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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.
I was watching a crime stopping program on sky a few days ago and they were discussing a rasist murder.They were trying to explain that the murder had called this victim a n***** but instead of just...
Does anyone know the correct Gaelic spelling for "pug mahoi" {kiss my arse} and does anyone remember Desperate Dan from the Beano shouting it whilst tossing the caber, or am I fantasising?
does anyone know wher the relevance of a watch being called a kettle in cockney rhyming slang?
My aunt used to recite this poem thing about all the dogs going to a do and having to hang their bottoms up on coat pegs, one of them shouts fire and they all rush out grabbing the first one to hand-...
Would someone translate the following please - Lorsque la main d'un homme effleure la main d'une femme, tous deux touchent a l'eternite.
Why do we say White Rabbits on the first day of the month?
What's the correct expression for when you carry somebody in this http://www.ta.no/multimedia/archive/00569/21-p __gullstol_569478h.jpg manner? In Sweden it's referred to as carrying that person in a...
where did the saying :GAME OF TWO HALF,S: come from
where does the phrase "hanging on by the skin of your teeth " come from?
Don't we just have some of the most fantastic words? I was just in a conversation with somebody and used the word 'Sporadically'. Its meaning is concise and it's a great word to say!! Other great...
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I am not familiar with this expression: to come on the heels of...What does it mean?
Okay, so I know what this means, but where did it come from? Some kind of old horse doctor, who could persuade his animals to sit down? What?
There is only one word in the english language that doubles in length when it is in the plural. What is it?
does anyone know what mr, mrs, miss especially ms shands for I have been divorced for several years and have classed myself as ms, is this right? as i have now been told that this stands for master....
Why are birds called dickybirds?
Where did the expression old lady or it may be ol lady come from when referring to your wife or girlfriend?
From where the word "ass hole" came? How it is related to human being though it is hole of the ass?
What does this phrase mean?
Hi guys I amtrying to write a job letter and do not know if it os correct to say that I would like to discuss how I fit in this excellent opportunity. is it ok /correct to say fit in in this context?
What does that mean in English?