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- I say the phrase is card sharp but my nephew says it is card shark - LEA WILTSHIRE 11/January/07
- "Roof wetting" - greg streak 10/January/07
- How's it hanging - Marky Mark 10/January/07
- Swing for him - sonja farmer 10/January/07
- Swing for him - Gary Martin 10/January/07
- Swing for him - ESC 10/January/07
- Swing for him - Gary Martin 10/January/07
- Nail in somebody's coffin - Sameer 09/January/07
- Nail in somebody's coffin - ESC 09/January/07
- Nail in somebody's coffin - Smokey Stover 10/January/07
- Nail in somebody's coffin - ESC 09/January/07
- Wiping the eye - Tal 09/January/07
- Wiping the eye - R. Berg 10/January/07
- "Ghost in the machine" - cal 09/January/07
- "Ghost in the machine" - Smokey Stover 09/January/07
- "Ghost in the machine" - pamela 10/January/07
- "Ghost in the machine" - Smokey Stover 09/January/07
- Have Buckley's chance - Paul D 09/January/07
- Have Buckley's chance - pamela 09/January/07
- "When in doubt throw it out" - Alana 09/January/07
- "When in doubt throw it out" - Bob 09/January/07
- Today's rubbish, tomorrow's priceless antique - pamela 09/January/07
- "When in doubt throw it out" - Bob 09/January/07
- "Lesson learned is a lesson...?" - ally 08/January/07
- "Lesson learned is a lesson...?" - pamela 09/January/07
- "Lesson learned is a lesson...?" - pamela 09/January/07
- Good Conduct star - Neli 08/January/07
- Good Conduct star - ESC 08/January/07
- Good Conduct star - Smokey Stover 09/January/07
- Good Conduct star - ESC 08/January/07
- Looking under a dead horse's tail - Carolyn 08/January/07
- "That's my name and don't wear it out" - tondi 08/January/07
- As full as a Goog - Doug 08/January/07
- As full as a Goog - Bob 08/January/07
- "To dob-in" - emily swift-jones 08/January/07
- "You'll never plough a field by turning it over in your mind." - Diana 08/January/07
- I met a man upon the stair - amanda brierley 08/January/07
- I met a man upon the stair - Bob 08/January/07
- I met a man upon the stair - Bob 08/January/07
- I met a man upon the stair - Bob 08/January/07
- P*ss like a racehorse (or pack mule) - ESC 07/January/07
- P*ss like a racehorse (or pack mule) - Smokey Stover 07/January/07
- P*ss like a racehorse (or pack mule) - R. Berg 07/January/07
- P*ss like a racehorse (or pack mule) - Smokey Stover 07/January/07
- A cut above - john savage 07/January/07
- A cut above - Smokey Stover 07/January/07
- A cut above - ESC 07/January/07
- A cut above - Smokey Stover 07/January/07
- He won't pull up any trees - L Burke 07/January/07
- "Like a freight train" - Chris Paavola 07/January/07
- "Like a freight train" - Smokey Stover 07/January/07
- "Like a freight train" - ESC 07/January/07
- "Like a freight train" - Smokey Stover 07/January/07
- Bowled his heart out - Sameer 07/January/07
- Bowled his heart out - Ssmokey Stover 07/January/07
- You can't get blood out of a turnip - Rich Sue Woodruff 06/January/07
- You can't get blood out of a turnip - ESC 07/January/07
- Like smoke through a keyhole - Jeff 06/January/07
- Under the hammer - Sameer 06/January/07
- Under the hammer - Bob 06/January/07
- "Made from scratch" - Linda Winegar 06/January/07
- "Made from scratch" - Smokey Stover 06/January/07
- "Made from scratch" - R. Berg 06/January/07
- "Made from scratch" - Smokey Stover 06/January/07
- "Inability to suffer fools - Garry An 06/January/07
- Jacobs table - Wally B 05/January/07
- Jacobs table - ESC 06/January/07
- Jacobs table - Smokey Stover 06/January/07
- Jacobs table - Smokey Stover 06/January/07
- Jacobs table - ESC 06/January/07
- Firing on all cylinders - KrishnaDas 05/January/07
- Stark raving mad - David George 05/January/07
- Ape around - alisha 04/January/07
- ape around - Pamela 05/January/07
- Flight of wine - Khendron 04/January/07
- Flight of wine - ESC 05/January/07
- Flight of wine - Steve E 05/January/07
- Flight of wine - ESC 05/January/07
- Running on tea cakes - RH 04/January/07
- Hosed - Mandy 04/January/07
- Hosed - ESC 04/January/07
- "Five & dime" - Scottamus 03/January/07
- "Five & dime" - Brian from Shawnee 03/January/07
- "Five & dime" - R. Berg 03/January/07
- Don't simply add years to life but add life to years - yugandhar 03/January/07
- "The King's Government must be carried on" - yael 03/January/07
- Eat a peach - Stingray 03/January/07
- Need to up the ante - Andrew 02/January/07
- Be that as it may - Timmy 02/January/07
- Cat whisker - Saurabh Bhatnagar 02/January/07
- Cat whisker - Smokey Stover 02/January/07
- "Hold your water!" - siliq 01/January/07
- As thick as a duck pluckers wick - Julie Breedon 01/January/07
- As thick as a duck pluckers wick - pamela 02/January/07
- "Cup running over" - Ken 01/January/07
- Bible Black - Saint Stryfe 31/December/06
- Meant to find the canary - Lisa Thompson 31/December/06
- Meant to find the canary - Brian from Shawnee 01/January/07
- "The full Nanaimo" - Jaan de Groot 31/December/06
- Home at Last Presents a Picture Dark and Dreary Like a Tomb - Liam Hughes 30/December/06
- Home at Last Presents a Picture Dark and Dreary Like a Tomb - Victoria S Dennis 30/December/06
- Home at Last - ESC 30/December/06
- Home at Last Presents a Picture Dark and Dreary Like a Tomb - Victoria S Dennis 30/December/06
- Enough to make a sailor a pair of pants - jimmer 29/December/06
- enough to make a sailor a pair of pants - James Briggs 30/December/06
- It's a ten - Sahar 29/December/06
- It's a ten - ESC 29/December/06
- It's a ten - Brian from Shawnee 29/December/06
- Cowardly Custard - Cathy 29/December/06
- Blue-ribbon panel - Ellyse K. Agate 28/December/06
- Kick over the traces - bill howard 28/December/06
- Kick over the traces - Victoria S Dennis 28/December/06
- Kick over the traces - Bob 28/December/06
- Kick over the traces - Victoria S Dennis 28/December/06
- How's that for a kick in the ass? - Giovanni 27/December/06
- How's that for a kick in the ass? - Smokey Stover 27/December/06
- Ass over kite - Johnny Smoke 27/December/06
- Ass over kite - Smokey Stover 28/December/06
- So Let It Be Written So Let It Be Done - JoLee 27/December/06
- As it is written, so let it be done. - Smokey Stover 01/January/07
- Turned on a lathe - ofra 27/December/06
- Bring tea for the tillerman - Allise 27/December/06
- Bring tea for the tillerman - pamela 28/December/06
- Hands up for the bus conductor - Dotty Mooney 26/December/06
- hands up for the bus conductor - R. Berg 27/December/06
- "Hot enough to crack the flagstones" - PJL 26/December/06
- "To take and rub rock salt" - John Felix 26/December/06
- Separation of church and state - Dennis 24/December/06
- Separation of church and state - Smokey Stover 24/December/06
- Scared the living daylights out of me" come from. - Don Morris 23/December/06
- Scared the living daylights out of me" come from. - ESC 24/December/06
- Scared the living daylights out of me" come from. - Smokey Stover 24/December/06
- Scared the living daylights out of me" come from. - ESC 24/December/06
- Once a Knight Is enough - Ian Phemister 23/December/06
- Once a Knight Is enough - James Briggs 23/December/06
- "See you in Church" - Debra 22/December/06
- "See you in Church" - ESC 22/December/06
- "See you in Church" - Smokey Stover 22/December/06
- "See you in Church" - ESC 22/December/06
- Flogged within an inch of your life - Peter 22/December/06
- Flogged within an inch of your life - Smokey Stover 22/December/06
- Flogged within an inch of your life - David FG 23/December/06
- Flogged within an inch of your life - Smokey Stover 22/December/06
- How do you do - Walrus 22/December/06
- How do you do - David FG 22/December/06
- "A jaeger shot" - Angela 21/December/06
- "A jaeger shot" - Brian from Shawnee 21/December/06
- "A jaeger shot" - Bob 21/December/06
- "A jaeger shot" - Brian from Shawnee 21/December/06
- In The Swim - Marc 21/December/06
- In The Swim - Smokey Stover 21/December/06
- "Your my rock of gibaltar" - Becca 21/December/06
- "your my rock of gibaltar" - David FG 21/December/06
- "You're my rock of Gibraltar" - Smokey Stover 21/December/06
- Indigo in her hosiery - butch 21/December/06
- Indigo in her hosiery - Smokey Stover 21/December/06
- ´im gonna do you´ - manca 21/December/06
- ´im gonna do you´ - Victoria S Dennis 21/December/06
- "All but gone" - Bonnie 20/December/06
- gargantoit -meaning something that is really big - lorena 17/December/06
- gargantoit -meaning something that is really big - Bob 17/December/06
- "To get shot (or shut) of" - Jean 17/December/06
- Trust him as far as I can throw him - jane 17/December/06
- Six to one, half a dozen to another - Darren 16/December/06
- Six to one, half a dozen to another - Bob 16/December/06
- You aint said nothing slick to a can of oil - simita 15/December/06
- You aint said nothing slick to a can of oil - Bob 15/December/06
- Make a killing - Erica 15/December/06
- Make a killing - ESC 15/December/06
- Make a killing - ESC 15/December/06
- Make a killing - ESC 15/December/06
- Milk the clock - Rana 14/December/06
- Milk the clock - Smokey Stover 15/December/06
- "Old Man Winter" - Jeff 13/December/06
- "Old Man Winter" - Smokey Stover 14/December/06
- "Stood up" - pamela 13/December/06
- "Stood up" - Smokey Stover 13/December/06
- "Stood up" - pamela 13/December/06
- "Stood up" - Smokey Stover 13/December/06
- Like a cracked panchent or panchant - Jayne Wilkinson 13/December/06
- Softly, Softly Catchee Monkey - John Kouvelis 13/December/06
- Softly, Softly Catchee Monkey - Smokey Stover 13/December/06
- "He who would do good must do so in minute particulars" - deovrat 12/December/06
- "He who would do good must do so in minute particulars" - ESC 12/December/06
- "He who would do good must do so in minute particulars" - pamela 12/December/06
- "He who would do good must do so in minute particulars" - ESC 12/December/06
- The cobbler should stick to his last - Valeriy 12/December/06
- The cobbler should stick to his last - Smokey Stover 12/December/06
- "Hunting high and low" - Valeriy 12/December/06
- "Hunting high and low" - RRC 12/December/06
- "Hunting high and low" - Smokey Stover 12/December/06
- "Hunting high and low" - RRC 12/December/06
- 'two whoops in hades' - sweta 12/December/06
- 'two whoops in hades' - RRC 12/December/06
- I will give you the moon and the stars - brenda brown 11/December/06
- What is the origin of fill one's shoes (idiom)? - Angie 10/December/06
- What is the origin of fill one's shoes (idiom)? - Smokey Stover 10/December/06
- What is the origin of fill one's shoes (idiom)? - Smokey Stover 10/December/06
- What is the origin of fill one's shoes (idiom)? - Smokey Stover 10/December/06
- 'Under separate cover' - Tintageu 08/December/06
- 'Under separate cover' - Smokey Stover 08/December/06
- 'Under separate cover' - Steve E 08/December/06
- 'Under separate cover' - Smokey Stover 08/December/06
- AS DULL AS DITCH WATER - T WILSON 05/December/06
- AS DULL AS DITCH WATER - Victoria S Dennis 05/December/06
- You'll wonder where the yellow went ... - Jim 05/December/06
- "Hostile neutrals" - yael 05/December/06
- "Run ramshod" - Bill Moore 05/December/06
- "Run ramshod" - Bob 05/December/06
- First take the plank out of your own eye... - Valeriy 04/December/06
- "Do I Ever" - taka 04/December/06
- "Do I Ever" - R. Berg 04/December/06
- Get your fingers burned - David Baker 03/December/06
- Rough shot or ruck shot - steve 03/December/06
- Rough shot or ruck shot - Bob 03/December/06
- Tickling the ivories in this tough town... - Brian 02/December/06
- Tickling the ivories in this tough town... - ESC 02/December/06
- "Flat as a fritter" - dianne 02/December/06
- "Flat as a fritter" - Smokey Stover 02/December/06
- A man among men - Saxon 01/December/06
- A man among men - Smokey Stover 02/December/06
- Don't open up a can of worms - sharika 01/December/06
- Don't open up a can of worms - ESC 01/December/06
- "Whang-dang-doodle"? - Ena 01/December/06
- "Whang-dang-doodle"? - ESC 01/December/06
- "Way to ~" - thankful 01/December/06
- You turn me on - Jessie 01/December/06
- Loaded Question - Amanda Matthews 01/December/06
- Loaded Question - R. Berg 01/December/06
- Standing on the shoulders of giants - Charles Watt 29/November/06
- An army travels on its stomach - Valeriy 29/November/06
- An army travels on its stomach - Bob 29/November/06
- Ford-fix or repair daily - katrina 29/November/06
- Ford-fix or repair daily - Smokey Stover 29/November/06
- Words that DO come from acronyms.... - Bob 29/November/06
- Words that DO come from acronyms.... - ESC 29/November/06
- "BLUE BALLS" - MICHAEL 28/November/06
- "BLUE BALLS" - Smokey Stover 28/November/06
- Prophets of profit - Valeriy 28/November/06
- Prophets of profit - Smokey Stover 28/November/06
- All over it like a cheap suite - eric 28/November/06
- Can't tell player's without a scorecard - Noly 27/November/06
- Can't tell player's without a scorecard - Bob 27/November/06
- Can't tell player's without a scorecard - Bob 27/November/06
- Can't tell player's without a scorecard - Bob 27/November/06
- All the world loves a lover - Sathyaish Chakravarthy 27/November/06
- All the world loves a lover - ESC 27/November/06
- Ring Of Truth - Sathyaish Chakravarthy 27/November/06
- Ring Of Truth - Smokey Stover 27/November/06
- Ring Of Truth - Bob 27/November/06
- Ring Of Truth - Smokey Stover 27/November/06
- On the drag - Vincent Glading 27/November/06
- On the drag - Victoria S Dennis 27/November/06
- On the drag - Smokey Stover 29/November/06
- On the drag - Victoria S Dennis 27/November/06