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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.
Where does the saying "Playing for Sheep Stations", or "We're Not Playing for Sheep Stations" come from?
is it racist to call a black person "coloured"? another ABer said it and i thought that wasn't very politically correct. is this right?
"The wind, the wind / The naughty wind / That blows girls' skirts so high / but God is Just / He sends the dust / To Blind the bad boy's eye. " My grandad used to say this, any idea where it's from?
I would really appreciate it if somebody could give me a short and sweet love quote. I need it for this project. It would be really great! Thanks
What does it mean when somebody says "touch wood"?
do you no any answerless questions such as what is colder, and iceberg or fear. or another example is what color is noise?! please help me i need 5!!
It is my Dads 65th Birthday next this month and I have complied a photo album/scrapbook of as many old photos I could lay my hand on up to the present day - finishing with his beloved Grandchildren. I...
what and where does the saying to screem blue murder origionate please
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Basically, at the end of the day, can we stop saying "Basically, at the end of the day .... do you know what I mean"?
"Love is a friendship set on fire." It would be great if someone could translate that to Latin for me!
'Where's all this water coming from?' Titanic Captain 'Can anyone smell burning?' Nero 'As if you're gonna get me with that pebble n bit of striiiiiii!' Goliath 'Did you turn the oven off, love?'...
if too many cooks spoil the broth,then how does it work out that many hands make light work?
Where does the saying, "What a load of Cobblers" come from, as in, what a load of rubbish. Thanks
Does anyone have any one-liners like these? "I'm not racist, I've got a colour TV." "I come from a musical family - even the sewing machine was a singer"
Where does the saying pithy on a rock come frome? I believe it to mean to be in no-mans lad. Cheers.
Why the Isle of Wight? What is "Wight"?
Hello. I am starting my Photography project for my Art A-Level and am in need of some assistance. The theme for the project is ''Light''. I need to find proverbs or sayings, involving light (ie:...
can anyone translate this for me please NEC ASPERA TERRENT thanks in advance
Where does the saying passed with flying colours come from? I said it the other day and it made me wonder what the logic behind it was.
