Phrases, sayings, quotes and cliches Discussion Forum

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'Pascal's wager'. - Ward 11/March/05
Do good vs Do well - James Briggs 10/March/05
"Crabs and Ice Water" - Origin? - Curious Mike 10/March/05
A pope into a volkswagen - Jason 10/March/05
- A pope into a volkswagen - Shae 11/March/05
Shake Sugaree - Ray531 10/March/05
- Shake (it) Sugaree - mugball-us 10/March/05
  - Shake (it) Sugaree - Brian from Shawnee 10/March/05
Shacking up - JTK 09/March/05
- Shacking up - Bruce Kahl 09/March/05
Tie my bonnet - Euphemism for marriage? - Lorcan Otway 09/March/05
Within the bawl of an a** of it (meaning) - citkane 09/March/05
- Within the bawl of an a** of it (meaning) - Shae 09/March/05
Looking for a word or phrase meaning to be different - chris 08/March/05
- Looking for a word or phrase meaning to be different - Shae 08/March/05
- Looking for a word or phrase meaning to be different - ACME 08/March/05
  - Looking for a word or phrase meaning to be different - David FG 09/March/05
Phrase Origin: Go to war Miss Agnes - John 08/March/05
- Phrase Origin: Go to war Miss Agnes - James Briggs 08/March/05
  - Phrase Origin: Go to war Miss Agnes - Brian from Shawnee 10/March/05
Looking for Phrase: working with the enemy or someone you dislike/do not trust - Dan 08/March/05
- Looking for Phrase: working with the enemy or someone you dislike/do not trust - Dan 08/March/05
- Looking for Phrase: working with the enemy or someone you dislike/do not trust - Fred 08/March/05
  - Looking for Phrase: working with the enemy or someone you dislike/do not trust - Bob 08/March/05
With the bark off - Tan 08/March/05
- With the bark off - Smokey Stover 10/March/05
Dopp kit - ESC 08/March/05
Deadwood - Capeci 07/March/05
- Deadwood - ESC 08/March/05
  - Deadwood - Smokey Stover 08/March/05
Help please - LU 07/March/05
- Help please - ESC 07/March/05
Cut off your nose in spit of your face. - Viki 07/March/05
- Every dog has its day - angela 07/March/05
  - Every dog has its day - ESC 07/March/05
- Cut off your nose to spite your face. - ESC 07/March/05
You don't get your meat where you get your potatoes - ACME 07/March/05
- You don't get your meat where you get your potatoes - ESC 07/March/05
A bit of a plumb - Zed 07/March/05
- A bit of a plumb - ESC 07/March/05
Wild west phrases and slang wanted - Tor Fruergaard 07/March/05
- Wild west phrases and slang wanted - Word Camel 07/March/05
- Wild west phrases and slang wanted - R. Berg 07/March/05
  - Wild west phrases - ESC 07/March/05
Shakespeare - Rong 07/March/05
- Shakespeare - Bruce Kahl 07/March/05
  - Shakespeare - Srikanth 08/March/05
Eeek!!!! help - ????? 06/March/05
- Education for leisure - Smokey Stover 07/March/05

Help save my sanity - Jenny Reweti 06/March/05
"Break a Buck" - James 04/March/05
- "Break a Buck" - David FG 04/March/05
History is just one damn thing after another - Ward 04/March/05
Origins of the Phrase "Little Mary" - jaxpax 02/March/05
Party? - xfactor 02/March/05
- Party? - Smokey Stover 02/March/05
  - Party? - Steve E. 02/March/05
  - Party? - Smokey Stover 02/March/05
Cut a choagie (choagy?) - Roger 01/March/05
- Cut a choagie (choagy?) - Brian from Shawnee 01/March/05
  - Cut a choagie (choagy?) - Word Camel 02/March/05
Done up like a dog's dinner - David G 01/March/05
SPIVs and Black Market (June 2003) - B. Miller 01/March/05
- SPIVs and Black Market (June 2003) - Gary 01/March/05
- SPIVs and Black Market (June 2003) - James Briggs 01/March/05
Under your belt - AlaricXI 01/March/05
- Under your belt - Bruce Kahl 01/March/05
Will "Will the circle be unbroken" be broken? - A cotton-picking minute 28/February/05
- Will "Will the circle be unbroken" be broken? - Marsha Beshears 02/March/05
- Will "Will the circle be unbroken" be broken? - ESC 28/February/05
Slightly off topic query - platypus 28/February/05
- Slightly off topic query - Lewis 28/February/05
Stick it in your ear - Lexi 27/February/05
Save the baby - Rose mary mandeville 27/February/05
- Save the baby - Bob 27/February/05
DEAD MANS HAND? Poker saying... origins? - Pauline James 27/February/05
- DEAD MANS HAND? Poker saying... origins? - ESC 27/February/05
Help me - Jenny Gossman 26/February/05
- Help me - ESC 26/February/05
Hoop and a Hollar - Justin Gassaway 26/February/05
- Hoop and a Hollar - Smokey Stover 26/February/05
  - Hoop and a Hollar - ESC 26/February/05
I'm not going to allow any stone unturned - Ish 25/February/05
- I'm not going to leave any stone unturned - ESC 25/February/05
  - I'm not going to leave any stone unturned - Smokey Stover 26/February/05
Grave Concerns - Ish 25/February/05
- Grave Concerns - ESC 25/February/05
- Grave Concerns - Steve E 25/February/05
Poison my eyes - Chris 25/February/05
"Go Pound Salt" - dlg97003 25/February/05
"Leaning towards Fisher's" - AJ 24/February/05
- "Leaning towards Fisher's" - Steve E 24/February/05
  - "Leaning towards Fisher's" - ESC 24/February/05
- "Leaning towards Fisher's" - Steve e 24/February/05
Chinese Auction--Possible Origin(?) - Steve E 24/February/05
If you will it, it is no dream. - Serge Liberman 24/February/05
- If you will it, it is no dream. - mugball-us 25/February/05
John Lennon Quote - John-Boston 23/February/05
- John Lennon Quote - ESC 24/February/05
"Fasten your seatbelts. It's going to be a bumpy night." - harry 22/February/05
- "Fasten your seatbelts. It's going to be a bumpy night." - ESC 22/February/05
Never pick a fight with someone who buys ink by the barrel - Dennis 22/February/05
- Never pick a fight with someone who buys ink by the barrel - ESC 22/February/05
You have lived since then - Ruth Julius 22/February/05
- You have lived since then - Serge Liberman 22/February/05
  - You have lived since then - Steve E 23/February/05
  - You have lived since then - Ruth Julius 22/February/05
Oscar Wilde Questions - Ruth Julius 21/February/05
- Oscar Wilde Questions - Bob 21/February/05
  - Oscar Wilde Questions - David FG 22/February/05
Gonzo journalism - ESC 21/February/05
- Gonzo journalism - Beany 22/February/05
- Gonzo journalism - Smokey Stover 21/February/05
Little Audrey laughed and laughed - James Briggs 21/February/05
- Little Audrey laughed and laughed - R. Berg 21/February/05
  - Little Audrey laughed and laughed - Smokey Stover 21/February/05
Treacherous waters - Tan 20/February/05
"The night is young..." comes from what? - isaiah 20/February/05
- "The night is young..." comes from what? - ESC 20/February/05
Looking for an Oscar Wilde expert - R. Julius 20/February/05
- Looking for an Oscar Wilde expert - David FG 20/February/05
Do you know the origin to this? - Kim Jeffery 20/February/05
- Do you know the origin to this? - David FG 20/February/05
- Shift to the left - Smokey Stover 20/February/05
Velvet cage - tony 19/February/05
Purple Haze - Jesus Saves - ESC 19/February/05
Making a mountain out of a molehill - Gail Ruggles 19/February/05
Money Makes The World Go Round - Sara 19/February/05
- Money or love - ESC 19/February/05
  - Money or love - David FG 20/February/05
  - Money or love - David FG 20/February/05
Rules were made to be broken - Vi 19/February/05
- As a rule - Henry 19/February/05
  - As a rule - ESC 19/February/05
Origin of the expression "If you believe that, I've got a bridge to sell you" - Kelly 18/February/05
- "If you believe that, I've got a bridge to sell you" - Lewis 18/February/05
Derby and Joan - Peter Goldsmith 18/February/05
- Darby and Joan - R. Berg 19/February/05
Tom, Dick & Harry - Serge Liberman 18/February/05
- Tom, Dick & Harry - ESC 18/February/05
Driving me Bananas - I.V.Holtzman 17/February/05
Scarper - Robert Benoist 17/February/05
- Scarper - Gary Martin 17/February/05
- Scarper - Lewis the Homey 17/February/05
Phrase origin: off the wall - steve youngdale 16/February/05
- Phrase origin: off the wall - Bruce Kahl 16/February/05
"Shaken not stirred" - su 16/February/05
- 007 - Henry 16/February/05
Reasonable people, equally informed, seldom disagree. - Ward 15/February/05
- Reasonable people, equally informed, seldom disagree. - Lewis 16/February/05
  - Reasonable people, equally informed, seldom disagree. - ESC 16/February/05
Swing a CAt - Tim 15/February/05
- Swing a CAt - ESC 15/February/05
  - Swing a CAt - James Briggs 15/February/05
(to go) t i t s up - Peter Sabourin 14/February/05
- (to go) t i t s up - Bob 14/February/05
  - (to go) t i t s up - Bradley King 14/February/05
By the hoky fiddle + oath - curran 14/February/05
- By the hoky fiddle + oath - brit 25/February/05
- By the hoky fiddle + oath - ESC 16/February/05
Live with your head in the lion's mouth - Ali 14/February/05
- Live with your head in the lion's mouth - Smokey Stover 14/February/05
To coin a phrase - Ms. Laurie S. Dell, B.A. 13/February/05
- Hard-fitting-the meaning - dragana 13/February/05
From ashes to ashes, dust to dist - Serge Liberman 13/February/05
- From ashes to ashes, dust to dist - James Briggs 13/February/05
Cut a rug? - Pam 13/February/05
- Cut a rug? - Ms. Laurie S. Dell, B.A. 13/February/05
  - Cut a rug? - Ruland Cardon 23/February/05
- Cut a rug? - ESC 13/February/05
Take a powder - Walter Brody 12/February/05
- Take a powder - Ms. Laurie S. Dell, B.A. 13/February/05
- Take a powder - ESC 12/February/05
What does 'odd years' mean?? - Judith 12/February/05
- What does `hard-fitting game` mean? - dragana 13/February/05
- What does 'odd years' mean?? - ESC 12/February/05
Getting dooced - ESC 12/February/05
- Getting dooced - Bruce Kahl 12/February/05
  - Getting dooced - Smokey Stover 12/February/05
Bring in the stick of the 4th estate - karla 12/February/05
- bring in the stick of the 4th estate - David FG 12/February/05
- bring in the stick of the 4th estate - Bruce Kahl 12/February/05
  - bring in the stick - mugball-us 12/February/05
  - 4th estate - ESC 12/February/05
Sweet Nugé - Alex P 11/February/05
- Sweet Nugé - Alex P 12/February/05
Slam, bam; thank you, mam - ACME 11/February/05
- Test - test 17/February/05
- "Wham", surely? - Lewis 11/February/05
  - "Wham", surely? - ACME 11/February/05
HELP!!! - sandra 11/February/05
- HELP!!! - andrew 13/February/05
  - Decay - ESC 13/February/05
Cocking Snooks, Thumbing noses and Long Bacon - The Pieman 10/February/05
- Cocking Snooks, Thumbing noses and Long Bacon - Smokey Stover 11/February/05
Hell for leather - Carole Allen 10/February/05
- Hell for leather - Ms. Laurie S. Dell, B.A. 13/February/05
- Hell for leather - ESC 10/February/05
Fat and happy - steve 10/February/05
- Fat and happy - ESC 10/February/05
  - Fat, dumb, and happy - Brian from Shawnee 10/February/05
Hell in a handbasket - Jim Myers 09/February/05
- Hell in a handbasket - Ms. Laurie S. Dell, B.A. 13/February/05
- Hell in a handbasket - ESC 10/February/05
  - Hell in a handbasket - R. Berg 10/February/05
Hootin annie and wigwams - Where did it come from? 09/February/05
- Hootin annie and wigwams - Ms. Laurie S. Dell, B.A. 13/February/05
- Hootin annie and wigwams - ESC 09/February/05
'an a** or an elbow' - SR 09/February/05
- 'an a** or an elbow' - James Briggs 09/February/05
The cheque is in the post - Gary Martin 08/February/05
- Insanity - Word Camel 08/February/05
World of pain - Gary Martin 08/February/05
- World of pain - ESC 08/February/05
Read the table - Bill 08/February/05
- Read the table - Steve 08/February/05
Love and kisses - Eric 07/February/05
- Love and kisses - David FG 08/February/05
- Love and kisses - Smokey Stover 07/February/05
Mohammad came to the mountain - Stu 07/February/05
- Mohammad came to the mountain - ESC 07/February/05
  - Mohammad came to the mountain - stu 07/February/05
The meaning of the phrase "Jerking Lightning"? - Rob Montgomery 06/February/05
- Jerk lightning - ESC 07/February/05
Make [both] ends meet - leslie 05/February/05
- Make [both] ends meet - Smokey Stover 05/February/05
  - Make [both] ends meet - Gary 06/February/05
  - Make [both] ends meet - Smokey Stover 05/February/05
- Make [both] ends meet - Smokey Stover 05/February/05
"To stiff" == not to pay the bill? - SabaIra 05/February/05
- Corrected "to stiff" == not to pay the bill? - SabaIra 05/February/05
Gone for a burton - burton wonderer 03/February/05
- Gone for a burton - Lewis 03/February/05
Dance on a dime - Ridgerunner 03/February/05
- Dance on a dime - Ms. Laurie S. Dell, B.A. 13/February/05
- Dance on a dime - ESC 03/February/05
To be taken for a mug - Steve 03/February/05
- To be taken for a mug - Ms. Laurie S. Dell, B.A. 13/February/05
- To be taken for a mug - David FG 03/February/05
Scratch a lie... - SR 02/February/05
Double-block home - Brian from Shawnee 01/February/05
Born on the wrong side of the blanket - Bob 01/February/05
- Blanket - R. Berg 02/February/05
Money Laudering - David Ward 01/February/05
- Money Laudering - Ms. Laurie S. Dell, B.A. 13/February/05
- Money Laudering/ site - SR 01/February/05
Words in common - help me with trivia - Laura 01/February/05
- Words in common - help me with trivia - Scott M. 08/February/05
- Words in common - R. Berg 01/February/05
Glory Road - Duke 01/February/05
Oh my gosh - josh davis` 31/January/05
- Oh my gosh - ESC 31/January/05
Bed head - mugball-us 31/January/05
- Bed head - ESC 31/January/05
  - Bed heads, dead heads and the Dagenham face-lift - Lewis 03/February/05
  - Test - ignore - John 02/February/05
Cabbaged - ams 31/January/05
- Cabbaged - Beany 02/February/05
- Cabbaged - ESC 31/January/05
Origin of 'come off' - Joe Grocott-James 30/January/05
Wake snakes and come to Taw - Jean 30/January/05
- Wake snakes and come to Taw - Shae 31/January/05
Return Service Requested - Tracy 30/January/05
- Return Service Requested - Bob 30/January/05
Rural /countryside sayings - Blythe 30/January/05
- Rural /countryside sayings - andrew 05/February/05
- Rural /countryside sayings - andrew 05/February/05
- Rural /countryside sayings - David FG 30/January/05
- Red sky... - SR 30/January/05
Sunday drive - Miri Barak 30/January/05
- Sunday drive - grapeshine 30/January/05
  - Sunday drive - ESC 30/January/05
I'm your wingman - ESC 29/January/05
- I'm your wingman - Brian from Shawnee 30/January/05