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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.
In athletics, what is the difference between "Personal best" and "Lifetime best"?
I have been obliged to put my signature to a letter written by my employer with which I not only disagree but find the standard of penmanship nothing short of criminal. Since I cannot avoid signing...
Origin of heads will roll
why is the mans name Romeo pronounced "Romeo" as in the Shakespere play "Romeo + Juliet", yet the Romeo in the Alpha Romeo car is prononced " Romayo"? TIA
It means 'busy, busy' and is always pronounced 'beezy, beezy'. It is used when people have a lot of work to do. But where does it originate from. Is it a quote from a film? Is it an Americanism? It...
Where did the saying come from or who was "Dick & Liddy"
Where does the saying "I've got more ??? than i can shake a stick at" come from?
where does the saying poisoned chalice come from
"Close only counts in horse shoes and hand grenades". What does this mean?
why is whip lash called whip lash?
what well known phrase is represented montague
What is correct: "I Googled the title of the film..." or "I googled the title of the film..." We use the word 'hoover' with a lower case 'h', but Google always seems to be capitalised. Which is right?
Where does - " Revenge is a dish best served cold" come from? Is it just a saying or is it a quote from somewhere? I've read the meaning on a similar question on AB but it doesn't say where it is from...
where does the phrase lieing toad come from
Does anyone know where these words come from, and who wrote them? Beneath the world of wind and wave.... Thanks.
Please help anyone, this one is spinning me round in circles, An old fashioned way of saying a shape is not round or square ( perhaps ) Begins with a ( Y ).Thanks in advance.
does anyone know why co-respondent shoes, the black and white style brogues, are so called? What would shoes have to do with divorce settlements?
Which childrens T.V.Character has the catch-phrase "lets get mucky" ? Which character says " thats all folks " at the end of Loony Tunes cartoons ? thanks for your help freebi
I wasn't sure where to put this but could someone please help me with a little problem I am having in composing an email? I am not sure whether 'whoever' or 'whomever' would be the appropriate choice....
Usually anthing with Bi in front of it means two of so why is the word unisex as it is when surely it should be bisex?
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