Phrases & Sayings

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jessaboo

" soft as lights "

What does "soft as lights" mean and where does it originate from.

DaSwede

Recently somebody posted a question in another section about who has the loveliest voice. It reminded me of something I once read about Oscar Wilde. One of his contemporaries had said his voice was...

supremebeing

Time???

If the past is gone and you cant go back, the future hasnt happened and you cannot go forward, how do we know that there is a now

Hammond Egg

Yankee

Why, in betting, is a yankee so called?

Immi666

Donkeys years

I use this phrase all the time, but where did it come from? What does it actually mean?

smurfchops

Never look a gift horse in the mouth

Explain please ! I know what it means but where did this phrase come from?

falloutgirl

Salt and Pepper hair

I know it's not really a phrase, but what does someone with salt and pepper hair actually look like??

snuggy

homours list

what do the letters MBE & CBE IN THE HONOURS LIST STAND FOR

Firiffic

Bones

Where did the saying "Make no bones about it" come from?

Basle6

Del Boy Trotter sayings

I'm giving a speeech using Del Boyisms this Friday.Anyone know where I can find a list of them on Tinternet?

spinny

Phrase: cut and run

where did the phrase "cut and run" originate? I have heard this phrase for many years and wondered what the original phrase referred to.

RAS

monkey with hand in bottle.

I am lookng at the reference to "monkey with hand in bottle" I'm new here so please make allowances. . I have read the threads, but they are not as I remember the quotation. It's the quotation I am...

milly143

What is the correct Grammar

Is it correct to say, for example, 'an hotel' or 'a hotel'? I would have though the latter is correct as H is not a vowel but many people use 'an' in this context? Is there a secret rule of grammar I...