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- May your marriage be... - Arlene 21/July/07
- Stargate phrases - Mark 20/July/07
- The bars of hell - Stuart Jeffrey 20/July/07
- The bars of hell - Gary Martin 20/July/07
- Close to the hide - Chris 20/July/07
- Keep your friends close... - Terry 19/July/07
- Peggy Martin - Dave Pounds 19/July/07
- Peggy Martin - Smokey Stover 19/July/07
- Middle For Diddle - Scott 19/July/07
- You give me pause - Brian 18/July/07
- You give me pause - Chris 18/July/07
- Frit and Frat - Jeff 18/July/07
- I hereby dub thee - Shirley 18/July/07
- I hereby dub thee - R. Berg 18/July/07
- Hair like wire... - Claire Mitchell 18/July/07
- Willful ignorance - JX 18/July/07
- Stinking rich - Marc Rogers 17/July/07
- Stinking rich - Gary Martin 17/July/07
- The high sign - Gary Graves 17/July/07
- Talk the talk - Thierry 16/July/07
- Tilt at windmills - Thierry 16/July/07
- Babe in the woods - Thierry 16/July/07
- By strike - Mark Preece 16/July/07
- Gastronomy of the eye - Florence Fang 16/July/07
- Just for ducks - Mike 16/July/07
- Big old Watson moon - Little Jimmy 16/July/07
- Off you pop - Tara 15/July/07
- Kemo savy - Andy England 15/July/07
- Hide his light under a bushel - Graziela Vasco 14/July/07
- Hide his light under a bushel - Chris 14/July/07
- You dipstick - Spencer Hall 14/July/07
- You dipstick - Smokey Stover 14/July/07
- Heads up - Marie-Ann 14/July/07
- Sheepish grin - T Burgess 14/July/07
- Look over one's shoulder - Pranjal 14/July/07
- Elephant's eye - Lisa 14/July/07
- Ham - Mandy 14/July/07
- Go all over unnecessary - Ginger 14/July/07
- Nevertheless - Shotcaller 14/July/07
- Playing the world's smallest violin - Heng 14/July/07
- Mind your Ps and Qs - Jen 14/July/07
- Freedom fries - Robin 14/July/07
- Freedom fries - RRC 14/July/07
- Freedom fries - Bob 14/July/07
- Freedom fries - RRC 14/July/07
- Run the rule over - Walrus 14/July/07
- Run the rule over - bb 14/July/07
- Ever decreasing circles - Stu Plage 14/July/07
- Boys will be girls - Eamonn 13/July/07
- Standing on our shoelaces - Pat Dever 13/July/07
- Home, James - Kathy 13/July/07
- Black over Will's Mother - John E Farrow 13/July/07
- All things yield to diligence - George Olfson 13/July/07
- Log in the machine - Christopher 13/July/07
- Fidog's ass - Kim Agnolutto 13/July/07
- Exact revenge - Completely Confused 13/July/07
- Benefit of clergy - Richard Becker 13/July/07
- 'll beat the black off of you - Ouida Scarborough 06/July/07
- At the top of the stairs - Trevor 06/July/07
- By granny - Pat 06/July/07
- Go to grass... - Ardith 05/July/07
- Remains on the table - John Jones 05/July/07
- Remains on the table - Victoria S Dennis 05/July/07
- Blast a Spaniard - CAS 04/July/07
- Bumfuck, Egypt - Beth 04/July/07
- Bumfuck, Egypt - ESC 04/July/07
- Bumfuck, Egypt - Bruce Kahl 04/July/07
- Bumfuck, Egypt - ESC 04/July/07
- Throw the dolly out of the pram - Ahmad Ragab 04/July/07
- Throw the dolly out of the pram - Chris 04/July/07
- Throw the dolly out of the pram - ESC 04/July/07
- Take a collective breath - Kashima 04/July/07
- Take a collective breath - R. Berg 04/July/07
- Take a collective breath - R. Berg 04/July/07
- Take a collective breath - R. Berg 04/July/07
- Egg on your face - Ben Dickinson 04/July/07
- 4th July - James Briggs 04/July/07
- 4th July - RRC 04/July/07
- 4th July - ESC 04/July/07
- Twinkle toes - Ewa 04/July/07
- Twinkle toes - ESC 04/July/07
- We aim to please - Carola 03/July/07
- Stab in the back - Vicki 03/July/07
- Stab in the back - Brian from Shawnee 03/July/07
- Get out the sharp pencils - Shilpy 03/July/07
- The back of a napkin - Allen 03/July/07
- Running on empty - Eduardo 03/July/07
- Running on empty - ESC 03/July/07
- Doesn't do you justice - Dante 02/July/07
- I call Dibbs - Pam Volkl 02/July/07
- I call Dibbs - ESC 02/July/07
- I call Dibbs - Smokey Stover 02/July/07
- I call Dibbs - Smokey Stover 02/July/07
- I call Dibbs - ESC 02/July/07
- Brevity is the soul of... - Carole Daniels 02/July/07
- Cross the bridge - Jeffrey 02/July/07
- Cross the bridge - RRC 02/July/07
- Kipling quotation - Faheem Ur-Rehman 01/July/07
- Kipling quotation - ESC 01/July/07
- Walking the dog - Kai 01/July/07
- Walking the dog - Chris 01/July/07
- Everything - Audrey Magic 01/July/07
- Everything - Chris 01/July/07
- Everything - ESC 01/July/07
- Everything - Chris 01/July/07
- Creature comforts - Denis 29/June/07
- Monkey knows no ginger - Seetha 29/June/07
- Rotten egg - BigJ 29/June/07
- Lazarushian-leather - Jon 29/June/07
- All set - Bob 29/June/07
- Ill wind - Elizabeth 29/June/07
- Cumsi cumsa - Kevin 29/June/07
- Cumsi cumsa - Smokey Stover 29/June/07
- Cumsi cumsa - pamela 02/July/07
- Cumsi cumsa - pamela 02/July/07
- Cumsi cumsa - Baceseras 29/June/07
- Cumsi cumsa - Smokey Stover 29/June/07
- Seen your arse - Liz 29/June/07
- Like a dead priest - Pat Swann 29/June/07
- Sloughing toward Bethlehem - Gloria Duarte 27/June/07
- Rat hole - Kat O'Brien 27/June/07
- Attack the man - Jack Marley 27/June/07
- No longer subject to notification - Kashima 27/June/07
- No longer subject to notification - RRC 27/June/07
- Love you to bits - Darren 27/June/07
- The same? - Probe 27/June/07
- Nothing too good... - Ali Kahrobaie 27/June/07
- Don't hide your light under a bushel - Angela 26/June/07
- Cut a Check - Probe 26/June/07
- Kiss till the cow comes home - Kat 25/June/07
- Can't posses... - Svet 25/June/07
- It's Jake - Jack 25/June/07
- Helps - Tom 25/June/07
- Some straitjacket - Ali Kahrobaie 25/June/07
- By all means - Pratik 25/June/07
- By all means - R. Berg 25/June/07
- Like... - Kim 25/June/07
- Gear shift - SBI 24/June/07
- Not bad at all - Juan 24/June/07
- Close them down - James Lane 24/June/07
- Jump for joy - Becky 24/June/07
- I could not love thee... - lonphillips 22/June/07
- I could not love thee... - Bob 22/June/07
- Learn from others - JC 22/June/07
- Dead man's shoes - Jo 22/June/07
- Screwing the pooch - Curious George 22/June/07
- Makes you fat - Claudia 22/June/07
- Watch your P,s and Q's - Doug 22/June/07
- Watch your P,s and Q's - Bob 22/June/07
- Watch your P,s and Q's - RRC 22/June/07
- Watch your P,s and Q's - Bob 22/June/07
- Smoochie Boochie - Jess 21/June/07
- Given up - Ryan 21/June/07
- Given up - ESC 21/June/07
- Planets/Romans - Indu 21/June/07
- Don't you now? - Ali Kahrobaie 21/June/07
- As safe as houses - Carol Roberts 21/June/07
- Put off the lights - Ann 21/June/07
- Duck and weave - SE 21/June/07
- Duck and weave - Victoria S Dennis 21/June/07
- Duck and weave - Smokey Stover 21/June/07
- Duck and weave - Victoria S Dennis 21/June/07
- As normal as... - Phyllis Turner 20/June/07
- As normal as... - ESC 21/June/07
- As normal as... - Bob 21/June/07
- As normal as... - ESC 21/June/07
- Lock 'n Load - Elwin C. Hall 20/June/07
- Lock 'n Load - Curious George 21/June/07
- Lock 'n Load - RRC 20/June/07
- Lick the dog - Thomas H 20/June/07
- Cost an arm and a leg - Don Crowder 19/June/07
- Kick the tires - T Rose 19/June/07
- Has wings - Victor 19/June/07
- Sleeve - C 19/June/07
- Halifax handful - P Taylor 19/June/07
- Spitten image - Mac 19/June/07
- Run it to earth - Rob 19/June/07
- Run it to earth - ESC 19/June/07
- Run it to earth - RRC 19/June/07
- Run it to earth - ESC 19/June/07
- Go ahead place - James O'Neil Hall 18/June/07
- Go ahead place - Victoria S Dennis 18/June/07
- Go ahead place - Smokey Stover 19/June/07
- Go ahead place - Smokey Stover 19/June/07
- Go ahead place - Victoria S Dennis 18/June/07
- Walk off the reservation - Mr. HVHJ 18/June/07
- Idioms? - Probe 18/June/07
- Idioms? - R. Berg 18/June/07
- Wrapped around the axle - Frank C 17/June/07
- A lick of difference - Heather 17/June/07
- Flat Daddies - ESC 17/June/07
- As right as ninepence - gary 17/June/07
- Unring the bell - Ringer 16/June/07
- Stuck his spoon in the wall - Don Newburn 15/June/07
- Got the wood on you - Josie 15/June/07
- I had a meeting - Laurie 15/June/07
- Time takes its toll - Cliff 15/June/07
- More noses in the dirt - Greg 15/June/07
- In my oils - Hilary 14/June/07
- In my oils - ESC 14/June/07
- In my oils - R. Berg 14/June/07
- In my oils - ESC 14/June/07
- A murder of crows - Probe 14/June/07
- A murder of crows - Smokey Stover 14/June/07
- Half in heaven - Katie 14/June/07
- Here you go - Amit 13/June/07
- Cheap skate - Edward Altizer 13/June/07
- You're no shop egg - Stuart Squires 12/June/07
- Mark your card - Lisa 12/June/07
- Mark your card - R. Berg 12/June/07
- Rock solid - LB Wilson 11/June/07
- Who struck John? - Linda 11/June/07
- Who struck John? - ESC 11/June/07
- What on earth - Halima 11/June/07
- What on earth - ESC 11/June/07
- Get your goat - Sandee Dummitt 11/June/07
- Skills pay the bills - Marian Wesolowski 10/June/07
- I done... - Jim 10/June/07
- I done... - Smokey Stover 10/June/07
- See a man about some luber - Violet 09/June/07
- Don't give a jack - Yvonne 08/June/07
- Don't give a jack - Smokey Stover 09/June/07
- Tearin' up Jack - Barb 08/June/07
- Happiness - Han Meng 08/June/07
- Football workout - Jennifer 08/June/07
- Take your right whack - Ray 08/June/07
- Chinny-chin-chin - Mark 08/June/07
- Overplay your hand - Missy 08/June/07
- Phrase - Dimitra 07/June/07
- Phrase - Victoria S Dennis 07/June/07
- Hanging around the ceiling - Carotta 07/June/07
- Over the long run - David D. Levinger 07/June/07
- Pulling on the same oar - Fred 07/June/07
- Sling yer hook - peter foot 07/June/07
- Balloon going up. - pfbb1060 06/June/07
- Air out - Brad Holt 06/June/07
- Still waters run deep - Art 06/June/07
- Still waters run deep - ESC 06/June/07
- Still waters run deep - pamela 07/June/07
- Still waters run deep - ESC 06/June/07
- Forcing my hand - Amy 05/June/07
- About to fall apart - Lara 05/June/07
- About to fall apart - R. Berg 06/June/07
- None the less - Sam 05/June/07
- Save and... - Megan 05/June/07
- Finish stronger - Vaibhav 04/June/07
- Amount(s) to nothing - Bayu Gunawan 04/June/07
- Amount(s) to nothing - Smokey Stover 04/June/07
- Chum change - Ron Holmstrom 04/June/07
- Chum change - Smokey Stover 04/June/07
- Armed to the teeth - Alex Haney 04/June/07
- Roger, Over and Out - The Duke of URL 03/June/07
- It's getting to me - Thankful 03/June/07
- Scotch doubles - Big Dave Knight 03/June/07
- Caught in the cross-hairs - Jess 03/June/07
- Caught in the cross-hairs - ESC 03/June/07
- Ne'er cast a clout till May be out - Jai Gomer 02/June/07
- Ne'er cast a clout till May be out - Gary Martin 02/June/07
- Thumb up my ass - Nick 01/June/07
- Thumb up my ass - Parthian 01/June/07
- Sharp as a fox - Parthian 01/June/07
- Never pet a dog - Lizette 01/June/07
- Feet of clay - James E. Wicks 31/May/07
- Feet of clay - Victoria Dennis 31/May/07
- Making love - pfbb1060 31/May/07
- Kitchen friends - Sherrie 31/May/07
- Kitchen friends - Lewis 31/May/07
- The devil's hour - Rob 30/May/07
- Pass muster - Beth Crawford 30/May/07
- What a Ride! - Kay Scott-Lanyon 30/May/07
- What a Ride! - RRC 30/May/07
- Idiom - Mai 30/May/07
- Idiom - ESC 30/May/07
- Horse trading - Probe 29/May/07
- Going all classic - John 29/May/07
- Bridging horizons - Penny 29/May/07
- Cake eaters - Ava 28/May/07
- Cake eaters - Brian from Shawnee 29/May/07
- In a bit of a bubble - Shirley 28/May/07
- Extras - Tanemon 28/May/07
- Whole nine yards - ESC 27/May/07
- Boys will be boys - Ca 27/May/07
- There there - Mike 27/May/07
- There there - ESC 27/May/07
- There there - R. Berg 27/May/07
- There there - ESC 27/May/07
- Bar none - Bill Vandiver 27/May/07
- If you've got them by the balls... - ESC 27/May/07
- Caught red-handed - Kenneth Anderson 26/May/07
- Caught red-handed - Gary Martin 26/May/07
- Memorial Day Weekend here in the US of A - Bruce Kahl 26/May/07
- Memorial Day Weekend here in the US of A - ESC 26/May/07
- Take the bull by the horns - Charmelle Ross 24/May/07
- Take the bull by the horns - Bruce Kahl 25/May/07
- Out of scope - Grace 24/May/07
- Close - James Nicol 24/May/07
- Close - ESC 24/May/07
- The snail was on the thorn - Mat Slater 24/May/07
- Chips and Peas - Andrew Daley 23/May/07
- Snowy in Paris - Emma Young 23/May/07
- Snowy in Paris - RRC 23/May/07
- Sorry, Mac - MK 23/May/07
- Not so far from wrong - Bruce 23/May/07
- Not so far from wrong - Smokey Stover 23/May/07
- Not so far from wrong - RRC 23/May/07
- In my pocket - Austin Sage 22/May/07
- Home slice - Deena 22/May/07
- Dam all - John 21/May/07
- A nod's as good as a wink - Probe 21/May/07
- A nod's as good as a wink - RRC 21/May/07
- Red and white flowers - Christine Hastings 21/May/07
- Fall off a horse - Beckee 21/May/07
- Where the bear got in the buckwheat - Jenny 21/May/07
- Done and dusted - Camlinhall 19/May/07
- Chickens' insteps - CTRL 19/May/07
- Chickens' insteps - R. Berg 20/May/07
- Chickens' insteps - RRC 20/May/07
- Chickens' insteps - R. Berg 20/May/07
- Worn to the quick - Matt 19/May/07
- Explain please - Frank 19/May/07
- Explain please - Smokey Stover 20/May/07
- Explain please - pamela 20/May/07
- Explain please - Smokey Stover 20/May/07
- Raised by hand - Anna-Elyse 17/May/07
- Raised by hand - Smokey Stover 17/May/07
- Ninety day wonder - Jim Baker 17/May/07
- Reach exceeds his grasp - Matt Rishton 17/May/07
- Couch surf - ESC 17/May/07
- Down the tubes - Brian Flanagan 17/May/07
- Feet first - Preston 17/May/07
- Like an Aberdeen taxi - Parthian 17/May/07
- Beat the spread - Marina 16/May/07
- Get down with the goose down - Cathy 16/May/07
- Snotty Oliver - Louise 16/May/07
- Making a pass - Cam 16/May/07
- Making a pass - Smokey Stover 16/May/07
- Making a pass - Smokey Stover 17/May/07
- Making a pass - Smokey Stover 16/May/07
- The mouse in your pocket - Pat 16/May/07
- Holy cow - Nancie J Brooks 15/May/07
- Termites in the woodwork - Andy 15/May/07
- Termites in the woodwork - Smokey Stover 16/May/07
- Termites in the woodwork or Great Damage Is Being Caused By Things We Cannot See! - Bruce Kahl 16/May/07
- Termites in the woodwork - Smokey Stover 16/May/07
- Pencil point - Monica 15/May/07
- Put a fork in me - Monica 15/May/07
- Dinking around - Pam 14/May/07
- Dinking around - Smokey Stover 15/May/07
- Old score - Leslie 14/May/07
- Kick in the slats - Jim Soar 14/May/07
- Homer's Odyssey - Melvin 14/May/07
- Hands on heart - M. Shahriar Hussain 14/May/07
- Living on the edge - Surinder Longia 14/May/07
- Living on the edge - Smokey Stover 14/May/07
- Living on the edge - Smokey Stover 14/May/07
- Living on the edge - Smokey Stover 14/May/07
- Frog strangler - Terry Latschar 13/May/07
- Frog strangler - ESC 13/May/07
- Pip pip - Gerry Clist 13/May/07
- Old soak - Manny 12/May/07
- Old soak - Smokey Stover 12/May/07
- Slower than Moses - Tod 12/May/07
- Kentucky phrases - Kathy Ryan 11/May/07
- All is forgiven - Chris 11/May/07
- Wigwams for a goose's bridal - Lilabet 11/May/07
- In the box seat - Colin Benson 11/May/07
- Once and for good - Francesca Johnson 10/May/07
- Drop the pilot - Sanja Marinov 10/May/07
- Drop the pilot - Victoria S Dennis 10/May/07
- Drop the pilot - Victoria S Dennis 10/May/07
- Left of center - Sara 10/May/07
- Left of center - Smokey Stover 10/May/07
- Cover your sixes - Chiroptera 10/May/07
- Cover your sixes - Bob 10/May/07
- Cover your sixes - Bob 10/May/07
- Hairs breathe - Steve 10/May/07
- Poem - Pierre d'Achoppement 09/May/07
- Cock and Bull revisited - Margaret 09/May/07
- Cock and Bull revisited - RRC 09/May/07
- Like 1989 - Natalia 09/May/07
- Like 1989 - Bob 09/May/07
- Like 1989 - R. Berg 09/May/07
- Like 1989 - Bob 09/May/07
- I don't have a dog in this fight - Scott Thrash 09/May/07
- Give the man a doughnut - Katia Holmes 09/May/07
- Give the man a doughnut - RRC 09/May/07
- Fair to middlen - Glenn Mount 08/May/07
- A screw loose - Roopali Samant 08/May/07
- Crayons - Greg 08/May/07
- Beware of Greeks bearing gifts - ackie 07/May/07
- Good for a spin - Alice 07/May/07
- The best way - Irma 07/May/07
- The best way - Bob 07/May/07
- The best way - ESC 07/May/07
- The best way - Bob 07/May/07
- Price out - Thankful 07/May/07
- If our cat was a cow... - Joris De Roeck 07/May/07
- If our cat was a cow... - ESC 07/May/07
- If our cat was a cow... - Victoria S Dennis 07/May/07
- If our cat was a cow... - ESC 07/May/07
- Now you're logging shoe tack - Joe Trainor 07/May/07
- Bagging the **** out - Bec 07/May/07
- Bagging the **** out - Brian from Shawnee 07/May/07
- I stand before you - Campbell Wren 07/May/07
- Unring the Bell - Ringer 07/May/07
- Pigeon toed - Probe 06/May/07
- Steady as she goes - Charlotte 06/May/07
- Elephant in a china store - Amir 06/May/07
- Gone for a burton - Tony Cachart 05/May/07
- Favor - Joanna 05/May/07
- Off the shelf - Roopali Samant 05/May/07
- The world's your cloister - Randy Fisher 05/May/07
- Nil desperandum - Jeff Mason 04/May/07
- What have you done for me lately - David 04/May/07
- What have you done for me lately - RRC 04/May/07
- What have you done for me lately - Smokey Stover 05/May/07
- What have you done for me lately - RRC 04/May/07
- They have seen the elephants... - Joey Messina 04/May/07
- Deep calls to deep - Mathew K J 04/May/07
- Deep calls to deep - reneed 04/May/07
- Deep calls to deep - ESC 04/May/07
- On the bubble - Renee 04/May/07
- On the bubble - ESC 04/May/07
- Spit wooden nickels - Kerin 03/May/07
- Poem - Jerry Giles 02/May/07
- Too hard on yourself - Sally 02/May/07
- Too hard on yourself - ESC 02/May/07
- For the good of the order - Kathleen McLaughlin 02/May/07
- You tiger now - Maria 02/May/07
- Meanwhile back at the ranch - Kay Fugate 01/May/07
- I want the white horse - Albert 01/May/07
- Their hearts in their hands - John 30/April/07
- Their hearts in their hands - ESC 01/May/07
- Lost your marbles - Jeff 30/April/07
- Smoke In Your Eye - Brandon 30/April/07
- Smoke In Your Eye - RRC 30/April/07
- Smoke In Your Eye - Brandon 30/April/07
- Smoke In Your Eye - RRC 30/April/07
- Six (or is it five?) consecutive uses of 'and' - Andrew 30/April/07
- **** in your eye - Wendy 30/April/07
- Only preachers or fools sit at the head of the table - Kent 30/April/07
- Hair like wire...
- Close to the hide
- A screw loose
- Lost your marbles
- Good for a spin
- In the box seat
- Kentucky phrases
- I don't have a dog in this fight
- Homer's Odyssey
- Beat the spread
- Boys will be boys
- The devil's hour
- What a Ride!
- Amount(s) to nothing
- None the less
- Sling yer hook
- They have seen the elephants...
- Who struck John?
- Here you go
- More noses in the dirt
- Idioms?
- Kick the tires
- Put off the lights
- Not bad at all
- Gear shift
- Some straitjacket
- Get out the sharp pencils
- Go to grass...
- Fido's ass
- Log in the machine
- Boys will be girls
- Heads up
- Look over one's shoulder
- Tilt at windmills