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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.
There's this girl. She comes from the Midlands (Birmingham)and I'm in love with her. We keep contact over the internet and I want to greet her in her local idiom. Can you play a vocal coach Cupid and...
How come this word is used in nearly every book I have every read, some time many time, and yet I've never heard it spoken in conversations.
If two lines were drawn across the UK where, north of the top one, people say bath, path, glass (short "a") and south of the bottom one, they say "bahth", "pahth", "glahss" (long "a"), where would...
What is your favourite news headline? A recent one I loved was after the Rooney/Ronaldo incident: 'He Winks, it's all over.' Older ones are 'Paddy Pantsdown' (after Paddy Ashdown's extra-marital...
Just a simple question really, how does one say "I love you" in Japanese? Thank you xxxxx
what is bulgarian for hello
Could someone explain to me what Machiavellian (not sure of spelling) means? I`ve heard it a few times lately on TV and not to sure what it means. THANKS
my boss used to use the word frowzy occasionally to describe people who looked out-dated or not particularly well groomed. he used to be so surprised that none of us had heard of this word.has anyone...
Hi! Does anyone know the correct quote, something like; 'the lowest ebb comes before the biggest wave' ??, and also who said it first?
how do you say I LOVE YOU in welsh. Thanks to anyone who answers me
What does this saying actually mean??
Does anybody know the origin of the saying: 'He, who lives on hope dies of starvation'. thanks.
It's gonna be a bit of a long story, sorry... I was working today, and someone complimented me on my teeth (which I liked!) then asked me whether I "bite". I said "bite what", and he said "anything...
when did the saying "remember remember the 5th of november, gunpowder treason and plot" start being used and why?
what does hurst mean when its on the end of a place name? i.e. barnehurst, brockenhurst...
Does anyione know the meaning of the word "wugging"? My boyfriend says it has something to do with facial hair but we can't find the definition anywhere. Thanks
Why do we put X to represent a kiss? It seems just to be a thing in English, I haven;t seen any other languages use it. Is it just a British convention? Why do we choose X and not, say, k for example?
Do people in London know the meaning of the words 'sitting' and 'standing'? What I mean by that is, why do they say I was 'sat' or I was 'stood' and not I was 'sitting' or I was 'standing'.
for pete's sake!!! but just who was pete?
what is the meaning of well i`ll go`t foot of our stairs
