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• If the shoe fits, wear it- Origin? - Philip 02/07/01
  • If the shoe fits, wear it- Origin? - James Briggs 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
• 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
• Maltese falcon - J. O'Neill 02/04/01
• 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
• Worth a lick? - Karen Herrmann 02/02/01
• 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
• Midwest - Don 01/30/01
  • Midwest - Scott Marsden 02/01/01
  • midwest - R. Berg 01/31/01
• Milk the ram - Rich 01/29/01
• "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
• Three sheets to the wind - D. Feather 01/28/01
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• IF I HAD A ROCKET LAUNCHER by Bruce Cockburn - S Kurta 01/22/01
• Shoestring budget - Hoku Lea 01/20/01
• Flying carpet - Yezniah 01/20/01
• J-walking - Jane 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
• More tea vicar - Steven Wells 01/18/01
  • more tea vicar - ESC 01/18/01
• 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
• "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
• Help with phrase - Dinesh 01/15/01
  • Help with phrase - R. Berg 01/15/01
  • Help with phrase - marcus 01/15/01
• Long in the tooth - Marie 01/13/01
  • Long in the tooth - ESC 01/13/01
• 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
• "...as the dickens" - Aurora 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
• Rat's ass - Greg Henkel 01/11/01
• 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
• 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
• 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
• Help!!! - k.Kaffen 01/10/01
  • Re "thinking outside the box" - R. Berg 01/10/01
• Little Christmas - Btd 01/08/01
  • Something Wicked This Way Comes - BlueSylph 01/15/01
  • Little Christmas - JaneS 01/09/01
• "...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
• 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
• "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
• 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
• Meaning of a phrase - Curtis Bluemke 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
• 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
• Brainteaser 1 SDN a SM - phil 12/27/00
• Out of the Box - Ned Ramano 12/26/00
• 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
• White bread - R. Berg 12/23/00
  • White bread - marcus 12/23/00
• Kick the bucket - Israel Cohen 12/21/00
• Phrase: "There is more in heaven and earth than you philosophers..." - Patty 12/21/00
  • Phrase: "There is more in heaven and earth than you philosophers..." - Bob 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
• 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
• 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
• 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

• 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"
• Clothes maketh the man
• Translation?
• "To Pass with Flying Colours"
• Pound of flesh
• Re "Top o' the morning"
• Chinese Whisper
• "You can't have your cake and eat it too"
• Pen v. Sword
• Blood is thicker than water
• 'in the glue'
• Say 'UNCLE'
• Lost your marbles
• 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