Phrases & Sayings

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emilynotail

Blackadder joke

George: Well, I thought one or two cheeky gags, one followed by 'She was only the ironmonger's daughter but she knew a surprising amount about fish as well'. Just wanted to know if anyone could tell...

chookie pie

quotation

only clue i have is quotation 5words 72344 ?an?in? on ?o? ??a? ?i?? can you help please thanks in advance

airbolt

Foreign Word for Comic ( as in the visual medium )

I am trying to translate the phrase " football comic " into a number of languages ( as in a comic about football ). In Babel Fish i get a translation which comes out as " funny football". I know...

stk72

2 ftf

westway

Old time song

Dad' birthday tomorrow (73) has given me the task of finding the full words to this old timers song, has the words "I said a yard of lace to match this for the wife, the shop man said here you see,...

Bert

Symbol used in Commerce and Finance

This may not be the best topic area for my question, but I cannot think of a better one. I have a very small English dictionary (10 cm X 6.5 cm and 2.5 cm thick) called 'The Diamond Dictionary'. There...

chookie pie

quotation

only clue i have is quotation 5words 72344 ?an?in? on ?o? ??a? ?i?? can you help please thanks in advance

brandybabe09

nymbers quiz

24 h f t (gp)

pirwany

Cloud 9

What is the story behind being "on Cloud 9" when someone is very happy?

irish molly

Graham's cryptic food and drink

Looking for help on last 3....all food or drink 54: Ripped Cake Layers 72: Tea and coffee combined 74: Glucose has a cigarette Thanks

Tellmee

chin-chin

Does anyone out there know the origin of the expression "Cin-Chin" as a toast? I think the Italians use a similarly pronounced "cin-cin". Thanks in advance.

Nid 1

catch phrases

all are in a rectangle 1. R<P< I 2. ACUM 3. WINTER SPRING SUMMER AUT any help appreciated. Example they give is YALP answer Play Backwards.

Trussell

What are these phrases, please?

Doing a quiz with phrases & sayings and am stuck on these last two. Any help would be appreciated. 1) T T H I A B T T T A 2) V S T Many thank in anticipation of any help

swedeheart

hep?

Okay so this is a very odd question but I need the information, so... I'm trying to identify an interjection typically used by... erm... acrobats...? at the moment they've successfully accomplished...

trailertam

What are you thinking

Who replied to the question " What are you thinking" with "How much the sea errodes the seashore at Mablethorp" I think it may have been on a television programme Thanks

obrien2154

crowther's encyclopaedia of phrases and origins by edwin radford

I have a crowther's encyclopaedia of phrsaes and origins first edition 1945 by Edwin Radford. I would like to know how much is this book worth. Thank you Marianne [email protected]

Bookworm9

Spanish Translation

Good morning everyone in Answerbank land. I don't know if I am in the right section for this question but here goes:- One of my husbands staff is Spanish and has a birthday coming up. Can anyone...

ll_billym

Word Up!

Wash up, Tidy up, Pi$$ed up, Wound up, Drink up, Send up, Make up, Etc. Etc. Etc. Why do we use 'up'? As far as I can tell it is not particularly needed... Thanks.