Phrases & Sayings

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johnlambert

The sword is mightier than the pen

Ive never heard of anyone having a limb chopped off by a biro, nor have I (or anyone I know) ever heard of anyone being beheaded by a fountain pen so............ how on earth can the pen be mightier...

gastwo

Stories

Why are the different floors in a building called 'stories' - anybody know?

Dusky

Technical Term for Spoon-collecting

As a coin-collector is a numismatist and a bell-ringer is a campanologist, what is a spoon-collector?

missmooncat

Cold feet

Does anyone know where the phrase Cold Feet came from?

raysparx

punctuate for me please

that that is that is that that is that is it it is

green_giant

I don't know

why?

Pudcat

Doughboy

why do we say that "I will give you a Doughboy" when we threaten someone with a slap or punch , and where did the expression come from?

stormin

Win by a street

Which game gave us the expression "to win by a street"?

Gnisy

One or two, One or two..

Why do some people use one quotation mark ( ' ) while others use double quotation marks ( " ) when it comes to dialogue? i.e "I like pie," said Krunk. What is the correct usage of the quotation mark?...

patrixcia

mos you crossword

18d variety of apple( 8 letters ???????n) 26 a (brimming, swarming ????ing 7 letters) and 21d variety of apple ?a?? 4 letters) thank you in advance

copippin

Off Of.

Can anyone explain this phrase,it often crops up in conversations " she got off of the bus" why not just "she got off the bus? That is just one example,there are many more instances of course.

davidavitch

Marbles

why are marbles called marbles when they are made of glass? why is someone said to have lost their marbles if they are insane?

chris1970

7 bells

where does the saying kicked 7 bells of sh*t out of come from/mean

weirdo

Dear me

what 'dear me' means? how about 'Says you'?

vicars

"Getting your own back"

I found out in the Imperial War Museum, London that not so careful submariners, if using the toilet incorrectly, could get a back surge and end up covered in their own mess, apparently leading the the...