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- Jukes and Callycats - Kevin Tracy
- Down to the short rows - sue
- Lil Abner Answer for ESC - Bruce Kahl
- Salad Days - Dave
- Message at bottom?? - ESC
- Coming Down the Pike or Pipe - Holly
- Jumping Jehosophat, Origin sought - Bob Seymour
- So Long - Bobby
- Baby needs a new pair of shoes - Hiroko
- Help me with this proverb - Geoff
- Interpet this sentence into a phrase - Holly
- Author?? "If you cannot improve the silence, don't speak" - Nate
- Right as rain - Nina Waite
- He loves me he loves me not - angela
- Hip, Hip, Hooray - Joyce Thatcher
- Origin of the expression " to be a Jonah" - Carrol Craft
- All Things William - ESC
- On your bike - wardan
- Phrase - stretch
- ... was dragged kicking and screaming into the twentieth century - Don Molloy
- Have defeinition - Need word - Dan McLean Jr
- SCUD, as in SCUD missile - James Briggs
- Speakeasy - Margy
- Dishmop - sue
- Origin of phrase - scooby-doo
- 'Dont try to teach your grandma to suck eggs!' - Rai
- Origin of "Okay" - Tony Morris
- Phrase meaning and origin - Julia
- Busier than a cranberry merchant - sue
- Phrase origin - rob harris
- Spit - Tomar
- Naked as a Jay Bird - Meg Gommel
- Spitting Feathers - Anne
- [word removed in order to comply with Google's Publisher Policy] rig - d munchel
- Until the cows come home - Mary Jane
- Give him the golden handshake - Chester Helm
- It's a horse apiece. - Heidi
- Trivet - Maggie Hamberger
- Cattywumpus - Bob DeLong
- Fair - Sabrina
- It's all Greek to me - Meyer
- She stoops to conquer ... origin/meaning? - Patty
- Same old, same old... - Matt Young
- RSVP - Camachi
- Cup of joe - chilipepper
- Banana - Tomar
- The Whole 9 Yards - genie
- Derivation, origination - Mike
- Kangaroo court. - NATHAN J.
- Best of times, Worst of times - Marianne
- Beside oneself - Ginny
- Cat got your tongue - Frankie
- The phrase Five by five - Rocky
- Get your goat - Janice
- WHEN PIGS FLY - bryan schuetz
- A Last Ditch Effort - William
- Maybe Shakespeare? - Mary
- Truth - Jade
- Dead reckoning - jeff waite
- COP - Mary
- Buffy the Vampire Slayer - Craig
- GOP - Mary
- Can anyone tell me the meaning of 'Not in my Baileywick'? - Ron
- "...whose alabaster cities gleam..." - --dave
- Rubbing my tummy and patting my head - Hiroko
- Don't Open if You May Be Offended! - Henry Huang
- As the actress said to the bishop - Heidi
- "On the Cuff" - Bruce Kahl
- German - Pete Rosenburg
- "This Neck Of The Woods" - Herb Heesch
- Origin of a phrase - Anita
- Funny Phrases for Proofs of Manhood?? - Patty
- My dear Watson - ahmet
- 'Daft as a Brush' - Barry
- Unlucky Thirteen - Barry
- 'Blood on the Moon' - Barry
- Joke Top Titles - Dragonscall
- "Amor fati" - liz bragg
- What is the origin of Geordie? - John M
- What does this mean? (Horse) - Tyler Cameron
- Fly by Night - Frankie
- Guy/Girl Friday - Frankie
- I excused the dog once but he died - Trish
- Port of call - Patty
- Cup of joe -- where does it come from? - coffee lover
- "Happy as Larry" and "Cute as a Button" - Matt
- Meaning of word? - Kareim Kambisambabway
- "Through a glass darkly" - Bart Lovins
- "Turning in his grave" - Bart Lovins
- Living well is best revenge - Pamela
- What Paddy Shot At - Lois Hartnett
- Montezuma's Revenge - Demi North
- Throw under a bus - ESC
- Gift Horse - R W SCHNEIDER
- Down the garden path - Alex
- To kingdom come - deric
- Daisy Chain - Autumn
- Loves me loves me not - Autumn
- 100s of origins! - James Briggs
- "Snug as a bug in a rug" - Bud Pearce
- On Cloud nine? - ezra
- "Fair and Square" - Frankie
- The time has come the walrus said to talk of many things - April
- Cup of joe??? where does this phrase come from? - joey
- One Fell Swoop - Graham Bell
- Where does the Phrase "wired," come from? - Matt Osborne
- Carrot & Stick - Tom Gossett
- Queer Queen - Matt Carey
- Bugger's Muddle - Steve goldby
- English Sayings & Idioms - James Briggs
- Mexican Stand-off - Trevor Boulanger
- Meaning of phrase - Ed Vincent
- Home and hosed - Paul Guthrie
- To have kittens... - ESC
- "Between a rock and a hard place" - liz
- "Color me blue" - Geri
- Get Your Skates On! - Can anyone else confirm the rather rude origin of this phrase?! - Ade
- Cor Blimey - Richard Craig
- Stick to your guns. - Frankie
- Origin? Date of Origin? - Martin Ryanson
- Cooter brown - michal
- What does "rob the cratle mean" - ronnie
- There is more than one way to skin a cat - R. Amelio
- "Simple as pie" or "easy as pie" - Kacttus
- A labour of love - help me
- Not to be sneezed at - ESC
- Two bits - Roger Wise
- Christmas cards - ESC
- What does 'walk Spanish' mean? - Misty
- Three on a match - ESC
- Hear no evil... - ESC
- What's the origin? - Vincent Jackson
- Jump Street - Fred Hammon
- Hand over fist - Brian Barger
- Chief Seattle quote - ESC
- Oprah syndrome - ESC
- Fearless Leader - R Rose
- Kierkegaard or Kipling?? - JD
- Where did this come from? - Jude
- Losing your rag? - suzy
- Origin of "deus ex machina" - liz
- One Over The Eight - LM Ross
- "Dead bury the Dead" - Phil Floro
- Share & share alike - ESC
- Brainwashing - ESC
- I am trying to find the following... - Marcia
- Après moi le Deluge - Barry
- Dry Run - Kerith McCoy
- There is more than one way to skin a cat
- Cooter brown
- "Dead bury the Dead"
- The score so far...
- One Over The Eight
- Down the garden path
- Losing your rag?
- Losing your rag?
- "On the Cuff"
- COP
- Get your goat
- The Whole 9 Yards
- Cup of joe
- Spitting Feathers
- The (New) Whole 9 Yards
- Spit
- Same old, same old...
- Origin of "Okay"
- 'Don't try to teach...
- 'Dont try to teach your grandma to suck eggs!'
- SCUD, as in SCUD missile
- He loves me he loves me not
- Couldn't find it...
- What does 'walk Spanish' mean?
- Two bits