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- Poem - los stotter 08/03/01
- Origin of "a drop in the ocean" - Ceslstee 08/03/01
- Wheeler-Dealer - Q 08/02/01
- Wheeler-Dealer - Bruce Kahl 08/02/01
- Origin of "tomato can" - Alan
Kopecki 08/02/01
- Tomato can - ESC 08/02/01
- Tailspin - Sam 08/02/01
- Pulling my leg - Thornton 08/01/01
- Gold - Pete 08/01/01
- Gold - Bruce Kahl 08/01/01
- Middle finger - pepper 08/01/01
- Middle finger - Paul G. 08/02/01
- Middle finger - R. Berg 08/01/01
- Bring down House - King 08/01/01
- To have a KIP - Noel Harvey 08/01/01
- To have a KIP - Bruce Kahl 08/01/01
- To have a KIP - ESC 08/01/01
- To have a KIP - Bruce Kahl 08/01/01
- Massage the message - Christy T. 08/01/01
- Gods, stones - Tiko 07/31/01
- Gods, stones - Bob 07/31/01
- Gods, stones - Bob 07/31/01
- Famous Cliches - Anne-Marie Lister 07/31/01
- Revenge is a dish best served cold - katherine selby 07/30/01
- Anal-retentive - definition? - Jim Leedom 07/30/01
- "Now he's poisoning my well" - Patty 07/30/01
- "Now he's poisoning my well" - Mark 07/31/01
- "Now he's poisoning my well" - mortimer 07/31/01
- "Now he's poisoning my well" - Mark 07/31/01
- On Point - Sam 07/28/01
- Laughing hard - Stephen 07/28/01
- Laughing hard - R. Berg 07/28/01
- Laughing hard - Bruce Kahl 07/28/01
- Help!! Does anyone know . . . - Sara Jane 07/27/01
- The skinny - DJ 07/27/01
- Truck farm/truck farmer - DJ 07/27/01
- New York Minute - Sam 07/27/01
- New York Minute - ESC 07/27/01
- Cutting it close - A Parcel 07/27/01
- Cutting it close - R. Berg 07/27/01
- Re:Next line to this well known quote - Norma Craig 08/01/01
- Cutting it close - Markitos 07/31/01
- Cutting it close - R. Berg 07/27/01
- They booked. - Dorothy 07/26/01
- They booked. - Bruce Kahl 07/26/01
- They booked. - dorothy 07/27/01
- They booked. - Bruce Kahl 07/26/01
- "House-mouse summer"? - tom 07/26/01
- The full S.P. - Lisa Cutler 07/25/01
- A Book of phrase origins... - Robert Kostevc 07/25/01
- Queen... - Tiko 07/23/01
- "Go slow now, go fast later" -- Asian
origin? - jason 07/23/01
- "Go slow now, go fast later" --
Asian origin? - Bruce Kahl 07/23/01
- "Go slow now, go fast later" -- Asian origin? - Markitos 07/31/01
- "Go slow now, go fast later" --
Asian origin? - Bruce Kahl 07/23/01
- Translation - Jérémie 07/23/01
- Triumph of Hope Over Experience - Hollyw 07/23/01
- Triumph of Hope Over Experience - R. Berg 07/23/01
- Emporer's new clothes - Mark 07/22/01
- Jove - Steve 07/21/01
- La-La Land - daniel 07/21/01
- Fortnight - Leah 07/20/01
- Update of "don't like the way you comb your hair" - mortimer 07/19/01
- Smack dab - Brent Geppert 07/19/01
- Origin of 'Queer Street' - James Briggs 07/19/01
- Sweet Jelly Roll - Clare 07/18/01
- Sweet Jelly Roll - R. Berg 07/18/01
- Sweet Jelly Roll - ESC 07/18/01
- Sweet Jelly Roll - R. Berg 07/18/01
- Phrases meaning "not too bright". - Cindy 07/17/01
- Phrases meaning "not too bright". - Bruce Kahl 07/18/01
- Undertone of Anger - John Pursel 07/17/01
- First come, first serve(d) - Flavia 07/17/01
- First come, first serve(d) - R. Berg 07/17/01
- Phrase Meaning - John Pursel 07/17/01
- Punch up the bracket - mike caban 07/16/01
- "She's close to going over your head" - Karine 07/16/01
- Shield and buckler - Sue Cutter 07/16/01
- Florida room - Dave Hamill 07/16/01
- Origin of phrase - Christine Brooke 07/15/01
- There's ice in his/her veins - mortimer 07/15/01
- There's ice in his/her veins - R. Berg 07/15/01
- Ice in veins - R. Berg 07/15/01
- There's ice in his/her veins - R. Berg 07/15/01
- Dropped your pocket - sean talbot 07/15/01
- Bull's eye - HJR 07/13/01
- Bull's eye - James Briggs 07/13/01
- Fast and Furious-origin - Kathleen Hitt 07/12/01
- "Cut some slack" - M.Mazzucco 07/12/01
- Shrinking Violet or A Shrinking Violet - Mrs. Bell 07/12/01
- Type of twin - Margie 07/12/01
- Origins of "No Mean Task" - Brian Murphy 07/12/01
- I need a quote source - Tom Mentzer 07/11/01
- Beating the "tar" out of someone - brent geppert 07/11/01
- Not attached to one's elbow - rich h 07/11/01
- White heat of technology - Martin Turner 07/11/01
- Buzzard Picnic - J. Freund 07/11/01
- Re:the dogs breakfast - Markitos 08/01/01
- Buzzard Picnic - ESC 07/11/01
- Buzzard Picnic - R. Berg 07/12/01
- Up and Atom/Adam - Barry 07/10/01
- Up and Atom/Adam - Bob 07/10/01
- Rolling stone gathers no mass. - Ab Ran 07/10/01
- "The Professor & the Madman" - Bruce Kahl 07/10/01
- Come to grips with - M. Mazzucco 07/10/01
- Come to grips with - R. Berg 07/10/01
- Tyranny of the discreet allusion - Donald Albert Hatch 07/09/01
- White noise - Q 07/09/01
- White noise - Bruce Kahl 07/09/01
- Going spare - mikken 07/09/01
- Alarm clocks going off - Clarice 07/08/01
- Eyes bigger than the stomach - Patty 07/08/01
- Found phrase: fleecing the Lord - ESC 07/08/01
- Found phrase: fleecing the Lord - R. Berg 07/08/01
- "Blowing smoke" revisited - R. Berg 07/07/01
- An "old saying" - Nyla Holman 07/07/01
- Grinn + Barret and other funny intersections - M.Mazzucco 07/06/01
- Mother Goose - Russell Breslauer 07/07/01
- Some help with crossing those streets - R.
Berg 07/06/01
- Some help with crossing those streets - M.Mazzucco 07/06/01
- Some help with crossing those streets - Bruce Kahl 07/06/01
- 'How did America get its name?' - James Briggs 07/05/01
- After a fashion - S. Mikell 07/05/01
- Explanation of "double or nothing". - Debbie Taylor 07/05/01
- Spot on - Andrew 07/05/01
- Phrase origin - Bill 07/30/01
- Spot on - R. Berg 07/05/01
- Phrase - Mary 07/05/01
- [word removed in order to comply with Google's Publisher Policy] rig - ALEX 07/20/01
- Phrase - Bruce Kahl 07/05/01
- Phrase - Bruce Kahl 07/05/01
- Phrase - Mary 07/05/01
- Cute As A Button? - G. Fleming 07/05/01
- Phrases and proverbs - Faryal 07/05/01
- Phrases and proverbs - ESC 07/05/01
- Phrases and proverbs - Faryal 07/05/01
- Phrases and proverbs - Faryal 07/05/01
- Phrases and proverbs - ESC 07/05/01
- Origin of a phrase. - Russell Sage 07/05/01
- Hump Day - TM 07/04/01
- Hump Day - Paul G 07/04/01
- Kill the King - Michael Solger 07/03/01
- Kill the King - Gary Martin 07/04/01
- The King is Dead.... - Bob 07/05/01
- The King is Dead.... - Bob 07/05/01
- Kill the King - Gary Martin 07/04/01
- Honestus Adolencus - Marek Duchna 07/03/01
- Lost your marbles - Rick 07/02/01
- Lost your marbles - ESC 07/03/01
- Lost your marbles - faryal 07/05/01
- Lost your marbles - ESC 07/03/01
- P.U. THAT STINKS - michaelj 07/02/01
- The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress - Michael
Roseman 07/02/01
- The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress - Bob 07/02/01
- The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress - ESC 07/02/01
- The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress - Bob 07/02/01
- "Everything But the Kitchen Sink" - Helsha 07/02/01
- Pinstripe? - Denise 07/01/01
- Found phrase - Plumped for - ESC 07/01/01
- Found phrase - Plumped for - James Briggs 07/01/01
- F Y I - Bruce Kahl 07/01/01
- F Y I - Bob 07/01/01
- F Y I - Barney 07/01/01
- F Y I - Bob 07/01/01
- Forked tongue - Richard 06/30/01
- Forked tongue - ESC 06/30/01
- Ungawa! - Bob 07/01/01
- Forked tongue - ESC 06/30/01
- We really took a bath on that - mortimer 06/30/01
- We really took a bath on that - Bob 06/30/01
- President Carter - H Blackwell 07/18/01
- Take a bath - R. Berg 06/30/01
- We really took a bath on that - Bob 06/30/01
- The phrase Off the wall - Chris Miller 06/29/01
- Does anybody know the orgin of the given phrase? - faizal 06/29/01
- This has been killin me... - jim 06/29/01
- This has been killin me... - Bruce
Kahl 06/29/01
- See a man about a dog - R. Berg 06/29/01
- This has been killin me... - Bruce
Kahl 06/29/01
- What's the phrase? - Sharon 06/29/01
- 'A volunteer is worth twenty pressed men' - Tom Nuttall 06/28/01
- 'A volunteer is worth twenty pressed men' - Bruce Kahl 06/28/01
- 'A volunteer is worth twenty pressed men' - James Briggs 06/28/01
- 'A volunteer is worth twenty pressed men' - Bruce Kahl 06/28/01
- Eye for an Eye - Jim Henley 06/28/01
- Eye for an Eye - Bruce Kahl 07/03/01
- Eye for an Eye - Bob 06/28/01
- Eye for an Eye - Jim Henley 06/29/01
- Eye for an Eye - Barney 06/28/01
- Won't feed the bulldog - Joel Stroup 06/26/01
- Living over the brush - Tim 06/25/01
- I am my own "crown of thorns" - Sherri 06/25/01
- I am my own "crown of thorns" - Kelly 06/28/01
- I am my own "crown of thorns" - ESC 06/25/01
- "crown of thorns" - ESC 06/25/01
- Patty - Enlish-language expressions post-literacy 06/24/01
- Patty - ESC 06/24/01
- Honey-moon in June - Patty 06/23/01
- Honey-moon in June - R. Berg 06/23/01
- Honey-moon in June - Bruce Kahl 06/23/01
- Hail, hail, the gang's all here. - Mark 06/23/01
- Hail, hail, the gang's all here. - R. Berg 06/23/01
- Bunky - R. Berg 06/22/01
- Bunky - ESC 06/22/01
- A Stones Throw - Jean Brierley 06/22/01
- "Hard upon you" - Jonny Lever 06/22/01
- "Hard upon you" - R. Berg 06/22/01
- Carrickfergus - Colin 06/21/01
- To get a bit suss on something - Patty 06/21/01
- To get a bit suss on something - Bruce Kahl 06/21/01
- "Sky begins to fall" means??? - Jonny Lever 06/21/01
- "Sky begins to fall" means??? - R. Berg 06/21/01
- Humpty Dumpty - Wendy Dwyer 06/20/01
- Off the hook - P. Frymier 06/20/01
- Off the hook - R. Berg 06/20/01
- Off the hook - Bruce Kahl 06/20/01
- A horse, a horse - Tiko 06/20/01
- Collective Noun for a group of Humans - Louise 06/20/01
- Collective Noun for a group of Humans - ESC 06/20/01
- Need help - tylar 06/20/01
- You too. Me too. - Yone 06/20/01
- Meaning of word? - John Ramey 06/27/01
- Meaning of word? - IMRAN GHANI 06/22/01
- You too. Me too. - R. Berg 06/20/01
- Dollars to donuts - Kristy Perry 06/19/01
- Down the rabbit hole - Patty 06/19/01
- Down the rabbit hole - Bob 06/19/01
- Down the rabbit hole - R. Berg 06/19/01
- Down the rabbit hole - Bruce Kahl 06/19/01
- Down the rabbit hole - Bob 06/19/01
- Dead men's shoes - Lisa 06/19/01
- Show stopper - Bingo 06/19/01
- Raked over the coals - Linda 06/19/01
- Raked over the coals - R. Berg 06/19/01
- Phrase "all but" - Sauerkraut 06/19/01
- Mondegreens - James Briggs 06/18/01
- Mondegreens - Gary Martin 06/19/01
- Mondegreens - R. Berg 06/19/01
- The answer - Q 06/18/01
- I've been searching, searching - R. Berg 06/18/01
- Cyclop - Encyclopedia What's the connection? - Robi Guttman 06/18/01
- Baby, bathwater - Nancy 06/18/01
- "Man, he's got a real bratittude!" - Patty 06/17/01
- Brattitude and queries - R. Berg 06/17/01
- Exclamations, pointedly - Bob 06/19/01
- Brattitude and queries - R. Berg 06/17/01
- Giving someone the high hat - Patty 06/17/01
- Giving someone the high hat - Bruce Kahl 06/17/01
- Definition of phrase - Beverly Linton 06/17/01
- Grapes of wrath - R. Berg 06/17/01
- Mixing phrases - Vic Pelech 07/22/01
- Grapes of wrath - ESC 06/17/01
- Grapes of wrath - R. Berg 06/17/01
- Stock in trade - mortimer 06/16/01
- Blowing smoke up my ass - curious 06/16/01
- Blowing smoke up my ass - R. Berg 06/16/01
- Blowing smoke up my ass - Kelly 06/28/01
- Blowing smoke up my ass - R. Berg 06/16/01
- Blowing smoke up my ass - R. Berg 06/16/01
- Country mile - john morris 06/16/01
- Country mile - James Briggs 06/16/01
- Country mile - R. Berg 06/16/01
- Country mile - James Briggs 06/16/01
- Wooden nickel - Jennifer Kolb 06/15/01
- Wooden nickel - R. Berg 06/16/01
- Wooden nickel - Jennifer Kolb 06/16/01
- Wooden nickel - James Briggs 06/16/01
- Wooden nickel - R. Berg 06/16/01
- Many (or more than one) arrows in your quiver - Peter 06/15/01
- Lace curtains - John 06/15/01
- Phrase meanings (and origins) for: - John 06/15/01
- Root for - Neil 06/15/01
- Root for - Bruce Kahl 06/15/01
- Fishing trip - Patty 06/14/01
- Fishing trip - R. Berg 06/14/01
- Fishing trip - ESC 06/14/01
- Once more unto the Breach - Paul Aynsley 06/14/01
- Once more unto the typo - Gary Martin 06/15/01
- New site: askoxford.com - R. Berg 06/13/01
- New site: askoxford.com - ESC 06/14/01
- 'legends of the fall' meaning ,pls help - klaus kadur 06/13/01
- Meaning of "FINGER IN THE EYE" - Jenny 06/13/01
- "FINGER IN THE EYE" - R. Berg 06/13/01
- Meaning of "Lip Service" - Mariano 06/13/01
- Meaning of "Lip Service" - klaus kadur 06/13/01
- "Lip Service" - R. Berg 06/13/01
- Black Irish - Mike 07/10/01
- Black Irish - Mike 07/10/01
- Black Irish - Mike 07/10/01
- Black Irish - Mike 07/10/01
- What is meant by the folowing: - nad 06/12/01
- What is meant by the folowing: - Bruce Kahl 06/12/01
- The origion of "hang them out to dry" - brad brown 06/12/01
- The origion of "hang them out to dry" - Paul G 06/16/01
- The origion of "hang them out to dry" - ESC 06/12/01
- White lie - Pyramid 06/11/01
- Phrases - myrtie 06/11/01
- Phrase - prizongard 06/11/01
- "Beast of two backs" - Mgnat 06/11/01
- "Beast of two backs" - Bruce Kahl 06/11/01
- Origin of "FOB" (Fresh Off the Boat)--
anyone know? - Alison N. 06/11/01
- Origin of "FOB" (Fresh Off the Boat)-- anyone know? - klaus kadur 06/13/01
- "FOB" (Fresh Off the Boat) - R. Berg 06/12/01
- MAKE LOVE NOT WAR--What is the Origin? - Brian Neil Burg 06/11/01
- A man needs an attribution like a fish needs water - Gary Martin 06/11/01
- Woman:man:: fish:bicycle - R. Berg 06/11/01
- Woman:man:: fish:bicycle - Bob 06/11/01
- Woman:man:: fish:bicycle - R. Berg 06/11/01
- Dead man walking - Harry Bezemer 06/11/01
- Bleeding-edge technology - ESC 06/10/01
- Phrase/Activity Definition - Bob Meadows 06/09/01
- Agree to disagree - patti 06/09/01
- Agree to disagree - Not Berg 06/09/01
- On the Q.T. - MrMurdstone 06/09/01
- On the Q.T. - Bruce Kahl 06/09/01
- On the Q.T. - James Briggs 06/09/01
- On the Q.T. - Bruce Kahl 06/09/01
- Poisened pup - greg 06/08/01
- Definition of 'down-to-earth - Brad 06/08/01
- Definition of 'down-to-earth - ESC 06/08/01
- God is dead - Agy 06/08/01
- God is dead - R. Berg 06/08/01
- A hard working people - K Yone 06/08/01
- A hard-working people - R. Berg 06/08/01
- Thanks, R Berb. - K Yone 06/08/01
- A hard-working people - R. Berg 06/08/01
- Swipe card to success - ESC 06/08/01
- Origin of phrase - jeff wingfield 06/07/01
- Urban legends - language - ESC 06/07/01
- Urban legends - language - R. Berg 06/08/01
- Off pat & Off your own bat - Ed Addis 06/06/01
- Off pat & Off your own bat - R. Berg 06/06/01
- Dreaming different dreams in the same bed - Cea 06/06/01
- Meaning of "get along like a house on fire" - Alison Pignolet 06/06/01
- "Like a house on fire" - R. Berg 06/06/01
- Black over Will's Mother's - Barry Hall 06/05/01
- A quotation - c.dias 06/05/01
- Meanings new phrases - A. Raghunathan 06/05/01
- Off the wall - Maggie King 06/05/01
- Origins please of "As daft as a brush" - Hugh Janney 06/05/01
- Origins please of "As daft as a brush" - Bob 06/05/01
- Some doubts about "daft" - R. Berg 06/05/01
- Origins please of "As daft as a brush" - Bob 06/05/01
- Who is John Doe? - Eckard 06/05/01
- On a hiding to nothing - trish hurst 06/04/01
- On a hiding to nothing - R. Berg 06/04/01
- On a hiding to nothing: a thought - James Briggs 06/04/01
- On a hiding to nothing - R. Berg 06/04/01
- I have nothing to declare but my genius....... - Natalie 06/04/01
- Origin of 'up to scratch' - Mitchell 06/04/01
- Origin of 'up to scratch' - mortimer 06/05/01
- Pick up your stitches - mortimer 06/04/01
- Kilroy was here - Peter Miller 06/03/01
- Earliest use of "you send me" - natura1ist 06/03/01
- "Well, dog my cats!" - Patty 06/03/01
- "Well, dog my cats!" - R. Berg 06/03/01
- Say Uncle - Paula 06/03/01
- Son of a Bitch - R Burbage 06/03/01
- Gangsters. . . - Pamela Griffin 06/02/01
- The heat is on - ESC 06/02/01
- Archive numbers - James Briggs 06/02/01
- Archive numbers - Gary 06/02/01
- Archive numbers - Bruce Kahl 06/02/01
- Archive numbers - Gary 06/02/01
- Small potato - James Briggs 06/02/01
- Origin of saying - Tony Robinson 06/02/01
- New list started - earlier postings archived - Gary Martin 06/02/01
- My bad - ESC 06/02/01
- Urban legends
- Son of a Bitch
- John Doe & Richard Roe
- Luck of the Irish
- Stock in trade
- Wooden nickel
- Show stopper
- Dead men's shoes
- Story of more woe
- Humpty Dumpty
- Pick up your stitches
- Help--The literal translation of Uva Uvam Vivendo Varia Fit is: "The versatile grape becomes a grape by living". The phrase is from "Lonesome Dove" by Larry McMurty. McMurty gives it this translation: "A grape matures by looking at another grape".
- After a fashion
- Going spare
- Come to grips with
- White heat of technology
- Shrinking Violet
- "Multiples" and singletons
- Many (or more than one) arrows in your quiver
- Tangled web
- "She's close to going over your head"
- Off the wall
- In plenty
- Sweet Jelly Roll
- Origin of 'Queer Street'
- A Book of phrase origins...
- Dreaming different dreams in the same bed
- Anal-retentive - orthography
- Revenge is a dish best served cold
- Beating the "tar" out of someone
- Reg: A friend in need is a friend indeed.
- Pulling my leg
- "a drop in the ocean"
- "The Diet Prayer"