Nature" - Kim 08/February/04
- "Second Nature" - Bob 08/February/04
- "Second Nature" - ESC 08/February/04
- "Second Nature" - ESC 08/February/04
- "Second Nature" - Bob 08/February/04
- Bears - Miri Barak 08/February/04
- Cockles of my heart - Rob 08/February/04
- Cockle Pickers - Henry 08/February/04
- Cockle Pickers - Barney 08/February/04
- Cockle Pickers - Henry 08/February/04
- Behind every man is a good woman - Don Bloch 08/February/04
- "Squared-away" - Guy
Andrews 07/February/04
- "Squared-away" - ESC 07/February/04
- "Squared-away" - Lewis 09/February/04
- "Squared-away" - ESC 07/February/04
- Meaning of phrase - bobby 07/February/04
- For crying out loud - Larry
Baruch 07/February/04
- For crying out loud - ESC 07/February/04
- Missionary position - HausFrau 06/February/04
- State nicknames - abe 06/February/04
- Origination of names and phrases for colleges - dan williams 06/February/04
- Penny black - ESC 06/February/04
- Penny black - James
Briggs 06/February/04
- Penny black - ESC 06/February/04
- Penny black - James
Briggs 06/February/04
- An heart-felt plea - Li Yar's Ghostwriter 06/February/04
- Het up (yes yes I know it's been asked before, but not this question, so don't get all het up) - Lotg 06/February/04
- A monkey and a pony - Larry 06/February/04
- A monkey and a pony - James Briggs 06/February/04
- Break a leg - sax 06/February/04
- Blind date - WordCrafter 06/February/04
- Blind date - Smokey Stover 06/February/04
- Destination product - ESC 05/February/04
- Two Bits - Keith Pelton 04/February/04
- "Sleeping over the rope" - Harry 04/February/04
- Whats the origin of - chuck 04/February/04
- Question from Middlemore Hospital - Miri Barak 04/February/04
- Curb your enthusiasm - Ward Fredericks 04/February/04
- Intimate massage - HausFrau 04/February/04
- Expressions - Miri Barak 04/February/04
- Wrong way corrigan - Jan 04/February/04
- Honkey dorey - Jersey Girl 03/February/04
- The answer is in the question - ramofski 03/February/04
- The answer is in the question - ESC 08/February/04
- Jeva - panda 03/February/04
- Jeva - Keith Pelton 03/February/04
- You mean Java? - Bruce Kahl 03/February/04
- Jeva - Keith Pelton 03/February/04
- For Pete's Sake - Keith Pelton 03/February/04
- For Pete's Sake - ESC 03/February/04
- B Line - Keith Pelton 03/February/04
- Zero sum game - Michael Rontaler 03/February/04
- Zero sum game - DerFlieger 03/February/04
- Get a cat. - Shkval 03/February/04
- Janet Jackson's "nipple brooch" - Michael Jahn 03/February/04
- The eye is the window of the soul - Margarete Hodges 03/February/04
- Origins of sayings - Gregg Davis 03/February/04
- Words of the Year: 2003 - ESC 03/February/04
- Proverb competition - Deirdre Collins 03/February/04
- Wardrobe malfunction - ESC 03/February/04
- By George, I think you've got it!!! - Lotg 03/February/04
- Bed and Breakfast (Darts)? - Robert 03/February/04
- You can't kid a kidder - James 03/February/04
- You can't kid a kidder - ESC 03/February/04
- You can't kid a kidder - Rude Boy 05/February/04
- You can't kid a kidder - ESC 03/February/04
- Spill the beans - Lap of the Goddess 03/February/04
- Lead you by the nose - Sax 03/February/04
- Lead you by the nose - Henry 03/February/04
- Charlie horse - steve 02/February/04
- Charlie horse - Bob 02/February/04
- Flog it - abe chasid 02/February/04
- Trying to find a poem read in school - LORNA COOPER 02/February/04
- What is soft drink called in England and Australia? - ABC 02/February/04
- ' a round heeled lassie' - Hausfrau 02/February/04
- Potemkin arsenal - Fred 02/February/04
- Yankee or Dixie
- Get a cat.
- Chewed out
- Break a leg
- Missionary position
- The Brook
- State of Confusion
- Bunny Boiler
- Slinging hash
- Never give up (or in)
- A "young pretender"
- Katy Bar the Door
- Worlds collide
- File down his sights
- Origins of proverbs
- Knee jerk reflex
- Big Brother's Watching You!
- Compound nouns
- Some expressions in english
- Some expressions in english
- Yankee or Dixie
- Talk the hind leg off a mule!
- Riddle in Philadelphia
- Phrase in Discworld
- You're my only hope! help!!!
- One more question