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Phrases & Sayings
Welcome To Phrases & Sayings where it is what you say and how you say it that is important.Please feel free to share what makes you chuckle in the Jokes section.
A wise man never plays leapfrog with a unicorn
My old mum and my Father both used the word 'Gip' when referring to pain " Ooooh! my back is giving me some Gip today" I find myself using it now and my grandaughter asked me where it came...
i am buying a friend a pair of sexy pj's for her 21st bday. she is married and all sexual fun has dissapeared from there relationship. we always have a joke about her not giving her husband any sex...
What is the term for a phrase that repeats the meaning. e.g. I've just read in MSN that Wayne Rooney had a "temper tantrum"; tantrum means uncontrolled bad temper. "Revert back "...
Why are false clues called 'red herrings'...just wondered...
Can any of our cousins across the Pond comment on the following quirk in (some) Americans' pronunciation of words containing an 'r' sound with a vowel immediately before and after it? In Britain, for...
Basically i'm looking for a word that means the above. The word i'm thinking of begins with 'E' i think, but i'm having such trouble placing it. I have explained myself amazingly poorly so if anyone...
well known catchphrases
1.your -------- friend
2.i'm ------ it
3.the ultimate --------- machine
4.men can't help ---------- on -------...
Swedeheart
I would like to ask you something if you are still around....
16d. Father takes part with word of honour. (6)
_ A _ _ _ _...
Just browsing Spanish web sites I came across the Spanish for sunrise which is Salida de Sol.Why salida? Salida is I know exit, departure, motorway junction.It doesnt seem to fit the description of...
THE ZEBRA DID IT ....
BOOM BOOM...
As you travel north on the A1 there are a lot of places called 'something Bar', where does this come from and what is the significance of Bar?
as easy as larry?
I'm trying to add to a list of Brand names that have overtaken the product in the English language. By that I mean one brand name has become a 'catch all' or even in some cases a verb that over rides...
" Chance would be a fine thing!" is commonly said without 'the' or 'a' at the beginning, which gives the expression an ancient air, as though, in the manner of old writers, Chance is...
For some reason I can't post an anser in the thread, anyway, see here for confirmation http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_is_a_scarborough_warning...