Phrases & Sayings

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Pajama Girl

Colour of Their Rosettes

An ABer used this phrase in context of discussing political parties. What are the rosette colours of the political parties?

Impret-Sir

What is the origin and meaning of the saying "grinding grist to the mill"?

What is grist, and what mills are being referred to?

inqui-Z-tor

You know there are various sayings/ replies to somewhat obvious questions like do bears 'go' in the woods?, does Cinderella like shoes? Well we at work puzzle over what Doris Day does, the only thing...

tell-me-more

go forth and multiply

Who said this to whom, why, where, when etc.?

spacechimp

Diaeresed?

A letter is marked with an accent is said to be accentuated; one marked with a circumflex is said to be circumflexed. If a letter is marked with a diaeresis, what can it be said to be?" Diaeresed"?...

tell-me-more

"to blow someone out"

What does it mean if someone feels they've been blown out? Does it mean that the person blown out has romantic feelings towards the other person?

kevshakry

Word confusion

Can anyone tell me what is the difference between ADVICE and ADVISE. Please break it down so i completely understand. i looked in dictionary but seem to mean the same. Preferably tell me in what...

Ric.ror

Synejoss

Where does the expression Synejoss for redheads come from

pjm007

Generosity

Can anyone think of any phrases or sayings that include the word/s generous/generosity ? Thanks.

mully

ball park figure

where does the phrase ball park figure come from and what does it mean?

Amadaeus

I'll be there in a jiffy

i've heard many times that the word jiffy is actually an amount of time, my question is how big or small of an amount of time, or is it merely a period IN time?

spook

dialect

being born on the borders of scotland and northumberland, like anyone else, where ever you come from you pick up a local accent. but the bone of contention in my household is a certain word meaning...

albatross521

nip down the offy

what's nip down? what's offy?

mrsmwallace

shrink?

If doctors are quacks then why are psychiatrists called shrinks???

albatross521

Since sliced bread,

Bumped into this phrase some time ago, jotted it down. forgot context. Any1 know what it mean?

andy rue

weather

do you know the saying ,pink sky at night shepherds delight pink sky in the morning shepherds warning ,well what if it is a pink sky at night and in the morning

sshaw0

sociology quote

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