Phrases & Sayings

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steve208

saw this on a poster years ago...

It was something like unless you push the fear or barriers you will never know the limit?? Please could someone clarify this saying. thank you.

juliely

Brother and Bob

Does anyone one know the origin of this saying please? My husband uses it a lot and it drives me mad. Does anyone else use it? As I have never heard anyone else say it. Thanks J.

mangetoute

full as a gist

my sister inlaw camme out with this when we was on holiday i asked what the hell is a gist she could'nt answer,i think she's made it up ? am i right or what dose it mean

hobbitess

Coming Down like stair rods"

Does anyone know the origin of this phrase ?

morequestion

word association

force play under what is the missing word to make 3 new words?

morequestion

word association

paste plant plum what word is the missing link to make 3 new words?

Lea_Scottdvm

Desribe the West

What is a word that starts with an O, has four slyaballs that describes the West?

flip-flop

I have always used the prase 'The Jump' when referring to a bar or a checkout - for example 'I was talking to the barmaid behind the jump...." I picked up this phrase from my father. Anybody any idea...

sam100

Pikey Poem about a trvelling man...?

My friend is trying to trace a poem or a story about a travelling man that involves something about horses and smoke out of a chimney? Her grandmother used to tell it to her when she was yound and it...

MissMiniMe

Christmas Holiday Sayings

Our families are so far away, we are looking at sending homeade chirstmas cards with a picture of our family, but we want to have a "saying" that is sincere but not serious, can you help?

drdeng

pull time for a beating

Again, a phrase in John Grisham's The summons baffled me: "Axel proved to be a fine lawyer, but there wasn't much he could do on the legal front... Axel supervised the paperwork, recommended a good...

jas1002

Early bath?

At work today someone mentioned an 'early bath' most people didn't know what it meant. Three of us did but we did all used to work in the same department together were we must have picked it up. So...

blowmedown

Cecil Day Lewis

From which of the works of Cecil Day Lewis does the quote "Now the peak of summer's past, the sky is overcast, And the love we swore would last for an age seems deceit" come?

bluevern

john tomas

who was he???

drdeng

kick the tires

What is the meaning of "kick the tires" as it is used in the following passage from John Grisham's novel The Summons? "I talked to a Realtor yesterday, Baxter Redd, one of the better ones in town. We...

hortosa

death

where did 'death comes in threes" come from?

shineybomb

Explain: Raised to the Ground

Can anyone tell me why you say Raised to the ground?

bartholomew

blag

Could you help me decipher the passage below? "Everyone was on the make,out to stitch her up, out to turn her over, pulling a blag or wanting to nonce her kids up."