Phrases & Sayings

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Answerprancer

What's your most irritating 'Americanism'?

What's yours? Particularly ones that have become embraced by UK. Mine: "snuck" as in "He just snuck in" (sneaked). "dove" - not the bird', but 'dove' (rhyming with...

AndiFlatland

Is there a word missing from our language?

As BROTHER is to FRATERNITY, and SISTER is to SORORITY... So what's the equivalent for SIBLING? I don't think there is one - at least, none of my friends can think of one. Anyone want to venture a new...

slinky.kate

daily star

12a.quack remedy(7) n---r-- 45&4d persons with long experience(3,6) old/t---r-...

Glynneatkel

Walking stick

My late Grandfather in cold weather used the expression:- "It's cold enough for a walking stick" which I never understood. I used to hear it used by some of my GF's contempories but not of...

sniffa

easy as ABC

help required please, As fat as a f........... ( 8 ), As hungry as a h......... (6 ) thanks sniffa,

cbarzo

Is anyone familiar with the term "a full biffter" or a "half biffter"

Not sure if I've spelled biffter correctly - one f or two ff's. I've taken it to me something like "the whole nine yards" and in a reference to a full breakfast as in "we had the full...

crisgal

i-pod engraving

finally saved enough for my i-pod! I can have it engraved free, from the apple website, but don't know what to put. Does anyone know any decent quotes or sayings involving music?...

lindylou16

Mum really said this!!

When teaching my sister to use a cooking recipe, My sister said "Use a knob of butter, what is a knob?" And mum said without batting an eye "I will show you how to measure a Knob"

ems27

if I told you, I would have to kill you

where does this phrase originate from ?

norris53

what is the shorten form of herefordshire

fredpuli47

Double guess

'It's impossible to double guess Max Clifford' said a journalist on TV. Where did 'to double guess' originate ? Is it a recent expression ?

sandy16

names and phrases

each answer has' the' in the middle 1) Dispute a decision 5 3 4 2) Predominate 4 3 5 3) Go first and guide others 4 3 3...

johnk

sent to Coventry

Why is someone who everyone refuses to talk to said to be 'sent to Coventry', what's wrong withCoventry?

clipclop

local quiz answers are all animals found in the zoo (no birds or fish)

Go west for a question from the hard of hearing animal ("6?", 4,3,7) Dont blame me if you get on the other side of this (7) Many thanks for any help. Chloepoe...