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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.
If I asked what something was my grandparents answered "it's a wim wam for a ducks bridle". Has anyone else come across this saying, where did it originate from and what does it mean ?
Does anyone know the origin of the phrase 'silly boy lemon' often used to describe someone looking daft etc. Was said by my family throughout the 70's have heard others use it. Thanks
Hey Guys! Ok, really wierd question, but what two famous quotes would be suitable to put on a door hanger? A quote that suggests not to disturb one in deep thought, and another about nothing is more...
Where does the phrase" be careful what you wish for" originate from?? I hear it a lot but still find it a strange one ....
Or even cigar! Where does this come from?
After being thrashed royally by England's first team on Saturday last, one of my London Welsh friends recalled a saying their grandfather (of Welsh origin) used to say - I can't spell it but...
In what contexts can we use the expression 'she was caught', meaning that she got pregnant? Are there any other ways of expressing the same 'event'? (P.S. I'm not a native.)
I was just listening to "500 Miles" by the Proclaimers. and in it they say "and if i Haver, yeah i know i'm gonna be, i'm gonna be the man who's haverin' to you" what does Haver mean? I looked it up...
What does "you know what thought thought" mean? I think it means "thought he was a gonner but the cat came back!"
I know what it means but does anyone know it's origin?
He/she wears their heart on their sleeve. What exactly does this mean?
What does the phrase *Vado Via* mean? Ive looked it up in an Italian dictionary but cant make sense of it.
I am getting desperate now does anyone know who said or wrote "the moon is a splendid object in our skies,and we naturally tend to think of it as important" Chriswhit
Where did the above come from?
me and my friends are dressing up as lifeguards on saturday night, we would like a funny/ sexy nickname to go on the back?? any suggestions??
Can anyone tell me the rest of this: From out of the mouths of babes........... Also who is credited as having first said it? Thanks.
what does the word "lol" mean in an answerbank reply?
Three of the following four well known sayings have been aired in the puzzle section. The fourth one is still unsolved. Could I please run them before you all again. F _ _ _ and K _ _ _ _ (4 & 5) P _...
defffo maen duydd y-ddraig.goch ddyry.cydmwyn c,c,f.t inscription on teaset ,thank you in advance,
Some ancient scripts were written from left to right, and some were written from right to left. A Telugu legend in India says that one of their ancestors visited a western land. Can these words have...
