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- Histories Mysteries - Shawn 02/08/01
- Carrot
and stick? - Tony 02/08/01
- Carrot and stick? - Bob 02/08/01
- Slogan meaning/origen - Anne Santora 02/07/01
- Meaning of? - hannah 02/07/01
- If
the shoe fits, wear it- Origin? - Philip 02/07/01
- If the shoe fits, wear it- Origin? - James Briggs 02/07/01
- Burning the candle at both ends - norma lopes 02/07/01
- What's
the meaning of "it"? - Tec 02/07/01
- What's the meaning of "it"? - marcus 02/07/01
- How? - Tec 02/07/01
- What's the meaning of "it"? - marcus 02/07/01
- He
likes his eggs on the Jersey Side - Gemma 02/06/01
- He likes his eggs on the Jersey Side - marcus 02/07/01
- He likes his eggs on the Jersey Side - carol 02/07/01
- He likes his eggs on the Jersey Side - marcus 02/07/01
- Huckleberry friend - Gemma 02/06/01
- Yankee - ernst blofelt 02/06/01
- Yankee - ESC 02/06/01
- Smack Dab in the Middle? - Katherine Lupo 02/06/01
- As cold as a Witches Tit - michelle 02/06/01
- Okey Dokey - Ryan Smith 02/06/01
- Bigger fish to fry - kbratton 02/05/01
- In there like a dirty shirt - frankie 02/05/01
- in there like a dirty shirt - marcus 02/06/01
- Waiting for the other shoe - ESC 02/05/01
- Working like a trojan - Barbara 02/05/01
- British Library - James Briggs 02/05/01
- Whipper snapper - Ian 02/05/01
- Maltese falcon - J. O'Neill 02/04/01
- In
love with more than one person - Mark Romperman 02/03/01
- In love with more than one person - R. Berg 02/03/01
- Swoof - Reggie 02/03/01
- Shot
his wad - Harry Brassen 02/02/01
- Shot his wad - marcus 02/03/01
- Fanites,
Vanites, Veynites Veinites? Awaken North Kent! - Rob and Tony and Sonia 02/02/01
- Fanites, Vanites,
Veynites Veinites? Awaken North Kent! - James Briggs 02/03/01
- Fanites, Vanites, Veynites Veinites? Awaken North Kent! - James Briggs 02/03/01
- Fanites, Vanites,
Veynites Veinites? Awaken North Kent! - James Briggs 02/03/01
- Worth a lick? - Karen Herrmann 02/02/01
- Some
questions - K. Yone 02/01/01
- some questions - Barney 02/01/01
- Straight
As A Die ? - Mark 02/01/01
- Straight As A Die ? - Scott Marsden 02/01/01
- Meanings
and origins - Harry Belt Turner 02/01/01
- shrinking/wilting violet - R. Berg 02/01/01
- Running
with Wolves? - Curious 02/01/01
- Running with Wolves? - Scott Marsden 02/02/01
- Running with Wolves? - R. Berg 02/01/01
- If
I have seen farther than others, it is because I am surrounded by dwarves - Mike 02/01/01
- If I have seen farther... - ESC 02/01/01
- Pray tell - Lynnwood 01/31/01
- Midwest - Don 01/30/01
- Midwest - Scott Marsden 02/01/01
- midwest - R. Berg 01/31/01
- Nice guys finish last - zach barrett 01/30/01
- My own granpa - Dr John 01/30/01
- Cockeyed? - mark J 01/30/01
- Laugh - Btd 01/29/01
- Milk the ram - Rich 01/29/01
- Phrase - Btd 01/29/01
- Success - ESC 01/30/01
- "Like
preaching to the quire" - Joanne 01/29/01
- "Like preaching to the quire" - marcus 01/29/01
- "Preaching to the choir" - R. Berg 01/29/01
- Dog does not eat
dog - luz 01/29/01
- dog does not eat dog - R. Berg 01/29/01
- Left field - mati 01/28/01
- Three sheets to the wind - D. Feather 01/28/01
- Robbing
Peter to pay Paul - Michael Nelson 01/27/01
- Robbing Peter to pay Paul - R. Berg 01/27/01
- Robbing Peter to pay Paul - R. Berg 01/28/01
- Robbing Peter to pay Paul - R. Berg 01/27/01
- Goodnight vienna - stephen 01/27/01
- Jesus h christ - stephen 01/27/01
- Occa's Razor - Keith 01/27/01
- Bli
me - E. Jones 01/26/01
- Coming Down the Pike or Pipe - aryn 01/29/01
- Bli me - Jacobus 01/28/01
- Bli me - R. Berg 01/26/01
- Skin
off my nose - Jacobus 01/26/01
- Skin off my nose - Jacobus 01/26/01
- It's
my "shout" - origin ? - Steven McEwan 01/26/01
- It's my "shout" - origin ? - R. Berg 01/27/01
- Shout for a round - ESC 01/28/01
- It's my "shout" - origin ? - R. Berg 01/27/01
- Straw horse - E. Jones 01/26/01
- "Some
people talk in their sleep..."----need author - joy 01/26/01
- "Some people talk in their sleep..."--Albert Camus - Bruce Kahl 01/28/01
- "Some people talk in their sleep..."----need author - Bruce Kahl 01/26/01
- Fishing lessons - R. Berg 01/26/01
- Teaching
is not a lost art..... ----need author - joy 01/26/01
- "Teaching is not a lost art..." Jacques Barzun - Bruce Kahl 01/26/01
- Science
is organized knowledge - joy 01/26/01
- science is organized knowledge - ESC 01/26/01
- Herbert Spencer - Bruce Kahl 01/26/01
- science is organized knowledge - ESC 01/26/01
- Rode hard and hung out wet - April Hill 01/26/01
- Mergatroyd - Nancy Taylor 01/25/01
- word meaning and orgins - emily 01/26/01
- Murgatroyd - R. Berg 01/25/01
- Chasing
the Dragon - Erica 01/25/01
- Chasing the Dragon - marcus 01/26/01
- Shooting the lights out - jmsauco 01/25/01
- Feet
of clay - Patty 01/25/01
- Feet of clay - R. Berg 01/25/01
- Feet of clay - marcus 01/26/01
- Feet of clay - R. Berg 01/25/01
- Say 'UNCLE' - John Hoeksema 01/25/01
- Tissue of Lies - Margo 01/25/01
- Lost
your marbles - ray 01/24/01
- lost your marbles - ESC 01/25/01
- OK - stefano 01/24/01
- Pyrrhic victory - Andrew Horsford 01/24/01
- Your'e
the man - Meagan 01/24/01
- you're the man - R. Berg 01/24/01
- Malarkey a.k.a malarky - Bruce
Kahl 01/23/01
- Malarkey a.k.a malarky - ESC 01/23/01
- Return
Mail - Minuit 01/22/01
- Return Mail - Bob 01/23/01
- Blood is thicker than water - John Thayer Jensen 01/22/01
- A
Profound Boardroom Phrase.. - S Kurta 01/22/01
- A Profound Boardroom Phrase.. - marcus 01/22/01
- Cowards die many times... - ESC 01/22/01
- A Profound Boardroom Phrase.. - marcus 01/22/01
- IF I HAD A ROCKET LAUNCHER by Bruce Cockburn - S Kurta 01/22/01
- Shoestring budget - Hoku Lea 01/20/01
- Redheaded Stepchild - heather 01/20/01
- Flying carpet - Yezniah 01/20/01
- J-walking - Jane 01/19/01
- The phrase "right as rain" - Leonard Klepner 01/19/01
- "Turkey
with all the trimmings" - R. Berg 01/19/01
- "Turkey with all the trimmings" - Carol 01/19/01
- "Turkey with all the trimmings" - JaneS 01/19/01
- "Turkey with all the trimmings" - Carol 01/19/01
- Dead
in the head - Denis 01/19/01
- dead in the head - JaneS 01/19/01
- More
tea vicar - Steven Wells 01/18/01
- more tea vicar - ESC 01/18/01
- "You can't have your cake and eat it too" - Jennifer Hall 01/18/01
- Pen v. Sword - Fairy 01/18/01
- Spic(k)
and span - vinnie rinaldi 01/18/01
- spic(k) and span - Bruce Kahl 01/18/01
- Three dog night - Barry 01/17/01
- Sticking
Your Neck Out - Cheryl 01/17/01
- Sticking Your Neck Out - R. Berg 01/17/01
- To die with your boots on. - Chris 01/17/01
- To die with your boots on. - ESC 01/17/01
- Fill
your boots - Jimbo 01/16/01
- Fill your boots - ESC 01/17/01
- As agile as .... ??? - Dinesh 01/16/01
- "Don't look a gift horse in the mouth" - Cynthia Monaco 01/16/01
- "Enough to float a Battleship" - Donna V 01/16/01
- "Enough to float a Battleship" - marcus 01/16/01
- "Bread & circuses" = decadence?? - mortimer 01/15/01
- Origin of phrase - silvana
sumner 01/15/01
- Origin of phrase - silvana sumner 01/15/01
- Sorry
doesn't feed the bulldog - Cord 01/15/01
- Sorry doesn't feed the bulldog - Bob 01/15/01
- Sorry doesn't feed the bulldog - ESC 01/16/01
- Sorry doesn't feed the bulldog - Bob 01/15/01
- Help with phrase - Dinesh 01/15/01
- Help with phrase - R. Berg 01/15/01
- Help with phrase - marcus 01/15/01
- Born with a silver spoon in his mouth - Francie Smith 01/14/01
- Flea market - Patti 01/13/01
- Flea market - ESC 01/13/01
- Long
in the tooth - Marie 01/13/01
- Long in the tooth - ESC 01/13/01
- For pete's sake - Patti 01/12/01
- A
bun is the lowest form of wheat - jamhottle 01/12/01
- A bun is the lowest form of wheat - Bob 01/12/01
- A bun is the lowest form of wheat - marcus 01/15/01
- A bun is the lowest form of wheat - Bob 01/12/01
- Chinese
Whisper - Darron 01/12/01
- Chinese Whisper - ESC 01/12/01
- Help with phrase.... - Megan 01/11/01
- "...as the dickens" - Aurora 01/11/01
- "Have his way with her" - Doug Haden 01/11/01
- "A
little bird told me" - Debra Whitworth 01/11/01
- "A little bird told me" - ESC 01/12/01
- "A little bird told me" - a bit more - James Briggs 01/12/01
- "A little bird told me" - ESC 01/12/01
- Rat's ass - Greg Henkel 01/11/01
- Phrase origin - Terry L. Ommen 01/10/01
- Pound of flesh - Patty 01/10/01
- Pregnant
Pause - Ashwini Lad 01/10/01
- Pregnant Pause - R. Berg 01/11/01
- More on the strange history of "pregnant" - R. Berg 01/11/01
- Pregnant Pause - R. Berg 01/11/01
- "Cut to the chase" when did it appear? - Barry Jacobs 01/10/01
- From
the bottom of my heart - Melissa Marchese 01/10/01
- From the bottom of my heart - R. Berg 01/13/01
- "This Neck Of The Woods" - Thank you for the above information. 01/29/01
- From the bottom of my heart - R. Berg 01/13/01
- Where the phrase started - Ana Bladen 01/10/01
- where the phrase started - marcus 01/10/01
- Accafortis, Yehoodi & other - ^^3 01/31/01
- where the phrase started - marcus 01/10/01
- where the phrase started - marcus 01/10/01
- Help!!! - k.Kaffen 01/10/01
- Re "thinking outside the box" - R. Berg 01/10/01
- Fell off the roof - JoAnn Turtle 01/09/01
- The bees knees - James O' Mahoney 01/09/01
- OED editors ask for volunteer researchers - R. Berg 01/09/01
- Looking for the meaning... - Dan 01/09/01
- Re "Top o' the morning" - R. Berg 01/10/01
- "To Pass with Flying Colours" - John Stoddart 01/09/01
- Tangled Up In Blue - Raymondo 01/09/01
- Little
Christmas - Btd 01/08/01
- Something Wicked This Way Comes - BlueSylph 01/15/01
- Little Christmas - JaneS 01/09/01
- Crossing
the Rubicon? - Betty 01/08/01
- Crossing the Rubicon? - marcus 01/08/01
- "...blued,
screwed, and tatooed..." - marcus 01/07/01
- "blued, screwed, and tattooed" - R. Berg 01/07/01
- "Blued, screwed, and tattooed" - marcus 01/07/01
- "blued, screwed, and tattooed" - R. Berg 01/07/01
- English Origins - James Briggs 01/07/01
- Back-street
jelly roll-- used in several Van Morrison song lyrics - Randy Carothers 01/06/01
- Living well is best revenge - michael 02/06/01
- Back-street jelly roll-- used in several Van Morrison song lyrics - Bruce Kahl 01/06/01
- "accafortis" from archive - R. Berg 01/06/01
- "Accafortis" from archive - ESC 01/06/01
- Strong as accafortis - ESC 01/06/01
- "Accafortis" from archive - ESC 01/06/01
- Time in grade - joel 01/06/01
- Saucered and blowed... - ESC 01/05/01
- "Pretty cut and dry" - Q 01/05/01
- Quote.
Who said "Having tamed the lightning, ..."? - Patty 01/05/01
- Quote. Who said "Having tamed the lightning, ..."? - Bruce Kahl 01/05/01
- The Czech is in the mail - Wendy K. 01/05/01
- The Czech is in the mail - R. Berg 01/05/01
- The Czech is in the mail - Barney 01/05/01
- The Czech is in the mail - R. Berg 01/05/01
- Between
the Devil and the deep blue sea - origin - John Hatcher 01/05/01
- Between the Devil and the deep blue
sea - origin. More 'devil' uses. - James Briggs 01/05/01
- Between the Devil and the deep blue sea - origin. More 'devil' uses. - marcus 01/08/01
- Between the Devil and the deep blue
sea - origin. More 'devil' uses. - James Briggs 01/05/01
- Origin of phrase...Help please! - Kari 01/05/01
- Mellow Yellow - Ross Bradley 01/04/01
- Make
an honest woman of me. - R. Hill 01/04/01
- Make an honest woman of me. - Gary Martin 01/04/01
- LATIN
AMERICA - Jackie 01/03/01
- LATIN AMERICA - ESC 01/04/01
- Eating beans is a crime equal to eating the head of one's parents - michael fisher 01/03/01
- Tartan eyes - karyn 01/03/01
- Meaning of a phrase - Curtis Bluemke 01/03/01
- Jay bird - Cork 01/03/01
- Clothes maketh the man - John Junior 01/03/01
- Cold
Feet? - Vinnie Rinaldi 01/02/01
- Cold Feet? - R. Berg 01/03/01
- Stir the pot - Patty 01/02/01
- Bridge and Tunnel - OleFattGuy 01/02/01
- Free
bubble-up & rainbow stew - ESC 01/01/01
- Free bubble-up & rainbow stew - marcus 01/02/01
- Bread
and butter - fran s 01/01/01
- bread and butter - ESC 01/01/01
- bread and butter notes - James Briggs 01/01/01
- bread and butter - ESC 01/01/01
- "Hard
act to follow" - R. Berg 12/31/00
- "Hard act to follow" - Bob 01/01/01
- In
a Pig's Eye - Al 12/30/00
- In a Pig's Eye - James Briggs 12/31/00
- Help. - Ilana 12/30/00
- Click, brick and mortar - paawun pungotraa 12/30/00
- "Tide me over" - Tricia 12/29/00
- Plurals - palito 12/29/00
- plurals - Bob 12/29/00
- Towhead - LaRae Wakefield 12/28/00
- Jobby bum - Monica 12/28/00
- Sheep's
eye and licorice tooth - Sauerkraut 12/28/00
- Sheep's eye and licorice tooth - ESC 12/28/00
- WORLD
IS MY OYSTER - RT 12/27/00
- WORLD IS MY OYSTER - Billy Big 12/27/00
- "Raise
the palm" - Jeanne Bornstein 12/27/00
- "Raise the palm" - marcus 12/28/00
- "Raise the palm" - Sauerkraut 12/28/00
- "Raise the palm" - marcus 12/28/00
- Dogsbody - James Briggs 12/27/00
- Dogsbody - ESC 12/27/00
- Brainteaser 1 SDN a SM - phil 12/27/00
- Out of the Box - Ned Ramano 12/26/00
- [word removed in order to comply with Google's Publisher Policy] in the woodpile - Liz 12/24/00
- Laugh like a drain - ESC 12/24/00
- Knock him on his "bal sege" - ESC 12/24/00
- Too rich for my blood - Patty 12/24/00
- Be still my heart - fran s 12/23/00
- Some
end of year Phrase Finder stats - Gary Martin 12/23/00
- Phrase Finder stats - ESC 12/23/00
- Phrase Finder stats - Bob 12/23/00
- Phrase Finder stats - ESC 12/23/00
- White
bread - R. Berg 12/23/00
- White bread - marcus 12/23/00
- The
origin of this Phrase I would like to know - Barney 12/23/00
- The origin of this Phrase I would like to know - Sauerkraut 12/23/00
- Biting the hand that feeds you. - Nina 12/22/00
- Meaning and orgin - JO 12/21/00
- Meaning and orgin - Bob 12/21/00
- "Toodles" "Toodleloo" - Cookster 12/21/00
- Kick the bucket - Israel Cohen 12/21/00
- Phrase: "There is more in heaven and earth than you philosophers..." - Patty 12/21/00
- In your cups - emma reynolds 12/21/00
- Phrase - debra Underwood 12/21/00
- Hightail it - ESC 12/21/00
- Dead soldier - Mike 02/01/01
- Hightail it - marcus 12/23/00
- Hightail it - ESC 12/21/00
- Fly - aaaamediator 12/21/00
- Phrase meaning - P galie 12/20/00
- Isn't there more to this? - Bethan 12/20/00
- Christmas
phrase-type joke - Gary Martin 12/20/00
- Christmas phrase-type joke - ESC 12/20/00
- 86'ed - desz01 12/20/00
- The
'words ending in GRY' riddle. - Craig Smith 12/19/00
- The 'words ending in GRY' riddle. - Barney
Scott 12/20/00
- The 'words ending in GRY' riddle. - Gary Martin 12/20/00
- The 'words ending in GRY' riddle. - Barney
Scott 12/20/00
- Light dawns over Marblehead - Tom Walsh 12/19/00
- A
tough one - N. R. T. S. A. C. - Achilles2k 12/19/00
- A tough one - N. R. T. S. A. C. - Bernard 12/19/00
- A tough one - N. R. T. S. A. C. - Bob 12/19/00
- A tough one - N. R. T. S. A. C. - Bernard 12/19/00
- Still waters run deep - Lea 12/18/00
- Foot in mouth - Buffy 12/18/00
- Phrase - Q 12/18/00
- Second
guessing - ESC 12/18/00
- Second-guessing - ESC 12/26/00
- Austin Lorries - gary fairlie 12/24/00
- Second
guessing - ESC 12/18/00
- Meaning
of phrase " two-forty as his speed" in carol "Jingle bells" - sykim 12/18/00
- I'll elaborate
my question - sykim 12/18/00
- 2 minutes and 40 seconds! - Bruce Kahl 12/18/00
- I'll elaborate
my question - sykim 12/18/00
- A
love song? - marcus 12/18/00
- a love song? - Barney 12/18/00
- Horse latitudes - marcus 12/17/00
- Bit the biscuit
- Step off
- People in glass...
- Paper asshole
- [word removed in order to comply with Google's Publisher Policy] in the woodpile
- 'She's a real hothouse tomata'
- "whatever flips your bippy"
- Keep your hat on
- So close you could taste it
- "It is good to be king"
- No one can make you...
- SLAVERY TERMINOLOGY
- "nip in the air"
- Jobby bum
- The answer's a lemon
- Great Minds Think Alike
- "I'm going to Disneyland!"
- Robert is your mother's brother
- Foot in mouth
- Get your groove thing on?
- "suffering crows"
- "tide me over"
- Jay bird
- Clothes maketh the man
- Still waters run deep
- Translation?
- "To Pass with Flying Colours"
- Pound of flesh
- Re "Top o' the morning"
- Chinese Whisper
- For Pete's sake
- Three-dog night
- "You can't have your cake and eat it too"
- Pen v. Sword
- Its/it's
- Blood is thicker than water
- Fly
- 'in the glue'
- Say 'UNCLE'
- Lost your marbles
- Tissue of Lies
- Jesus h christ
- Way out in left field
- My own granpa
- Nice guys finish last
- Last laugh
- Cockeyed?
- Dog does not eat dog
- Pray tell
- Some questions
- "JUST US CHICKENS"
- Okey Dokey
- Can't see the wood...
- Hot property
- Dyed in the wool
- You're joshin' me
- Rubbernecking