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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.
Can anyone tell me what a 10th Anniversary is called? For example 25th Anniversary is Silver and 50th Anniversary is Gold etc etc Cheers.
Does anyone know what this means in english?
ootko jo oppinu puhumaan suomea??
I've never quite understood the theory behind this saying. What exactly is so bad about doing that, yet the context in which the saying is used is always of someone taking advantage.
where did butter me no parsnips come from?
I am a primary school teacher and we have realised our children know very few sayings (and understand even less!) so for our assemblies this term we will be doing a saying a week. I have been...
Who said - the Liverpool theme song is 'You'll Never Walk Alone', the Wimbledon theme song is 'You'll Never Walk Again'?
I remember reading in the 1970's that they had to change the words on the Pepsi cola advert in China because people were pouring it on their families graves because when the words "come alive with...
I know what it means when someone says "just give me a "ballpark figure" meaning maybe a rough estimate, but where does this stem from. The use of ballpark sounds american.
discuss. Might as well join in.
What does 'nowty' mean please? Cheers China
Why do they call doctors 'quacks'?
Where does the phrase "whatever's meant to be, will be" come from? I think I first came across it in a lit book but is it an actual proverb? thx xxx
Why do we say 'How the devil are you', why does the devil have anything to do with it?
Help please. Which is the only number (in English) which scores its own value in Scrabble (excluding bonus squares). DD
I'd love to know the origin of these phrases.
Another way of describing spoonerisms
...Fundamentally, what is the most common proviso for when your ears are burning? I've, for years, believed that if your left ear is burning, your lover (or someone who loves you) is talking about...
tried to search but it didn't show ?.... where does it come from?
I have found myself using various car related forums on the internet recently and I'm trying to get my head around some of the language. What does BUMP mean? What does Bttt mean?
Any idea what the following letters stand for in this proverb or saying? YMAWBHFAFAFAL
