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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.
Many years ago the BBC used to transmit public information broadcasts. One was about safety on building sites and ran; 'Sir Isaac Newton told us why, an apple falls down from the sky, and from this...
What is the correct plural form of "gin and tonic"? I read "gins and tonics" today and it just doesn't look right. I suspect "two gins and tonic" is the correct form (cf. mothers-in-law), but "two gin...
What's this word " emo " I keep seeing bandied about ?It's usually see it applied to music or to someone who is " an emo goth ".
I need a name for an online thrift shop... or at least a place that purveys antique, miscellanous things. Ready... steady... go! :D
What was the origin of the word 'Nabob' in relation to bookies and their runners in the 1950's and 1960's?
Has anyone ever heard of the word spogs ? Its a slang word for 'sweets' ie: 'have you got any spogs?' which we used to use at school in Yorkshire back in the early 80's (I'm 28 now) People look at me...
if we say A hat (no vowel starting the word) and A car (same again). And we say AN apple (vowel starting word) and AN egg (same again), why do we say such and such miles AN hour?? should we say miles...
Some people just have the knack but I always struggle to write witty comments in wedding, birthday cards etc. Is there a website dedicated to solving my crisis? Thanks
Which former Archbishop said Preach not because you have to say something, but because you have something to say?
There's an old saying which goes (something like): The Times is read by people who run the country. The Daily Mail is read by people who think they run the country, and The Sun is read by people who...
Why do we call it goods, as in, your goods will be with you tomorrow? Why not bads?
Actually the phrase was found in John Grisham's novel The Summons. When discussions were held between two brothers as to how to handle the house his father had lived in, the dialogue is as follows:...
What's the meaning of "go in a pot"?
What's the meaning of "go in a pot"?
what the hell is a brik on a stick is it another name for a dumbell?
What is the Latin for 'Knight of King Arthur'
what is or was a swailer
I was watcing my CSI dvds the other day and heard the phrase "smoking mirrors" i was curious as to what it meant, can any one help?
Does anyone know the origin of the expression "working the room" or "work the room?"
Can anyone please tell me where the term 'charlies' for boobs originates from ?? I believe it's mainly a London term ... but I'm not aware of it being rhyming slang .....
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