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- Senior citizen - ESC 29/January/05
- Diabolically opposed - Larry 29/January/05
- Diabolically opposed - Fred 29/January/05
- A fit of backing - Shae 29/January/05
- Origin: A Room Without Books Is Like A Day Without Sunshine - Steve Eichner 28/January/05
- H-E-double toothpicks - Word Camel 28/January/05
- What is the origin of "seeing spots" or "to see spots"? - the L word 28/January/05
- Gullet - James Briggs 28/January/05
- Devil's wages - Capeci 28/January/05
- Don't disturb my circles - ESC 28/January/05
- That's about the size of it - bubu 27/January/05
- That's about the size of it - ESC 28/January/05
- Once bitten, twice shy - ben 27/January/05
- Once bitten, twice shy - Bruce Kahl 27/January/05
- Something odd under moments - Word Camel 27/January/05
- Butterfly Kisses - SR 27/January/05
- Heavy metal - Michael Jahn 27/January/05
- Dragon breath/ potty mouth - SR 27/January/05
- Ask proverbs - Tricia 27/January/05
- "GO HEAD, MAKE MY DAY" - sk 27/January/05
- "GO AHEAD, MAKE MY DAY" - SR 27/January/05
- "GO AHEAD, MAKE MY DAY" - Henry 27/January/05
- "GO AHEAD, MAKE MY DAY" - SR 27/January/05
- Gary, more servings of spam - R. Berg 27/January/05
- Laying the predicate - Fred 27/January/05
- Moments - Word Camel 27/January/05
- Anywho - Anders 26/January/05
- "Play it, Sam. Play 'As Time Goes By" - SS 26/January/05
- "Play it, Sam. Play 'As Time Goes By" - ESC 26/January/05
- Diamond in the rough - Mark Kelly 26/January/05
- In as much - achacko 26/January/05
- Shoot in the Left Eye - Dave Jackson 24/January/05
- Love like you've never been hurt - Sid Mann 24/January/05
- Love like you've never been hurt - Capeci 24/January/05
- Robbing the coffin - SR 24/January/05
- Robbing the coffin - ESC 25/January/05
- Praise from Caesar - Capeci 24/January/05
- Hangover - Alaric Cartwright-Jepson 24/January/05
- Without affect - Jim 23/January/05
- Without affect - Jim 24/January/05
- Without affect - R. Berg 23/January/05
- Air is rare and thin - Rosalie 23/January/05
- The air is rare and thin - Rosalie 23/January/05
- The air is rare and thin - Bruce Kahl 23/January/05
- The air is rare and thin - David FG 23/January/05
- Rarefied - ESC 23/January/05
- The air is rare and thin - Bruce Kahl 23/January/05
- Gay and Lesbian Campus Organizations - Lexi 22/January/05
- Pomp and circumstance - SR 22/January/05
- Pomp and circumstance - Bruce Kahl 22/January/05
- Lost the handle - SR 22/January/05
- Lost the handle - Ward 22/January/05
- Idiom - ana 22/January/05
- Devil's music - ESC 22/January/05
- Seventh son of a seventh son - Jean 21/January/05
- Ship shape and Bristol fashion - Rubber duck 21/January/05
- Sandwich Girl - Bruce Kahl 20/January/05
- Fibonacci sequence - Fred 20/January/05
- Hard tellin'/ regionalisms - SR 20/January/05
- (reg. reg.) - art 19/January/05
- (reg. reg.) - Bob 19/January/05
- "Awkward squad"/ sayings - SR 19/January/05
- Spur of the moment - Brian 19/January/05
- Spur of the moment - Bruce Kahl 19/January/05
- Spur of the moment - Word Camel 19/January/05
- Spur of the moment - ESC 19/January/05
- Spur of the moment - Bruce Kahl 19/January/05
- Phase to ask for a Response - Janice 19/January/05
- Expectations/ expectancies - SR 19/January/05
- Bare with me - prof d'anglais 18/January/05
- *bear* with me - Word Camel 18/January/05
- *bear* with me - TheFallen 19/January/05
- *bear* with me - Word Camel 18/January/05
- "World's shortest books" --NOT PC! - ACME 18/January/05
- Accountability moment - Fred 18/January/05
- Accountability moment - ESC 18/January/05
- What is this, a bank day? - ESC 17/January/05
- What is this, a bank day? - David FG 18/January/05
- 'mail it in' - Ward 16/January/05
- 'mail it in' - ESC 16/January/05
- 'mail it in' - Lewis 17/January/05
- 'mail it in' - ESC 16/January/05
- Sermonphone - ESC 16/January/05
- Dead To Rights - Wayne Shepherd 15/January/05
- Dead To Rights - James Briggs 15/January/05
- Fourth para - Noga 15/January/05
- Fourth para - Martin Kerwin 15/January/05
- Fourth para - Word Camel 15/January/05
- Hum that apple, shoot that pea. - Barbara Detering 15/January/05
- Tin horn and cut a pig in the a** and I'd milk her for what she gives - Russell Ward 15/January/05
- Tin horn vs. tinhorn - Russell Ward 17/January/05
- New England regionalisms - Word Camel 15/January/05
- Rinky dink - stephen haugh 14/January/05
- Think on your feet - Noga 14/January/05
- To tap my kidney - Mikhail 14/January/05
- Pay to ignore - Jou 14/January/05
- You can put a tuxedo on a pig... - ESC 14/January/05
- The Whole Nine Yards - Martin Kerwin 13/January/05
- The Whole Nine Yards - Jack 14/January/05
- The Whole Nine Yards - Ray 22/January/05
- The Whole Nine Yards - Bob 14/January/05
- Let's be vague, shall we? - Bob 13/January/05
- The Whole Nine Yards - Jack 14/January/05
- Corpse House (Funeral Home) - Brian from Shawnee 13/January/05
- Corker - Chris Kruger 13/January/05
- Corker - David FG 13/January/05
- It seems unlikely - Word Camel 13/January/05
- Liars - ESC 13/January/05
- Seneca again - Jose Carlos 12/January/05
- Phrase meaning - Paul Booth 12/January/05
- Salubrious and copecetic (copasetic, copacetic etc.) - SR 12/January/05
- Truth is closer to a sculpture than a painting - Ward 12/January/05
- The Agony and the Ecstasy - SR 12/January/05
- Nietzsche would agree.......... - Lexi 12/January/05
- The Agony and the Ecstasy - SR 12/January/05
- Sitting on the fence - melinda ellis 12/January/05
- One stop shopping - Noga 12/January/05
- One stop shopping - ESC 12/January/05
- Filippino vs Philippines - Richard 12/January/05
- "I coulda been a contender" - SER 12/January/05
- "I coulda been a contender" - David FG 12/January/05
- "I coulda been a contender" - Brian from Shawnee 12/January/05
- On The Waterfront - Bruce Kahl 12/January/05
- "I coulda been a contender" - David FG 12/January/05
- Of the order of - John White 12/January/05
- On the order of? - SR 12/January/05
- Tenaciously held but ignorant opinions - Spark 11/January/05
- Tech-tosh - Fred 11/January/05
- The bandit's horse - José Carlos 11/January/05
- The bandit's horse - ESC 12/January/05
- Torquedness/Torqueness? - Diana Trent 11/January/05
- Idioms origins - GLORIA 11/January/05
- Price of Bombs in Baghdad - Cindy 10/January/05
- Price of Bombs in Baghdad - ESC 10/January/05
- Short Eyes - Dave K. 09/January/05
- Derivtion of "let on" - Ron Baynes 09/January/05
- Derivation of "let on" - ESC 10/January/05
- Derivtion of "let on" - ESC 10/January/05
- Like Banquo's ghost; victory down - ESC 09/January/05
- Victory down - Word Camel 09/January/05
- The phrase "pin money" - susan brook 09/January/05
- Good beef, by t' mass! (Yorkshire and Midlands dialect) - Junius 09/January/05
- Meaning - charlotte 09/January/05
- Explination - Suzanne 08/January/05
- A new -nym - Bookworm 07/January/05
- Translation help - Fred 07/January/05
- Meaning-> Nothing is what it seems - SF 07/January/05
- 'earth girls are easy' - Flyguy 06/January/05
- Speaking "surfer dude" - Word Camel 06/January/05
- Power behind throne? - Jose Carlos 06/January/05
- Spitting Image - Gail Lamont 06/January/05
- Aim low and trust in God - Carlos 06/January/05
- Aim low and trust in God - ESC 06/January/05
- "The force will be with you, always" - su 05/January/05
- "The force will be with you, always" - Word Camel 05/January/05
- "The force will be with you, always" - SR 05/January/05
- Kick the Bucket - Mark Adamson 05/January/05
- Kick the Bucket - Shae 05/January/05
- Bought the farm - Katie 05/January/05
- Cut off your crusts - Matt 05/January/05
- "On your own" phrases - Spark 04/January/05
- Bum's rush - Fred 04/January/05
- Are You Talking To Me? - sb 04/January/05
- Big time - Tom 04/January/05
- Feign Knights - Angela 03/January/05
- Feign Knights - David FG 04/January/05
- Feign Knights - mugball-us 04/January/05
- Once a KIng - Acme 04/January/05
- Feign Knights - David FG 04/January/05
- A small glass? - Jose Carlos 03/January/05
- Fleas in a lion - Jose Carlos 03/January/05
- Do You Speak American? - ESC 02/January/05
- Take To Task - Bruce Kahl 02/January/05
- Gary, there's spam and spam - R. Berg 02/January/05
- Gary, there's spam and spam - Gary 02/January/05
- More jetsam than flotsam - Bob 02/January/05
- Gary, there's spam and spam - Gary 02/January/05
- New Years Resolutions - Ward 01/January/05
- Base rate - MM 01/January/05
- Irritating phrases - ESC 01/January/05
- Grass widow - Jose Carlos 31/December/04
- Downside vs upside - Ward 31/December/04
- Good news is, but the bad news is - Lexi 31/December/04
- Good news is, but the bad news is - ESC 31/December/04
- Good news is, but the bad news is - Lexi 31/December/04
- How do you like those apples? - Jim 31/December/04
- How do you like those apples? - Smokey Stover 31/December/04
- How do you like those apples? - Smokey Stover 31/December/04
- How do you like those apples? - Smokey Stover 31/December/04
- How do you like those apples? - Smokey Stover 31/December/04
- They go where they please - Smokey Stover 30/December/04
- They go where they please - ESC 31/December/04
- Hydro-frustration - Flyguy 30/December/04
- A way with the... - Tom 30/December/04
- A way with the... - ESC 30/December/04
- A way with... - Henry 30/December/04
- A way with the... - ESC 30/December/04
- 'an inordinate fondness for beetles' - Ward 29/December/04
- Butterfly effect - Fred 29/December/04
- Butterfly effect - Brian from Shawnee 29/December/04
- Broke the fourth wall - melissa 29/December/04
- Broke the fourth wall - ESC 29/December/04
- Broke the fourth wall - melissa 29/December/04
- Broke the fourth wall - ESC 29/December/04
- What gives? - Torsten Daerr 28/December/04
- Tom-toms - Tom the tom-tom 28/December/04
- Tie a knot on your rope (or shift) - Junius 27/December/04
- Fat, dumb, and happy - Bookworm 27/December/04
- 'Hasta la vista, baby' - sb 27/December/04
- Get A Long Little Doggy - Jessica 27/December/04
- S.H.I.T. - Gary 27/December/04
- S.H.I.T. - Word Camel 27/December/04
- S.H.I.T. - Gary Martin 27/December/04
- Black over Bill's mother's way - ESC 26/December/04
- Black over Bill's mother's way - R. Berg 26/December/04
- Go to the foot of the stairs - ESC 26/December/04
- You have to be willing to get your feet wet. - Gary Holder 25/December/04
- Merry Christmas, Phrase Folk - ESC 25/December/04
- Wouldn't be dead for quids. - acko 24/December/04
- Christmas words and phrases - ESC 23/December/04
- Four colle or colly birds, French or foul, phase sleuths? - Word Camel 24/December/04
- Four colle or colly birds, French or foul, phase sleuths? - David FG 24/December/04
- Four colle or colly birds, French or foul, phase sleuths? - David FG 24/December/04
- Four colle or colly birds, French or foul, phase sleuths? - David FG 24/December/04
- Messy Kweznuz - Brian from Shawnee 23/December/04
- Four colle or colly birds, French or foul, phase sleuths? - Word Camel 24/December/04
- Running around like a chicken without a head - Lynn 23/December/04
- The WHOLE NINE YARDS - John 21/December/04
- Grandfather Clause - Bookworm 21/December/04
- Sport phrases - Mike Westby 21/December/04
- Take no prisoners - leslie 21/December/04
- Who's your Daddy? - Mike Westby 21/December/04
- 'At Stake' - a suggested origin - James Briggs 20/December/04
- Vigorexia? - Jose Carlos 19/December/04
- Addition to archive? OK - Nikhilesh sinha 19/December/04
- Addition to archive? OK - ESC 20/December/04
- Senior Citizen Discount - Ward 19/December/04
- Nuts-family - Laurie 19/December/04
- Nuts-family - ESC 19/December/04
- Nuts-family - Bob 20/December/04
- Nuts-family - ESC 19/December/04
- Three British vs Three Britons - art 19/December/04
- The Grumpy Contrarian - Bob 19/December/04
- Even grumpier - Bob 19/December/04
- Sources for possible new phrases? - James Briggs 19/December/04
- Spectacles, testicles, wallet and watch - Gary 19/December/04
- Spectacles, testicles, wallet and watch - Bob 19/December/04
- Logon to our website - Gary 18/December/04
- Logon to our website - al 18/December/04
- Logon to our website - ESC 18/December/04
- Logon to our website - Bob 18/December/04
- 6's and 7's - Nikhilesh sinha 18/December/04
- Archived answer - R. Berg 18/December/04
- Archived answer - Nikhilesh sinha 18/December/04
- Archived answer + a bit more - James Briggs 18/December/04
- Archived answer - R. Berg 18/December/04
- Guests and fish start to smell after three days - Ward 18/December/04
- Ten bagger - Ward 17/December/04
- On your Marx - Henry 17/December/04
- Up Cork or Up (?) - SR 17/December/04
- Up Cork or Up (?) - Lewis 17/December/04
- Up Cork or Up (?) - Shae 17/December/04
- Up Cork or Up (?) - Lewis 17/December/04
- "Say what you really think" - Word Camel 16/December/04
- "Say what you really think" - SR 16/December/04
- "Say what you really think" - Bob 16/December/04
- Looney/ lunatic - SR 16/December/04
- Happy Holidays (and) Seasons Greetings - Virginia 16/December/04
- Happy Holidays (and) Seasons Greetings - ESC 16/December/04
- Happy Holidays (and) Seasons Greetings - Ward 16/December/04
- Happy Holidays (and) Seasons Greetings - ESC 16/December/04
- Flaw in the slaw - ESC 16/December/04
- Your Crazier than the day is long - heather 15/December/04
- Ripe medlars - Jose Carlos 15/December/04
- Hung up and persona non grata - Jose Carlos 14/December/04
- [word removed in order to comply with Google's Publisher Policy] amd selective acceptability - Lewis 13/December/04
- The Ovaltine carol - source? - Keith Rennie 13/December/04
- Hung up and persona non grata
- The British
- Merry Christmas, Phrase Folk
- S.H.I.T.
- New Years Resolutions
- Take To Task
- Do You Speak American?
- Do You Speak American?
- More jetsam than flotsam
- Cut off your crusts
- Persay?
- Meaning
- Tech-tosh
- Straddling/ sitting "on the fence"
- Think on your feet
- Think on your feet
- Not so, rinky-dink
- Fibonacci sequence
- Ship shape and Bristol fashion
- Moments
- Gullet
- Test - ignore
- A Day Without Sunshine...