Phrases and Sayings Discussion Forum

Contributors please note: this is an archived page of the Phrase Finder Discussion Forum. You cannot add to these posts.

• Knock his breath out of him - AG 02/August/06
• Tighting down of old mattress - Vince 02/August/06
• Keep it under your hat - Hilary 02/August/06
• Keep your hair on - Hilary 02/August/06
• Put your records on - Wagner 02/August/06
• Cheese bus - Marion Bell 02/August/06
• To be or not to be, that is the questioin. - Li Da 02/August/06
• "Captain Tripps" - Regina 02/August/06
• State of the art - laura selwood 01/August/06
• "Soft Mick" - Phil Nokes 01/August/06
• ... should never be seen - ALISON KERBOAS 01/August/06
  • ... should never be seen - Bob 01/August/06
• "Ranks right up there with..." - bert 01/August/06
• We are the unwilling ... - Trent Huff 31/July/06
• "If these walls could talk"... - sos 31/July/06
• Sayings (slang) that refer to being pregnant - Amanda 31/July/06
  • Sayings (slang) that refer to being pregnant - ESC 31/July/06
• Up the pole - James Briggs 31/July/06
  • Up the pole - ESC 31/July/06
• Traditional saying expressing a widely- accepted truth - ian conner 31/July/06
• "Filthy rich" - rhallo 30/July/06
• 'make after' - S. Raghunandana 30/July/06
• Jumping St. Peter Murphy - ldoone 30/July/06
• Sick as a parrot - Tommy C R 30/July/06
• Playing it cool - ESC 29/July/06
• Sell the red off a brick - ESC 29/July/06
• Go to Grass and Chew Hay - karen 28/July/06
  • Go to Grass and Chew Hay - Smokey Stover 29/July/06
• "Fighting fund" - Olya 28/July/06
• Take it as read - Rebecca Phillips 28/July/06
• "Caught with the pants down" - Frank Soto 28/July/06
  • "Caught with the pants down" - Smokey Stover 29/July/06
  • "Caught with the pants down" - Smokey Stover 29/July/06
• "Italian torpedo" - Olya 28/July/06
• Setting Thames on fire - Ian Robey 28/July/06
• Pippin on a mountain - viv carlson 28/July/06
• If's and buts where apples and nuts........ - norman stewart 28/July/06
  • If if's and buts were candy and nuts........ - RRC 28/July/06
• PLAY BLIND TOM - Yuri 27/July/06
• Fare weathered friend - Colleen 27/July/06
• "Strine" slang Bible - ESC 27/July/06
• The Lord helps those whom help themselves - Donna 26/July/06
• Cheaters never win - Tammy Lee 26/July/06
• Standing into shallow water - Randy Maas 26/July/06
• The timing question - Ella 25/July/06
• Smart as a Cookie - deborah 25/July/06
  • Smart as a Cookie - ESC 25/July/06
• Poets are the snipers - Ian McCloskey 25/July/06
  • Poets are the snipers - Bob 25/July/06
• Its all over bar the shouting - kagiri john 25/July/06
• Good Grief - Kris Crawford 25/July/06
• No-holds-barred - John 25/July/06
• Who let the dogs out - Isaac 25/July/06
  • Who let the dogs out - Smokey Stover 26/July/06
• " on the house" - shakir 25/July/06
• Shake hands with the devil - ESC 24/July/06
• Eager beaver - Cynthia 24/July/06
  • Eager beaver - ESC 24/July/06
• "Heard it through the water cooler" - paschendale 24/July/06
• To make a case - Mariya 23/July/06
  • To make a case - Smokey Stover 23/July/06
• I should coco - roger 23/July/06
• Take a pee - Ric Cooney 22/July/06
• Many a truth is told in jest - Buttons T. C. 22/July/06
• A bit nippy - kelly DONALDSON 22/July/06
• "That's the name of that tune!" - Acorn 22/July/06
  • "That's the name of that tune!" - ESC 22/July/06
• "Pick Up The Pace" - MR.X 22/July/06
• Land office trade - Doug 21/July/06
• "To this end" - Gillian Thylander 20/July/06
• Put away - Meeran 20/July/06
  • Put away - David Lamb 22/July/06
  • Put away - Victoria S Dennis 20/July/06
• Take the face off the clock - ESC 20/July/06
• How hot is it? - ESC 19/July/06
• Phrases that use names - Christopher 19/July/06
  • phrases that use names - David Lamb 20/July/06
  • phrases that use names - ESC 19/July/06
• Re - "as much as". - ljkjp 19/July/06
  • Re - "as much as". - Gary Martin 19/July/06
  • Re - "as much as". - Smokey Stover 19/July/06
• "Went missing" - Sean Fahey 18/July/06
  • "Went missing" - Smokey Stover 18/July/06
• The goose hung / hangs high - greg 18/July/06
• "All that's solid melts in air." - Nancy Wilson 18/July/06
  • The Communist Manifesto - RRC 18/July/06
• Sweet dick all - Jinny 17/July/06
  • Sweet dick all - Bob 17/July/06
    • Jack all - RRC 17/July/06
• Keep neighbors closed then brothers - somya 17/July/06
• A competition I would like to enter - Monique Bosch 17/July/06
• "Gun Shy." - Kelly Anne 16/July/06
• Lay the ghost to rest - PompeyPwn 16/July/06
  • Lay the ghost to rest - ESC 16/July/06
• He's got Billy on his back - Viphel 16/July/06
• I have a bridge I'd like to sell you - Michael Lee 16/July/06
  • I have a bridge I'd like to sell you - ESC 16/July/06
• "Skin of color" - E G 15/July/06
  • "Skin of color" - ESC 15/July/06
    • "Skin of color" - Smokey Stover 16/July/06
• Ruffle a few feathers - waleed 14/July/06
• Taking out a life loan - JT 14/July/06
• Playing the rag game - Jonathan 14/July/06
• Dark corners of the night - komalpatel 14/July/06
• "Good things come to he (him) who waits." - E. G. Baller 14/July/06
• Step on up - Duniel 13/July/06
• Need an old priest and a young priest - Sathyaish Chakravarthy 12/July/06
• My father and I is One - Replysmart 12/July/06
  • My father and I is One - RRC 12/July/06
• Stove up - Ron 11/July/06
  • Stove up - Smokey Stover 12/July/06
  • Stove up - Smokey Stover 12/July/06
• "Behind the eight ball" - jt 11/July/06
  • "behind the eight ball" - Smokey Stover 12/July/06
• "Is that your problem Bunky?" - George Walton 11/July/06
• Wax philosophically - Oblio 11/July/06
• Six-step program - rion 11/July/06
• "Mighty White of You" - Cynthia 11/July/06
  • "Mighty White of You" - Word Camel 11/July/06
• "Burning Platform" - Teewhy 10/July/06
• Bette Davis - ESC 10/July/06
  • Bette Davis - Bob 10/July/06
• Gender identity - ESC 10/July/06
• "Ask No Questions And You'll Be Told No Lies" - Lotus 09/July/06
  • "Ask No Questions And You'll Be Told No Lies" - David FG 09/July/06
    • "Ask No Questions And You'll Be Told No Lies" - Victoria S Dennis 10/July/06
• Bourbon Haze - arnold olivo 08/July/06
• "You're all wet" - Ward 08/July/06
• To boldly go - stuart miller 08/July/06
  • To boldly go - Bob 08/July/06
    • To boldly go - Smokey Stover 09/July/06
• I dont give a Kippers dick - Sheila Dodd 08/July/06
• Pick your battles - Dace 08/July/06
  • Pick your battles - Victoria S Dennis 08/July/06
• Jobs a good'un? - taccy62 08/July/06
• Wow, what a ride! - ESC 07/July/06
• "Total package" - siliq 07/July/06
• A ghost of a chance - Mio Parapar 07/July/06
• "The real kicker" - Jonathan 07/July/06
• English equivalent to the French idiom 'saisir la balle au bond' - Patrick 07/July/06
  • English equivalent to the French idiom 'saisir la balle au bond' - Bob 07/July/06
  • English equivalent to the French idiom 'saisir la balle au bond' - Brian from Shawnee 07/July/06
• Friendship is a sweet responsibility; never an opportunity - Judy 07/July/06
• Spare the rod and spare the child - steve 07/July/06
  • Spare the rod and spoil the child - Lewis 07/July/06
• Gas bag as a social evil - Favour Pat 06/July/06
• "Swinging the leg" - elaine watkins 06/July/06
• Go for broke - Valerie 06/July/06
• Saints go marching in - nasta 05/July/06
• Rose of Washington Square - John Lewers 05/July/06
• What a Brahma - Brian Green 05/July/06
  • What a Brahma - Victoria S Dennis 05/July/06
• 'You lot must take me for a mark'?? - Pat 05/July/06
• A 'so and so' - Raymond 04/July/06
  • a 'so and so' - R. Berg 05/July/06
    • a 'so and so' - Smokey Stover 05/July/06
    • a 'so and so' - Smokey Stover 05/July/06
• "Once every Preston Guild"? - steve 04/July/06
• "I've been to the city and I've seen the elephant." - David 04/July/06
  • "I've been to the city and I've seen the elephant." - ESC 04/July/06
  • "I've been to the city and I've seen the elephant." - Bob 04/July/06
• Just for kicks - Tracy 04/July/06
• Watershed experience - John O'Neill 04/July/06
• A day ___ sunshine? - Kevin Schweihofer 03/July/06
• "By The Book" - Anneke 03/July/06
  • "By The Book" - ESC 03/July/06
• "Keep tougue firmly planted in cheek" - Fang Yingying 03/July/06
• No answer came the stern reply - Stuart 03/July/06
• "My foot"? - Larry 03/July/06
• The juice aint worth the squeeze - Biz 02/July/06
• "Bite the Bullet" - Michael S Southworth 02/July/06
  • "Bite the Bullet" - David FG 02/July/06
  • "Bite the Bullet" - Smokey Stover 02/July/06
• Needle in a haystack - KP 02/July/06
  • Needle in a haystack - ESC 02/July/06
• "Man dies in mishap" - Jonathan 30/June/06
  • "Man dies in mishap" - Smokey Stover 30/June/06
• Good Gawd Nighlanders! - Chris 30/June/06
• "I Have A Rat In My Cupboard" - Benny Ben 30/June/06
• "Woman of substance" - Meghna 30/June/06
• "Trial by fire" and "feast or Famine" - Amanda M. 29/June/06
  • "Trial by fire" and "feast or Famine" - Smokey Stover 30/June/06
    • "Trial by fire" and "feast or Famine" - Victoria S Dennis 30/June/06
• Life saver - SteveR 29/June/06
• 'If you wnay something doing, ask a busy man' - John 29/June/06
• See it it holds water - Steve 29/June/06
• A fool and his money are soon parted - Stefanie Rochow 29/June/06
• Happy as Larry, Fill your boots - Kevin Egan 29/June/06
• When a Evangelist, say someone is working against you - Patricia 28/June/06
• "Red eye flight" - James Cureton Jr. 28/June/06
• I am from missouri - saira 27/June/06
  • I am from missouri - Bob 27/June/06
• See you in the funny pages - ed 27/June/06
  • See you in the funny pages - ESC 27/June/06
• "Sometimes silence makes a sound" - Bremla 27/June/06
  • "sometimes silence makes a sound" - JT 27/June/06
• Stitched up like a kipper - Linda 27/June/06
• GET OUT OF MY HAIR - suzan 27/June/06
• Third time is the charm - Gary Delp 26/June/06
• 50,000 Frenchman can't be wrong - Greg Savitt 26/June/06
  • 50,000 Frenchman can't be wrong - ESC 27/June/06
• "Hacked off" - tiger 25/June/06
• Phone it in - Kashima 25/June/06
• The vast unwashed - mary cheriton 24/June/06
• RAIN CHECK - quinto 24/June/06
  • RAIN CHECK - ESC 24/June/06
    • RAIN CHECK - David FG 25/June/06
• Scare the jeepers out of me - Andrea 24/June/06
  • Scare the jeepers out of me - David FG 24/June/06
• Long pole in the tent - ESC 24/June/06
  • Long pole in the tent - Smokey Stover 24/June/06
• "Dollars to donuts" - John Hoopes 24/June/06
• Less chat more hat? - elipla 24/June/06
  • Less chat more hat? - ESC 24/June/06
    • Less chat more hat? - pamela 24/June/06
• Rise above the fray - Jilian 23/June/06
• To dismiss out of hand - stan 23/June/06
  • To dismiss out of hand - ESC 23/June/06
• "There wasn't wool enough in the basket to knit socks for those feet" - Neel Rocco 23/June/06
  • "There wasn't wool enough in the basket to knit socks for those feet" - pamela 23/June/06
• "Can't fool the fool" - Jonathan 22/June/06
  • You can't kid a kidder - Lewis 23/June/06
• Lightning in a bottle - r 22/June/06
• Running for the hills - Lora 22/June/06
• Uppity women - Lauri B 21/June/06
  • Uppity women - ESC 22/June/06
    • Uppity women - ESC 22/June/06
• Soup in a basket - Joss 21/June/06
• Flibber-de-Gibbet - Pappy Atoms 21/June/06
• Never picture perfect - Walter 21/June/06
• "I'm just saying.." - D 21/June/06
• : "...polish the cannon balls." - mhunting 21/June/06
  • : "...polish the cannon balls." - David FG 21/June/06
• Patience is a virtue - Kerry 21/June/06
• 'life is the art of drawing sufficient conclusions from insufficient premises' - jim 21/June/06
• Fever pitch - MaryKate 21/June/06
• Pull out all the stops - juliet 19/June/06
• "Rose-lipped maidens, light foot lads" - Heiko Vogt 18/June/06
• Could it be scarcastic? - Bryan 18/June/06
  • Could it be scarcastic? - Bob 18/June/06
• "A cock up", "balls up" - JOHN LAVERS 18/June/06
  • "A cock up", "balls up" - Bob 18/June/06
• "Every pot has a cover" - Jack Lowenthal 18/June/06
• Dogs Bollocks - Don X, aka Andy Lightshow 17/June/06
• "Hard as a donnick" - Sabrina 17/June/06
• Safety First - Colin Hamilton 17/June/06
• Come in no 5 - tats 16/June/06
• Go-Cart Mozart - Pootsie 16/June/06
• CLOSE ENOUGH FOR GOVERNMET WORK and CLOSE ENOUGH FOR JAZZ - Yuri 16/June/06
  • CLOSE ENOUGH FOR GOVERNMET WORK and CLOSE ENOUGH FOR JAZZ - Gary 16/June/06
• Two blacks dont make a white - richard burgess 16/June/06
• Painting somebody into corner - Mark 16/June/06
  • Painting somebody into corner - David FG 16/June/06
    • Painting somebody into corner - ESC 16/June/06
• Sweating like a w h o r e in church - Matt Long 16/June/06
• No flaming wonder - melissa 16/June/06

• No-holds-barred
• "Italian torpedo"
• 'make after'
• Up the pole
• Knock his breath out of him
• "I'm just saying.."
• Never picture perfect
• Two blacks dont make a white
• Stitched up like a kipper
• "Red eye flight"
• "woman of substance"
• No answer came the stern reply
• Just for kicks
• Come in # 5
• Safety First
• A bit nippy
• Take a pee
• "Pick Up The Pace"