On this afternoons Countdown the (brilliant) 11 year old on there came up with a 9 letter word - THIRTEENS .............. can anyone give me a sentence using THIRTEENS as I really can't see when it...
Where did the phrase come from? "Your a DIV"? Dont worry i have no intention of calling someone a DIV i am just interested in what it means. I might be one myself for all i know. I'm...
For metrical reasons I wish to use hid instead of hidden in a text I am writing. My question is, does it sound obsolete? Americans use it, I believe, but does it sound obsolete in British English?...
I am trying to find the answer to this vague clue "A red herring - really !" The answer has two words of 7 and 5 letters. The answer contains or is a place name. Any ideas?
Why do we say " for good" to mean "permanently". We often mean the opposite of "good" in any other sense e.g : " My friend has gone for good" .tells the hearer that we regret the passing,. not that we...