Phrases & Sayings

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dove

stop the cab, stop the cab , whoa whoa whoa

does anyone know the entire verse of this? My nan, she would be about 100 if she were still alive used to sing it to my dad. It was as above and then went 'someone get hold of the horses head and dont...

foxycat

in the wind

were does the saying peeing in the wind come from

topman9thnov

dozy mare

where does the saying you dozy mare come from.

charcole

fontaine, je ne boirai pas de ton eau...

Attention, French-speakers! I know what the phrase means, but where did it come from? Who coined it? And although you should "never say never", what's the meaning if you DO say it?...

keithmorris

bread

why is the name of the end of a loaf called a nobby,\I think this is a london term.

cointreau

Definition of bilingual

I have just heard of someone of being bilingual in several different languages, and I was wondering how one defines a native level of language, as individuals differ so greatly in their own level of...

plowter

Is there an alternative to 'devastated'?

Everybody and everything nowadays seems to be described as 'devastated'. What words have we lost to describe personal disappointment, tragedy and loss?