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• Jukes and Callycats - Kevin Tracy
• Baby needs a new pair of shoes - Hiroko
• Interpet this sentence into a phrase - Holly
• Phrase - stretch
• ... was dragged kicking and screaming into the twentieth century - Don Molloy
• Have defeinition - Need word - Dan McLean Jr
• Speakeasy - Margy
• Dishmop - sue
• Phrase meaning and origin - Julia
• Busier than a cranberry merchant - sue
• Phrase origin - rob harris
• Naked as a Jay Bird - Meg Gommel
• Until the cows come home - Mary Jane
• Give him the golden handshake - Chester Helm
• It's a horse apiece. - Heidi
• Best of times, Worst of times - Marianne
• Beside oneself - Ginny
• Dead reckoning - jeff waite
• 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
• German - Pete Rosenburg
• Unlucky Thirteen - Barry
• 'Blood on the Moon' - Barry
• Joke Top Titles - Dragonscall
• "Amor fati" - liz bragg
• 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
• "Happy as Larry" and "Cute as a Button" - Matt
• What Paddy Shot At - Lois Hartnett
• Throw under a bus - ESC
• To kingdom come - deric
• The time has come the walrus said to talk of many things - April
• Queer Queen - Matt Carey
• Bugger's Muddle - Steve goldby
• Meaning of phrase - Ed Vincent
• Home and hosed - Paul Guthrie
• To have kittens... - ESC
• 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
• What does "rob the cratle mean" - ronnie
• Not to be sneezed at - ESC
• Christmas cards - ESC
• Three on a match - ESC
• Hear no evil... - ESC
• Hand over fist - Brian Barger
• Chief Seattle quote - ESC
• Fearless Leader - R Rose
• Where did this come from? - Jude
• Brainwashing - ESC
• Après moi le Deluge - Barry

• There is more than one way to skin a cat
• "Dead bury the Dead"
• The score so far...
• One Over The Eight
• Down the garden path
• Losing your rag?
• Losing your rag?
• COP
• Get your goat
• 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!'
• He loves me he loves me not
• Couldn't find it...