Phrases and Sayings Discussion Forum

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• Small Potato - Tiko 06/01/01
• The wit of the staircase - joe hamaker 06/01/01
  • The heat is on - Pamela Griffin 06/01/01
    • The form for new posts - R. Berg 06/02/01
    • The heat is on - ESC 06/01/01
  • L'espirit de l'escalier - Bruce Kahl 06/01/01
    • L'espirit de l'escalier - bob@killianadvertising.com 06/01/01
• Hail Fellow Well Met - Jules Brown 05/31/01
• Water under the bridge - kelly 05/30/01
• For what it is worth - patti 05/30/01
• Dab hand - Dave Redmond 05/29/01
• Updated phrases for "backseat driver"?? - Patty 05/29/01
  • "Backseat driver"?? - R. Berg 05/29/01
• Clever - hj 05/29/01
  • Too clever by half - R. Berg 05/29/01
  • Clever - Bruce Kahl 05/29/01
• Looking 4 a phrase - andy 05/28/01
  • Looking 4 a phrase - R. Berg 05/29/01
• Work cut out - rene' 05/28/01
• Generic statement - K Yone 05/28/01
  • Generic statement - ESC 05/28/01
    • Generic statement - R. Berg 05/28/01
• Cloud Nine - Jeremy Best 05/27/01
• Phrase: "I hold no brief for..." - Patty 05/25/01
• "Losing My Religion" - JTall 05/25/01
  • "Losing My Religion" - Greg Harrington 05/30/01
• Caucus - Bruce Kahl 05/25/01
• ? origin of phrase - Joanna 05/25/01
• The good old days - kate 05/24/01
  • Clarify your question? - R. Berg 05/25/01
• Meaning of purple hyperbole? - Simon 05/24/01
• Nonnulli Illigitimati Carborundum - marcina 05/24/01
• To 'suck up' - James Briggs 05/24/01
  • To 'suck up' - Bruce Kahl 05/24/01
• Corduroy Road - Beccy 05/24/01
• Towhead - phil 05/24/01
• Bread and circuses - Gary 05/24/01
• What does this word mean - kim 05/23/01
  • Epiphany - ESC 05/23/01
    • Another dictionary entry - R. Berg 05/23/01
• College finals HELP needed!! - John 05/23/01
• More on "promised pie", please - Dan, again 05/22/01
• Meaning ane origin of a phrase - David L Hickey 05/22/01
  • Meaning ane origin of a phrase - Bruce Kahl 05/22/01
• New information - K Yone 05/22/01
• He wouldn't come, wouldn't he? - K Yone 05/22/01
• Deportivo - Colin 05/21/01
• Get on the Horn - Adrienne 05/21/01
  • Get on the Horn - R. Berg 05/22/01
    • Get on the Horn - J. LaMarre 05/25/01
    • Illustration - R. Berg 05/22/01
• Bird on a Wire - Mike Diamond 05/21/01
• Grub - Bruce Kahl 05/21/01
  • Grub - ESC 05/21/01
    • Grub - R. Berg 05/21/01
    • Yes, but.... - Bruce Kahl 05/21/01
• Cross-cultural reference material? - M.Mazzucco 05/19/01
• Modern day phrases - GAZZ 05/19/01
• An Englishman's home is his castle - Heather 05/19/01
• Meaning and origin - mike mcdade 05/19/01
• Origin of "kitchy-kitchy-koo" for tickling taunt - BearTrainer 05/18/01
• Sleepers - Colin 05/18/01
• Wonders - Emelia 05/18/01
• Implications of term "white trash" - Kory 05/18/01
  • Implications of term "white trash" - Bruce Kahl 05/18/01
    • Implications of term - Kory 05/18/01
• Help me with my quiz??? - Karen 05/17/01
  • Help me with my quiz??? - Bob 05/18/01
• What does.. - jamie 05/17/01
  • What does.. - Bob 05/17/01
  • What does.. - Bob 05/17/01
• Palms of Glory - Holly 05/16/01
• The Things You See When You Haven't Got Your Gun - Alisha 05/16/01
  • The Things You See When You Haven't Got Your Gun - ESC 05/16/01
• The guy can't tell s**t from chanola? - M. Mazzucco 05/15/01
  • Can't tell s**t from Shinola - R. Berg 05/15/01
• Origin of a phrase - Bonnie 05/14/01
• Your turn in the barrel - bob@killianadvertising.com 05/14/01
  • Your turn in the barrel - R. Berg 05/14/01
• Brass monkey, cold enough to freeze the balls off a - Israel Cohen 05/13/01
  • Brass monkey, cold enough to freeze the balls off a - martingeraghty 05/16/01
• A useful reference site - James Briggs 05/13/01
• Perhaps and maybe. - Lok 05/12/01
  • Who said the unexamined life is not worth living? - Judith Waddell 05/19/01
  • Perhaps and maybe. - Bob 05/12/01
    • Perhaps and maybe - R. Berg 05/12/01
• Phonetics. - Lok 05/12/01
  • Phonetics - R. Berg 05/13/01
  • 'Sauce for the goose' - James Briggs 05/12/01
    • 'Sauce for the goose' - R. Berg 05/12/01
• Suffering fools gladly - sherry 05/11/01
• Further on the 'Soup' theme - 'in the soup' - James Briggs 05/11/01
• Shoot the breeze - Arn Ross 05/11/01
• "Which" and "that," which one when? - Massimo Mazzucco 05/10/01
  • "Which" and "that" - R. Berg 05/10/01
• Witty Ripostes. - Lok 05/10/01
  • Witty Ripostes - R. Berg 05/10/01
  • Witty Ripostes. - Bruce Kahl 05/10/01
• Origin and meaning of 'all in all' - larry richards 05/10/01
• What does......... - CHELY 05/09/01
• "This two shall pass" - Yvonne Strain 05/09/01
  • This too shall pass! - Bruce Kahl 05/09/01
    • This, too, shall pass! - ESC 05/09/01
• "Souped-Up" - Bruce Kahl 05/09/01
  • Scot Free - Dave 06/01/01
  • "Souped Up" - R. Berg 05/09/01
• "The world is your oyster" - Linda Kiser 05/08/01
• Rock bands with "food names"? - ESC 05/08/01
  • Link to punk-band index - R. Berg 05/09/01
  • Foodish names - R. Berg 05/09/01
• Bird's nest on the ground - G. Cook 05/08/01
  • Bird's nest on the ground - Bruce Kahl 05/08/01
• United we stand divided we fall - ojeirol 05/08/01
• Shall - K. Yone 05/08/01
  • Always look on the bright side of life - Anna 05/31/01
  • Shall - R. Berg 05/08/01
• Won't, wouldn't - K. Yone 05/08/01
  • Won't, wouldn't - Barney 05/08/01
    • Won't, wouldn't - ESC 05/08/01
• Ward rage - ESC 05/07/01
• Telling Tales Out of School - KBurgard 05/07/01
• Weighty and trivial, important vs frivolous... - Patty 05/06/01
  • I never said that! - R. Berg 05/07/01
• Choose not to decide... - Julie 05/06/01
• Stout - John Pumphrey 05/06/01
• "Lounge lizard," antiquity of - R. Berg 05/06/01
• Nation - CT 05/06/01
• Ships that pass in the night - Eric N. 05/05/01
  • Ships that pass in the night - Roger Whitehead 05/06/01
    • Ships that pass in the night - Eric N. 05/06/01
• What's the meaning? - Steven Miracle 05/03/01
• Help with correct quote and who said it? - Julie 05/03/01
• Everyone help me out.. this may be a lot of fun, but I need some help - justin 05/03/01
  • OK - me! 05/30/01
  • A few more - R. Berg 05/03/01
    • And more - R. Berg 05/03/01
  • Everyone help me out.. this may be a lot of fun, but I need some help - Barney 05/03/01
  • More band names - R. Berg 05/03/01
  • Everyone help me out.. this may be a lot of fun, but I need some help - Bob 05/03/01
  • Everyone help me out.. this may be a lot of fun, but I need some help - Bob 05/03/01
  • Band name - R. Berg 05/03/01
    • Band name - kate 05/03/01
• That Sucks! - Terry 05/02/01
  • That Sucks! - R. Berg 05/02/01
• Flagrant - Roger Davis 05/02/01
• May-day - Cheryl 05/01/01
• $64,000 dollar question - kirstie dunbar 05/01/01
  • $64,000 dollar question - Bob 05/02/01
    • Call a spade a spade - John Gall 05/25/01
    • $64,000 dollar question - Catherine 05/09/01
• Cousin Jack - Rufus 05/01/01
  • Cousin Jack - Bruce Kahl 05/01/01
    • Cousin Jack and 'Jack' in general - James Briggs 05/01/01
• "To have little truck with..." - Patty 04/30/01
  • "To have little truck with..." - Bruce Kahl 04/30/01
• Needs must - Mikeyboy 04/30/01
• Ollie Ollie Oxen Free - EThornburgh 04/30/01
• Slang - James Briggs 04/29/01
• Dice & boxcars - Elith Chen 04/29/01
• Throw in the towel - J 04/29/01
  • Blackberry winter - robert puricelli 05/24/01
  • Throw in the towel - R. Berg 04/29/01
• Sold me out - JEAN 04/28/01
• Origin of Sayings. - Graham Clarke 04/28/01
• Loose Cannon - kate 04/27/01
  • Loose Cannon - R. Berg 04/27/01
  • Loose Cannon - Bruce Kahl 04/27/01
• Wild goose chase - kate 04/27/01
• What is the meaning? - chari 04/27/01
• Cuts no ice - Joseph Gomez 04/27/01
  • Cuts no ice - ESC 04/27/01
    • Beg the question - John Gall 05/24/01
    • Cuts no ice - Patty 04/27/01
• Joe Blow - Ken 04/26/01
• Origin and original meaning of phrase - L Sherrod 04/26/01
• Goodwill hunting - mortimer 04/26/01
• I haven't got a sou/sue/however it's spelt - LISA CUTLER 04/25/01
  • I haven't got a sou/sue/however it's spelt - ESC 04/26/01
  • I haven't got a sou/sue/however it's spelt - ESC 04/26/01
• Suck Grapes - Kate 04/25/01
  • Suck Grapes - ESC 04/27/01
  • "Let the Cat Out of the Bag" - yoyo 04/27/01
• Need help -- tangled web?? - ESC 04/25/01
  • Need help -- tangled web?? - Barney 04/25/01
• From the git go - Bob Skuggen 04/24/01
• Desk rage - ESC 04/24/01
• Out to lunch - Fariba Asghari 04/24/01
• Come up and see me sometime - Bill Kopecky 04/23/01
  • Come up and see me sometime - R. Berg 04/23/01
    • Come up and see me sometime - Bill Kopecky 04/23/01
• Origin of "draw a blank" - Nelson 04/23/01
• Grasping at straws - christine 04/22/01
• P***** as a newt - Colin 04/22/01
• Old Soul - mikken 04/22/01
  • Old Soul - ESC 04/23/01
  • Old Soul - R. Berg 04/23/01
• "No Balls" - Lee 04/22/01
  • "No Balls" - Bruce Kahl 04/22/01
• Godspeed - Barbara 04/22/01
  • Godspeed - Bruce Kahl 04/22/01
    • The best laid plans of mice and men...http://homestead.juno.com/joedupont/index.html - William James Hart 04/30/01
    • The best laid plans of mice and men...http://homestead.juno.com/joedupont/index.html - Nicholas Collins 04/27/01
• Naturalness of English - T. Yone 04/21/01
  • Naturalness of English - Colin 04/22/01
  • Naturalness of English - R. Berg 04/22/01
  • Naturalness of English - Bob 04/22/01
• Golly Gee Willikers - christine 04/21/01
• When someone sneezes, we sometimes say "_______" - Steve Jobe 04/20/01
• The more things change, the more they stay the same - Cordy 04/19/01
• Fists - Donna 04/19/01
  • Don't buy a pig in a poke; an explanation - Long John 05/06/01
  • Fists - James Briggs 04/19/01
• It was a poor man who was not king in some corner - Denis Kazakov 04/19/01
• Pay-as-you-go - catherine leroy-jay 04/19/01
• SAM HILL - BETTY MARBLE 04/19/01
• Cockney - Colin 04/19/01
  • Don't Start! - NeilB 04/28/01
  • Cockney - Bruce Kahl 04/19/01
• Two pound butter or two pounds butter - T. Yonehara 04/18/01
  • Two pound butter or two pounds butter - Patrick 04/19/01
  • Two pound butter or two pounds butter - ESC 04/18/01
    • Two pound butter or two pounds butter - Bob 04/18/01
• 'It's a dirty job, but somebody has to do it' - Alex Feigelson 04/18/01
  • Jukes and Kallikaks - joel Eichen 05/07/01
  • 'It's a dirty job . . .' - R. Berg 04/18/01
• Two Shakes - Vicki Simmons 04/17/01
• Gyped or gypt - RANDALL 04/16/01
  • Gyped or gypt - Bruce Kahl 04/17/01
• Suffer fools gladly - jay gerhard 04/16/01
• Bootleg - Bruce Kahl 04/16/01
• Basket case - Bernard Brouder 04/15/01
• Until the last dog is hung. - Deborah 04/15/01
  • Until the last dog is hung. - Bruce Kahl 04/15/01
• In Do (or Due?) Time - LightHeart 04/14/01
  • Word meaning and orgins - Christine 05/28/01
  • Word meaning and orgins - Paulina 05/25/01
  • Word meaning and orgins - Kyle Schutte 05/22/01
  • Word meaning and orgins - joey corrao 05/04/01
  • In Do (or Due?) Time - Gary Martin 04/15/01
  • In Do (or Due?) Time - R. Berg 04/14/01
• Information needed - Igor Kurzin 04/14/01
  • Criminal slang - ESC 04/14/01
• Fire in the hole - Todd 04/14/01
• Out of the blue - christine 04/14/01
• Silence is golden - Jackie Farney 04/13/01
• Wooden Spoon Award - Doug Langmead 04/13/01
  • Wooden Speech - Having The Last Word ? - Doug Langmead 04/16/01
    • You Only Thought That Was the Last Word - R. Berg 04/18/01
  • Wooden Spoon Award - R. Berg 04/13/01
    • Wooden Spoon Award: a bit more - James Briggs 04/13/01
• Make a rod for your own back - christine 04/12/01
  • Make a rod for your own back - Bruce Kahl 04/13/01
• "Promised pie" - Dan 04/12/01
• Glory hole - Kesta 04/12/01
• Precise meaning of - phil seligman 04/12/01
  • Scream . . . - R. Berg 04/12/01
  • Precise meaning of - Colin 04/12/01
• SUNSET PIG - Colin 04/12/01
• Knock'em dead - robin 04/12/01
• Origin of broken mirror causes 7 years of bad luck - masternumber 04/11/01
  • Origin of broken-mirror belief - R. Berg 04/12/01
• Found phrases - ESC 04/11/01
• Rag, tag and....... - Michele Fox 04/11/01
• Poke in the eye with a sharp stick/choke cat with butter - D. Pulaski 04/11/01
  • Poke in the eye with a sharp stick/choke cat with butter - robin 04/12/01
  • Poke in the eye - R. Berg 04/11/01
• By and large - Bob 04/11/01
  • By and large - ESC 04/11/01
  • By and large - ESC 04/11/01
    • By and large - Gary Martin 04/11/01
• Origin "at large" - Patrick Houlihan 04/10/01
  • Origin "at large" - R. Berg 04/11/01
    • Origin "at large" - James Briggs 04/11/01
• Schneid(sp) - barry 04/10/01
• Puns intended - ESC 04/10/01
• She's got a face like a slapped horse - Keith 04/10/01
  • She's got a face like a slapped horse - Barney 04/10/01
  • She's got a face like a slapped horse - ESC 04/10/01
    • She's got a face like a slapped horse - Keith 04/11/01
• Phrase - Peter Takacs 04/10/01
  • It's all Greek to me - Barbara DuVall 04/25/01
  • It's all Greek to me - Barbara DuVall 04/25/01
  • Phrase - Barney 04/10/01
    • Wouldn't put it past them - R. Berg 04/11/01
• "No sirree, Bob!" - Ed 04/10/01
• "Who are you and what have you done with ..." - Don Brown 04/10/01
  • "Who are you and what have you done with ..." - Barney 04/10/01
    • "Who are you and what have you done with ..." - Bob 04/10/01
• Handbags at ten paces - Vivien Stoney 04/10/01
• Snob - Robin Spittal 04/09/01
• "The Times, they are a changing" - Dawn Jaeger 04/09/01
• That's gunna last as long as Pat stayed in the army. - Kalel Rojin 04/09/01
• Need the origin of "Yank ones chain" - C. Heymann 04/09/01
• Gimme anwsar----am I being insulted? - need answer 04/09/01
• Looking for origin of a phrase - Jerry Russo 04/08/01
  • Built like a brick 'house... - ESC 04/08/01
• In search of..... - sally 04/08/01
• PLZ! EXPLAIN WHAT "of the manor born" MEANS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! - Celina B. 04/08/01
  • PLZ! EXPLAIN WHAT "of the manor born" MEANS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! - Jerry 04/08/01
    • "Of the manor born" - ESC 04/08/01
  • To the manner born - ESC 04/08/01
• Cat - doodle 04/07/01
  • Hodden grey - R. Berg 04/08/01
  • Cat - Bruce Kahl 04/08/01
• The Real McCoy - Tom Herren 04/07/01
  • The Real McCoy - Gary Martin 04/08/01
  • The Real McCoy - Bruce Kahl 04/08/01
• The work of the world - mortimer 04/07/01
  • The work of the world - ESC 04/09/01
  • Silver bullet - Michael Wuest 04/07/01
    • Silver bullet - mortimer 04/08/01
    • Silver bullet - R. Berg 04/07/01
• Measurements - James Briggs 04/06/01
  • Measurements - R. Berg 04/06/01
• Got my goat - christine 04/06/01
  • Got my goat - R. Berg 04/06/01
    • Got my goat - christine 04/06/01
• Description - ZZ 04/05/01
  • Meshuggener - Bruce Kahl 04/05/01
• Origin of patootie to mean backside - chris 04/04/01
• See no Evil, Hear no Evil,Speak no evil - chris 04/04/01
• Origin of 24/7 - R. Berg 04/04/01
  • Origin of 24/7 - ESC 04/04/01
• Definition of a "Good Deed" - Steven Redman 04/04/01
• HELP! Need proverb on having pride in yourself! - Vinitha Nair 04/04/01
  • Proverbs on having pride in yourself - R. Berg 04/04/01
    • Pride - ESC 04/05/01
• MORE INFO ON "A MARS A DAY....." - KYLE CARSON 04/04/01
• Crime Doesn't Pay? - Pedro 04/04/01
• Origin of phrase - Carol 04/04/01
• All's fair in love and war - steppi 04/04/01
• Hope - Richard 04/03/01
• Different meaning of words - J Hertel 04/03/01
  • Different meaning of words - Bruce Kahl 04/03/01
    • Different meaning of words - James Briggs 04/03/01
• THERE'LL BE WIGS ON THE GREEN - KYLE CARSON 04/03/01
  • THERE'LL BE WIGS ON THE GREEN - Gary Martin 04/03/01
• A piece of cake - Chris/Manoj 04/03/01
• Search the archives - Gary Martin 04/03/01
• A pregnant Pause - Elaina 04/03/01
• Hope - Richard 04/02/01
• Tight as Dick's Hatband - Rufus 04/02/01
  • What is the origin of Geordie? - mr.d taylor 04/30/01
  • Tight as Dick's Hatband - ESC 04/02/01
• Bad pennies - chris 04/01/01
• Saying - Sandal 04/01/01
• Need a good way to put pedantic blowholes in their place - chris 04/01/01
• Cool Million - Kevin 03/31/01
• Hang the moon - sam moreau 03/31/01
• From scratch - Cathryn 03/31/01
• Throw someone a bone - Jennifer Kolb 03/31/01
• English from the 1500's? - jonny utah 03/30/01
  • English from the 1500's? - R. Berg 03/30/01
• Language research - volunteers needed - Joanne Green 03/30/01
• What in the Sam Hill? - C 03/29/01
  • The Whole Nine Yards - j.hilger 05/01/01
  • What in the Sam Hill? - Bruce Kahl 03/29/01
• Turn a blind eye - Robin Spittal 03/29/01
• Draw a Line in the Sand - Geoff 03/29/01
• Spare the rod - natura1ist 03/28/01
  • Samuel Butler - Bruce Kahl 03/28/01
• ????? - kate 03/28/01
• Tarred and feathered - james b. mcswain 03/27/01
  • Tarred and feathered - R. Berg 03/28/01
  • Tarred and feathered - R. Berg 03/28/01
• Dr foster..nursery rhymes - mark salter 03/27/01
• Practice of English - Julia 03/27/01
  • Practice of English - ESC 03/27/01
• Piss and vinegar - Deb 03/27/01
• Anal Retentive - Origin - Joel Krasomil 03/27/01
  • Anal Retentive - Origin - Bruce Kahl 03/27/01
• Shrinking Heads - Zugzwang 03/26/01
• What is the meaning of the phrase "Clear as a bell"? - Anna Dziechowski 03/26/01
• "All your base are belong to us"...again - Ziggy 03/26/01
• A la mode - Debora 03/25/01
• Is it just me?? - ESC 03/25/01
• Bite me - Patty 03/25/01
• Can you help with the origin . . . ? - LoobyBird 03/25/01
• Deep six - fubar 03/24/01
• President Tyler Campaign - Nana 03/24/01
• Rolling Stone - Jorge Romero 03/23/01
  • Rolling Stone - Israel Cohen 05/13/01
  • Rolling Stone - R. Berg 03/23/01
• Hey (Hay?) Day - tang 03/23/01
• Phrase - Kim Rich 03/23/01
• Generous to a fault - Ed 03/23/01
• Captain George H Grant - M Stirling 03/23/01
• The gospel side - Carole Thompson 03/22/01
• By hook or by crook - Parick Grace 03/22/01
• Haste makes no waste - Joey 03/22/01
• "Weigh in" - Patty 03/21/01
• Moniker - JT 03/21/01
  • Moniker - Bruce Kahl 03/21/01
• Get your finger out? - James Briggs 03/22/01
• Fat lady - Anne 03/20/01
  • fat lady - Newgirl 03/21/01
    • English Sayings & Idioms - Jovin Chopra 05/14/01
    • English Sayings & Idioms - Tatiane Martins Schneider 05/06/01
    • Fat lady - ESC 03/21/01
• Deck of Cards - Q 03/20/01
• " Lets get the show on the road" - Manoj 03/20/01
• 'Let's wipe the blood off the walls' - Chris Allen 03/20/01
• 'Back in a jiffy' - Chris Allen 03/20/01
  • foot in mouth - kiani 03/23/01
  • 'Back in a jiffy' - Bruce Kahl 03/20/01
• Face the music - Steve 03/20/01
• Nursery Rhymes - Estelle 03/20/01
  • Nursery Rhymes - Cybill Freud 03/20/01
• Phrases in the Green Mile by Stephen King - helene turry 03/18/01
• you have more chance plaiting fog - R Davis 03/18/01
• In case you missed it . . . - R. Berg 03/17/01
• Inside The Beltway - BillyB 03/17/01
• "Nickel slick" - Yatooka 03/17/01
• Belly Up to the Bar--Phrase Origin - Paula Davis 03/16/01
  • "simple as pie" or "easy as pie" - Israel Cohen 05/11/01
  • Belly Up to the Bar--Phrase Origin - R. Berg 03/17/01
    • There is more than one way to skin a cat - Graham 03/20/01
    • Belly Up to the Bar--Phrase Origin - Bob 03/19/01
• Songs from Mayberry - ESC 03/16/01
• Crows/Tell the devil - ESC 03/16/01
• Cockny slag - sammie 03/16/01
  • The origin of this Phrase I would like to know - Liz 04/02/01
  • Cockny slag - Barney 03/16/01
• 1910 words - Betsy 03/16/01
• Dutch Doll - Bren 03/15/01
• Polly wants a cracker? - Joe 03/15/01
• Piffy on a rock bun, Stone the crows - Rachel Vickerstaff 03/15/01
• Origin of phrase - JudyAnn 03/14/01
• What does this mean - Danielle 03/14/01
  • For the very slow - I love you - Jim Krall 03/14/01
  • Olive ewe - Bruce Kahl 03/14/01
• Never under estimate the power of a woman - Bryce 03/14/01
  • Never under estimate the power of a woman - Jim Krall 03/14/01
• Cold hands warm heart - Jodie 03/13/01
  • Cold hands warm heart - Moira O'Grady 05/24/01
  • Cold hands warm heart - ESC 03/14/01
• Piece of ass - Randy Carothers 03/13/01
  • Piece of a** (not serious) --> Anthropomorphic maps - Israel Cohen 05/13/01
  • Piece of a** (not serious) --> Anthropomorphic maps - Israel Cohen 05/13/01
• Dutchman's Pants - P. Stone 03/13/01
  • Dutchman's Pants - ANDREW 05/09/01
  • origin of "deus ex machina" - Sean 03/15/01
  • Dutchman's Pants - ESC 03/14/01
• Star Chamber - Eric Ryan 03/13/01
  • What is definition of "through the glass darkly" ? - keith.martin 06/02/01
  • Star Chamber - Bruce Kahl 03/13/01
  • Star Chamber - Bruce Kahl 03/13/01
• Elbow grease - Larry Holland 03/13/01
• Postcards From The Edge - John Bailey 03/13/01
• 1930's phrases - Emily 03/12/01
• Nest egg - R. Berg 03/12/01
• Footie balls - Gary Martin 03/10/01
  • Footie balls - Bob 03/11/01
  • Footie balls - Bruce Kahl 03/10/01

   

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• Small Potato
• 'Back in a jiffy'
• Cockney slang
• Get your finger out?
• "Weigh in"
• Bottle and rattle
• Heyday
• " Let's get the show on the road"
• A la mode
• "All your base": Another resource
• Dr foster..nursery rhymes
• ?????
• Shrink
• Postcards From The Edge
• Hope against hope
• A piece of cake
• A line in the sand
• Star Chamber
• See no Evil, Hear no Evil,Speak no evil
• Measurements
• Origin of 24/7
• Funny Phrases
• "The times, they are a changing"
• Pat in the army
• Origin of 24/7
• Schneid(sp)
• Knock 'em dead
• Glory hole
• Fire in the hole
• Basket case
• SAM HILL
• Origin of "Okay"
• Cockney
• The more things change...
• Call me stupid...
• Grasping at straws
• Goodwill hunting
• The 1910s
• Slang
• Oli oli oxinfree
• Dutch Doll
• Roses in December
• If you build it...
• 'Blood on the Moon'
• Stout
• Telling Tales Out of School