Phrases & Sayings

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brissney

I can feel it in my waters

I said this to a friend recently and she laughed and said I had got it mixed up with 'feel it in my bones' but I have definately heard my mum and grandma say it. Is it just my family?

kctgreat

lay, lie, lain, lied... Correct grammar?

You can lie in a bed. You can lay an egg. You can lay something down. Can you go lay down? That's not correct usage, yes? That song, "If I just lay here...".. is that incorrect also? I'm confused. Can...

whiffey

Lose or Loose ?

There is an irritating tendency these days to write LOOSE when you surely mean LOSE ? Loose is ill-fitting trousers, worn dentures, etc, and has nothing to do with losing something. Am I right, and...

kctgreat

Unrequited love..

Does any one have a poignant saying concerning unrequited love? Something about the man regreting not loving the woman back? A chance not taken? Thanks.

maxi2

Motorway signs

There are various junctions on the motorway network which display signing on the exit slip eg. "use both lanes for Oxford" or wherever. Use both lanes? Surely that means straddling the white line...

SickThings

Which is better?

Which is better - the bees knees, or the dogs bo****ks?

Miss_s_

Translate this into latin for a play

I need to translate this into latin to feature in a play... It was a slow decent into a life i did not want...... Can anyone help me please?

AutomaticGal

chinese word

If there is anyone out there who can red chinese can you tell me if this word actually says Kinza. http://chineseculture.about.com/library/name/f emale/na_kinza.htm

kctgreat

Semper Fi(sp?)

What does that translate into? And why do the marines say it? Thanks.

ecoman

Which is correct?

You are not allowed to smoke IN these premises...or You are not allowed to smoke ON these premises.

Jack_Sikora

French Letters as Durex.

1) Is this an offensive term? (The Ed has wiped it away from a thread) 2) Where does the term come from? Thank you.

witchnanny

Stock or stack of knowledge

Is it stock of knowledge or stack of knowledge?

goldilocks24

the apple never fell far from the tree there .....

What does that mean?

Dollie

Help with grammar please

Hello if my daughter Victoria calls her now shop - Victoria's Cafe - are we correct in putting the apostrophe after the A and before the S or doesn't it need an apostrophe at all? I know I am an...

jan2006

the demon

Can anyone help with this please? Id appreciate it! My clue reads: massed plantings of blooms and the letters I already have are almost certainly correct D _ I _ T _ I also have another one - opinions...

elephant1234

you think your archie

Where does the saying you think your archie come from?

EngTeach

A** over teakettke

My mom (63) says the expression "a** over tea kettle", meaning to trip over something an fall. When we were kids she'd yell that we wouldn't be happy until she went "A** over tea kettle" when we left...