Phrases and Sayings Discussion Forum

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• Foot of our stairs - sarah 05/21/00
  • Foot of our stairs - Gary Martin 05/22/00
• A nod is as good as a wink - Mouth of Sauron 05/21/00
  • A nod is as good as a wink - Bob 05/21/00
    • A nod is as good as a wink - Stella Remington 05/21/00
• Matrix Manage - Charles Redman 05/20/00
  • Matrix Manage - Bruce Kahl 05/21/00
    • Matrix Manage - ESC 05/21/00
• In the pink - Bee 05/20/00
  • In the pink - Oliver Battery 05/20/00
• Heart on sleeve - sarah 05/19/00
  • Heart on sleeve - Bob 05/20/00
• Cautiously Optimistic - Rush 05/19/00
  • Cautiously Optimistic - Bob 05/19/00
    • Cautiously Optimistic - ESC 05/19/00
• American Supper - James Briggs 05/19/00
  • American Supper - ESC 05/19/00
• Forgive and forget - jeff 05/19/00
• To "black one's nose" - I. Thomas 05/19/00
  • To "black one's nose" - Brian Andrews 05/21/00
• OLLY OLLY OXEN FREE - Bill Zarankp 05/19/00
  • OLLY - ESC 05/20/00
• To black ones nose - I Thomas 05/19/00
• Phrase - gitika 05/19/00
  • phrase - The Kraut 05/19/00
    • phrase - gitika 05/19/00
• To Beat the Band - BK 05/18/00
  • To Beat the Band - Bruce Kahl 05/19/00
• Useage of English words - James Briggs 05/18/00
  • Useage of English words - Gary Martin 05/19/00
• "It sucks" - Igor 05/18/00
  • "It sucks" - ESC 05/19/00
• Done and dusted - Julian Henderson 05/18/00
• Whole Ball of Wax - Katie 05/17/00
  • Whole Ball of Wax - Bruce Kahl 05/18/00
    • Whole Ball of Wax - Peregrine 05/18/00
• Phrases - mike garratt 05/17/00
• Phrases - mike garratt 05/17/00
• Neither chick nor child - Susan 05/16/00
  • Bram Stoker's Dracula - Bruce Kahl 05/17/00
• Superstitions - rodney 05/16/00
  • superstitions - Cynic 05/16/00
  • superstitions - Bruce Kahl 05/16/00
• Between a Rock and a Hard Place - Graeme 05/16/00
• Preaching to the choir - Mike Walter 05/15/00
• PHRASES - shannon 05/15/00
  • PHRASES - ESC 05/16/00
• Kettle of fish - Kerry 05/15/00
  • a fine kettle of fish - ESC 05/15/00
• "Its all greek to me" origin - joe 05/14/00
• Etched In Stone - jean 05/14/00
• Carrots? Australia? - Bob 05/14/00
  • Carrots? Australia? - Paul Guthrie 05/14/00
• Sweating like a pig! - Seal 05/14/00
  • Sweating like a pig! - The Horse Wrangler 05/15/00
• Wild brains - ESC 05/13/00
• Balderdash - Jerry McQueen 05/13/00
• "Thumbs up/thumbs down" - Kathy 05/13/00
• Dead as a doornail - ESC 05/13/00
• Origin of "salad days" - hillary 05/13/00
• Origin of neck of the woods - N. Lester 05/12/00
• Origin of "Patience is a virtue" - Janine Cavasar 05/12/00
• Derrivation - Sharyn Finnegan 05/12/00
  • Monkey's uncle - ESC 05/12/00
• NYspeak - Gary Martin 05/12/00
  • NYspeak - Bob 05/12/00
  • NYspeak - ESC 05/12/00
• Keep a dog and bark yourself - Bernard Wallace 05/12/00
• Pear-shaped - Fiona Hunter 05/11/00
• "Mad dog and Englishmen go out in the midday sun" - Hazel Winslow 05/11/00
  • Noel Coward Song - Bruce Kahl 05/11/00
    • Questions - ESC 05/13/00
• (sic.) - Ali 05/11/00
  • (sic.) - ESC 05/11/00
• Get down to brass tacks - S 05/11/00
  • Brass tacks - ESC 05/11/00
• Bad penny - curious 05/10/00
  • Bad penny - ESC 05/11/00
• Help! - Jennifer 05/10/00
  • Help! - Barney 05/10/00
• "On the wagon" - Lotus 05/10/00
• Tie one on - shannon dealing 05/10/00
  • Tie one on - ESC 05/10/00
    • Tie one on - Bruce Kahl 05/10/00
• Meaning?? - Ann Johnson 05/09/00
  • DON'T DROWN THE MILLER - Ann Johnson 05/09/00
    • DON'T DROWN THE MILLER - Rodney Durn 05/09/00
• Better safe than sorry - alex 05/09/00
  • better safe than sorry - Bob 05/10/00
  • better safe than sorry - Liam Doherty 05/09/00
    • better safe than sorry - ESC 05/10/00
• Phrase - sherri novak 05/09/00
  • Waste not... - ESC 05/10/00
• Good slang site, anyone? - joel 05/07/00
• As the thatcher said to the bishop - jon 05/06/00
  • As the thatcher said to the bishop - Gary 05/07/00
  • As the thatcher said to the bishop - Antony Smythe 05/07/00
• Origin and meanin of phrase - Kathy 05/06/00
• Latin phrase - Kathy 05/06/00
• Hag ridden. - Louise 05/05/00
  • Hag ridden. - Shane Edwards 05/05/00
• Fifty million frenchmen - Jamie 05/05/00
  • fifty million frenchmen - Bruce Kahl 05/05/00
• A night on the tiles. - Louise 05/05/00
  • A night on the tiles. - Gary 05/05/00
• Help with meanings of these phrases. - Selvan 05/05/00
  • Help - ESC 05/05/00
• Backs against the wall - Paul Guthrie 05/04/00
  • Backs against the wall - Bob 05/04/00
• Slap up? - Gary Martin 05/04/00
  • Slap up? - ESC 05/04/00
    • Slap up? - ESC 05/04/00
• "Forty winks" - Clarissa 05/03/00
  • "Forty winks" - ESC 05/04/00
• Preaching to the choir? - AC 05/03/00
  • Preaching to the choir? - Bill Maynard 05/03/00
• I need help with a phrase - Thea Crum 05/03/00
  • Killing time - ESC 05/04/00
• Two-Time Loser? - Jim 05/03/00
• Five by Five - daniel hutchison 05/03/00
• Word Origin - Tom 05/03/00
• Loose lips sink ships - John 05/03/00
  • Loose lips might sink ships - ESC 05/03/00
  • Loose lips sink ships - Frankie 05/03/00
• I need help with a phrase. - Lucia 05/02/00
• "Can't get there from here" - Wayne Frankel 05/02/00
• Telling Bone - Andrew MacLean 05/02/00
  • Telling Bone - Gary Martin 05/02/00
• Origin of term 'french letter'? - corinne 05/02/00
• Not until the last dog is hung - NancyRose 05/02/00
• all my eye and Betty Martin - judith wright 04/30/00
• Hamlet. - Claire Stuart 04/30/00
  • Hamlet. - Bruce Kahl 04/30/00
• Pull yourself up by your bootstraps - Robert Strong 04/28/00
  • Pull - ESC 04/28/00
• Cut to the quip / quick - joseph King 04/28/00
• Nietzsche, Baudelaire - Erik Soerensen 04/28/00
• Phrase Help - Dale 04/27/00
• Hogan's Goat - Robert Zaring 04/27/00
  • Hogan's Goat - ESC 04/27/00
• Buck Naked - L Fekete 04/27/00
• Pregnancy phrase - Deanna Putoff 04/26/00
  • The rabbit died - ESC 04/27/00
• Throw out the baby with the bathwater - jane 04/25/00
  • throw out the baby with the bathwater - Lexi 05/04/00
  • Throw out the baby - ESC 04/25/00
• Pearls of Wisdom - Frankie 04/25/00
• HELP - STONE THE CROWS LIRYCS NEEDED!!! - Eleuth 04/25/00
• Contrapuntal phrases - ESC 04/25/00
• Possible phrase to add - angkana 04/25/00
  • Sum of its parts... - ESC 04/25/00
    • Sum of its parts... - Barney 04/25/00
• Term - bobbi frey 04/25/00
  • Catty corner - ESC 04/25/00
    • origin of "foot in mouth" statement/cliche - gtnokes 04/25/00
• HELP!!!!!!! who originated this phrase... - Kate 04/24/00
  • No one can make you... - ESC 04/24/00
• Cutting the monkey - Rene' Pearson 04/23/00
  • Cutting the monkey - ESC 04/24/00
• Grace of the state???/ - Kymberly 04/23/00
• The buck stops here - Eric Reed 04/23/00
• Kit or kid gloves - paul owens 04/23/00
• "Agree to disagree" - Clare 04/23/00
  • "Agree to disagree" - Bob 04/23/00
• Rogue states rogue nations rogue regime who 1st said it? - barbara flaa 04/22/00
  • Rogue states rogue nations rogue regime who 1st said it? - Helen Trench 04/24/00
• Origin of phrase 'as thick as...' - pip kirby 04/22/00
• Thanks to ESC & SHU - James Briggs 04/22/00
• On location - Paul Guthrie 04/22/00
  • on location - ESC 04/22/00
• Tough Noogies - Milan 04/21/00
• Take a powder - Bill McMenamin 04/21/00
  • take a powder - Bruce Kahl 04/22/00
• Easter words & symbols - ESC 04/21/00
• Good Friday - ESC 04/21/00
• Trouper vs. trooper - stacey 04/20/00
  • trouper vs. trooper - ESC 04/20/00
• 86 - Bruce Harris Bentzman 04/20/00
  • 86 - ESC 04/21/00
  • 86 - Adieu 04/20/00
• Pete's sake - ron 04/20/00
  • Pete's sake - New Kid on the Block 04/20/00
• Movers and shakers - Juru 04/20/00
  • Movers and shakers - ajkfh 04/20/00
• Safety - charles Hamlin 04/20/00
  • Country sayings - ESC 04/21/00
  • safety - Barney 04/20/00
• Looking for a confirmation to a game phrase - joeyanita 04/20/00
  • Looking for a confirmation to a game phrase - Bruce Kahl 04/20/00
• Bird in the hand is worth two in the bush - anna 04/19/00
• Testify - Robert R. 04/19/00
  • Testify - Latin Scholar - Do you believe that? 04/19/00
  • Testify - Bruce Kahl 04/19/00
• "Betting the Chalk" - Frankie 04/18/00
• LOL - Jade 04/18/00
  • LOL - Bruce Kahl 04/18/00
• Run amok - brian albinson 04/18/00
• Your name will be mud - David 04/17/00
  • Your name will be mud - ESC 04/18/00
• "If you love something set it free . . ." - liz 04/17/00
  • "If you love something set it free . . ." - Bruce Kahl 04/17/00
    • Another Version - Bruce Kahl 04/17/00
• "Inhale love, exhale hostility" - Mary Dodson 04/17/00
• Brass monkey - Sandra 04/17/00
  • brass monkey - Steel Gorilla 04/20/00
  • brass monkey - ESC 04/17/00
• Can't find result of listed phrase - Jeanne Myers 04/15/00
  • can,t find listed phrase "butterflies in your stomach" - bernice webb 04/25/00
    • "Butterflies in your stomach" - ESC 04/27/00
  • Win hands down - ESC 04/15/00
• Waltzing Matilda - Brett Rose 04/14/00
  • Waltzing Matilda - ESC 04/14/00
• Whats the meaning of :To talk the hind leg(s) off a donkey ? - Marc 04/13/00
  • Talk - ESC 04/14/00
• Jack of all trades, master of none. - Bill Merritt 04/12/00
  • Jack - ESC 04/13/00
• Sick as a Dog - Brett Rose 04/12/00
  • Sick as a Dog - ESC 04/12/00
• Open sesame - kerley 04/12/00
  • open sesame - Phil Weis 04/18/00
  • open sesame - Bruce Kahl 04/12/00
• 2 TEARS IN A BUCKET - BEN 04/12/00
• "My own private Idaho" - darin ray 04/11/00
  • "My own private Idaho" - Bruce Kahl 04/11/00
• Chance a Piece - Joanne Tramontano 04/11/00
• "The strength of his convictions" - Patty 04/11/00
  • "The strength of his convictions" - ESC 04/11/00
    • "The strength of his convictions" - ESC 04/15/00
  • "The strength of his convictions" - Bruce 04/11/00
• OKAY! - Michael 04/09/00
  • OKAY! - Gary Martin 04/09/00
  • OKAY! - Joey 04/09/00
    • OKAY! - James Briggs 04/09/00
• To die with corals in their hands - jon ackroyd 04/08/00
  • Coral - ESC 04/08/00
• Birds and the bees - beth 04/07/00
  • The Straight Dope - ESC 04/10/00
  • birds and the bees - Bruce Kahl 04/08/00
  • birds and the bees - Bob 04/07/00
• Heavens to Mergatroyd - Ronald T. Thomson 04/06/00
  • Heavens to Mergatroyd - ESC 04/06/00
• England's Barmy Army - Richard Chan 04/06/00
  • England's Barmy Army - Confused 04/06/00
    • England's Barmy Army - The Silver Surfer 04/07/00
• Marxis - Tomar 04/06/00
  • Marxist Critique - Bruce Kahl 04/06/00
• Blue Collar Worker - Heather 04/04/00
• As Dead As A Door Nail - Costume Lady 04/04/00
  • As Dead As A Door Nail - James Briggs 04/04/00
    • More Maybes - Bruce Kahl 04/04/00
• "Green-mail" - Frankie 04/04/00
• Daps and cwpee!! - Vickie Ricketts 04/04/00
  • daps and cwpee!! - ESC 04/07/00
    • daps and cwpee!! - Bob 04/14/00
• Need to Know basis!!! - Chris Plaskett 04/03/00
  • Turn Key Operation - Bruce Kahl 04/03/00
• BD/SM PHRAZES - lestat hoffengh 04/02/00
  • BD/SM PHRAZES - Little Ol' Lady 04/07/00
• Tarred with the same brush - Angie Morris 04/02/00
• Jellyroll - marc 04/01/00
• I'll be your huckleberry - nmatte 04/01/00
  • I'll be your huckleberry - Bruce Kahl 04/01/00
• Nightmare or Riding the Night Mare - debbiebarr 03/31/00
  • Nightmare or Riding the Night Mare - Bruce Kahl 03/31/00
    • Nightmare - ESC 04/01/00
• Blackberry winter - shirl 03/31/00
• Looking for the meaning of a phrase - Tina 03/30/00
• Swansong and thornbirds - diane 03/30/00
  • Thornbird - Bruce Kahl 03/30/00
  • Swan Song - Bruce Kahl 03/30/00
• Marx - mark 03/30/00
• The meaning of a phrase - Mary Welch 03/30/00
• British Expression? - Tomar 03/30/00
  • Five Knuckle Shuffle - Bruce Kahl 03/30/00
  • British Expression? - Gary Martin 03/30/00
• "Stake your claim" - Frankie 03/29/00
• Getting down to brass tacks - susan 03/29/00
• Pop stand - Kim 03/28/00
  • Pop stand - Bob 03/28/00
• BB Q - MR. Obi Wan 03/28/00
  • BB Q - ESC 03/28/00
    • BB Q - Joe Pessell 04/10/00
• Try and / to go - Jarom Olson 03/28/00
• Old phrases - Steven Raughton 03/27/00
  • Million dollar wound - Bruce Kahl 03/27/00
    • Million dollar wound - Steven Raughton 03/27/00
  • Million-dollar wound - Steven Raughton 03/27/00
• 1920's slang - sarah spring 03/27/00
  • 1920's slang - Bruce Kahl 03/27/00
    • 23 skidoo - ESC 03/27/00
    • 1920's slang - Bruce Kahl 03/27/00
• Dog and pony show - Gary Martin 03/27/00
  • Dog and pony show - Bruce Kahl 03/27/00
• You Can't Get Blood Out Of A Stone. - Ron Chadwick 03/25/00
  • You Can't - ESC 03/26/00
• Who wrote it? - Peggy 03/25/00
  • T.S. Eliot--The Hollow Men - Bruce Kahl 03/25/00
• "Let the Cat Out of the Bag" - Angel 03/24/00
  • Cat - ESC 03/24/00
• From rock - Clemens 03/24/00
• Seeded (Sports Useage) - Arden 03/24/00
• Flogging a Dead Horse - Barney 03/23/00
  • Beating a Dead Horse? - Bruce Kahl 03/23/00
• Paid back in spades - MLM 03/23/00
• Comma are our friends - ESC 03/23/00
  • Comma are our friends - Bob 03/23/00
• "One in the same" - J. Wooldridge 03/22/00
  • "One in the same" - ESC 03/23/00
• I'm Game! - Frankie 03/22/00
• Bright-eyed and bushy tailed? - Susan 03/22/00
  • Bright-eyed and bushy tailed? - ESC 03/22/00
    • A cat? - ESC 03/23/00
• Blood simple - ESC 03/22/00
• "Keep a weather eye" - trevor 03/21/00
• Dutch treat - Susan Gray 03/21/00
• Choke their rivers... - Frankie 03/21/00
  • Choke their rivers... - ESC 03/22/00
• Canary in a coalmine - Amer Syed 03/20/00
  • Canary in a coalmine - Bob 03/20/00
• Mock seriously - Tim 03/20/00
• SCUD - ? the final answer - James Briggs 03/20/00
• April is the cruellest month - Janice 03/20/00
  • April is the cruellest month - Arden 03/24/00
  • April is the cruellest month - Gary Martin 03/21/00
  • April is the cruellest month - Bob 03/20/00
• Black Irish - Jerry B 03/18/00
  • Black Irish - Bruce Kahl 03/19/00
  • Black Irish - jf 03/19/00
• HELP?!?! - Deb Hewitt 03/18/00
  • Ne're-do-well - Bruce Kahl 03/18/00
    • ne're-do-well - Barny 03/18/00
• Thick as a brick - Bill Mullen 03/18/00
  • Thick as a brick - ESC 03/18/00
    • Thick as a brick - Gary Martin 03/19/00
• Ducks in a line (row) - Amy King 03/17/00
• Any other phrase dict. on the net? - Eddie 03/17/00
  • Yes, Brewers - Bruce Kahl 03/18/00
  • Any other phrase dict. on the net? - Bruce Kahl 03/18/00
    • Any other phrase dict. on the net? - James Briggs 03/20/00
• Better the Devil You Know - CuriousMe 03/17/00
  • Better the Devil You Know - ESC 03/17/00
• Happy as larry - vikki 03/17/00
• Hear, See, Speak no Evil? - Lisa Rainbird 03/16/00
• My stars and bars! - Patty 03/16/00
  • My stars and bars! - ESC 03/17/00
• Anyone who knows shake spear please click here!!! - carmen 03/15/00
  • Anyone who knows shake spear please click here!!! - Bob 03/15/00
• "Redheaded Step Child" - Shane Collinsworth 03/15/00
  • "Redheaded Step Child" - ESC 03/16/00
  • "Redheaded Step Child" - Danny Royland 03/15/00
    • "Redheaded Step Child" - Sean O'Donnell 03/17/00
• What kind of phrase is this? - Terry 03/15/00
  • Made mention - ESC 03/17/00
  • What kind of phrase is this? - Sean O'Donnel - Dublin (Ireland) 03/17/00
• 'Who Shaves the Barber' - Barney 03/15/00
• 'On The Threshold' - David 03/15/00
• Life - Gia 03/15/00
• Bone of Contention - Steve Knapp 03/14/00
  • A guess... - ESC 03/15/00
    • A guess... - Gary Martin 03/15/00
    • Another Guess........ - Bruce Kahl 03/15/00
• Forest - Tomar 03/14/00
  • Forest - Paul Guthrie 03/15/00
  • Forest - ESC 03/15/00
• "Waiting for the other shoe to drop" - liz 03/14/00
• Fancy - Frankie 03/14/00
• If you can't find the author... - A. Petersen 03/14/00
  • If you can't... - ESC 03/14/00
    • If you can't... - A. Petersen 03/16/00
• The devil is in the details - A. Petersen 03/14/00
  • The devil - ESC 03/14/00
    • The devil - Frankie 03/14/00
• Some men are born to greatness... - Bob 03/13/00
  • Catch-22 - ESC 03/13/00
  • Mediocrity - ESC 03/13/00
• Jukes and Callycats - Kevin Tracy 03/13/00
  • Jukes and Callycats - Stella 03/13/00
    • Jukes and Kallikaks - Bob 03/13/00
• Message at bottom?? - ESC 03/10/00
  • Message at bottom?? - Frankie 03/10/00
• He loves me he loves me not - angela 03/06/00
• Hip, Hip, Hooray - Joyce Thatcher 03/06/00

• Origin of phrase 'as thick as...'
• Buck Naked
• Bootstraps
• Five by Five
• Two-Time Loser?
• Back to the wall
• Old home week
• Help!
• Pear-shaped
• Balderdash
• Sweating like a pig!
• Sweating like a pig!
• Peas or pease-porridge hot
• Forgive and forget
• Hip, Hip, Hooray
• 'Who Shaves the Barber'
• Ducks in a line (row)
• "Stake your claim"
• 2 TEARS IN A BUCKET
• Sick as a Dog
• Run amok
• "Betting the Chalk"