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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.
Does anyone know the whole of this rhyme told to my husband by his gran many years ago.. I went to the pictures tomorrow, I had a front seat at the back, A bare footed woman with cloggs on, Gave me...
is it correct to start a business letter to a prince with Your Highness, and then the body of the business letter?
At work, I was asked to make a sign for the ground floor, explaining that other hair straighteners are available upstairs. I wrote "Our full range of electronic styling products is available on the...
anyone know any good quotes about music [i.e. not from songs] but actually about msuic itself?
Which figure of speech describes phrases like Buckingham Palace has announced it will issue a statement tomorrow in which something, ie the Queen is replaced by something closely associated with it,...
What is the origin of the phrase "Can you say...? where it is filled in with a notion (usually with a hint of sarcasm) the speaker already has of the situation. i.e. "Can you say...
what the heck does "how many beans make five" mean?
What is the origin of the expression 'Break a Leg' and is this bad luck to say to an actor?
I know the meaning of 'paying through the nose' for something, but where did it originate? Ta
every now and then i hear the expression "cracking the flags" or "it'll be cracking the flags today". This expression is normally made to describe an extremely hot day. But i was wondering if anyone...
Does anybody know who originally said 'When the going gets tough, the tough get going' ?
ive got a quote that i need translating into latin.. will anybody be able to help? It is... "Learn from yesterday, Live for today, Dream for tomorrow." Thanks in advance
which latin term is used to express the meaning 'word for word'
I kind of understand the theory behind passive/aggressive. Can anyone provide examples of phrases that could be construed as passive/aggressive ?
Are there rules governing such words or phrases/
Anyone got any idea why people with the surname moore are often known as pony?
Which well-known expression originated in the late 1920's during radio commentaries of football matches?
what do americans call the part of a car that we refer to as the boot
Hiya gang, please suggest a phrasing to describe the sort of 'device' that Uncle Scrooge keeps his lucky dime in/under. I came up with "under a glass cover" and "in a crystal display case", but when I...
Not that phrase in particular, that is an example but.... What is the technical English term for that, i.e metaphor, simile, euphamism... none of them seem to fit. Cheers.
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