Phrases & Sayings

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adamdocher1

Catchphrases

Who was the first tv celebrity to use the catchphrase awooga?

neil g

Top Gear

What car has been described as the mobile version of eurodisney?

:Ace:

Friday 13th

Does anybody know why Friday 13th is deemed to be so unlucky?

keitra

way of addressing

Can I call out to an old lady in the street "grandma"?

princesscapp

American Answerbank?

Is there an American equivalent to the UK answerbank? Im sure there are similar attempts, but any good ones? This British version seems to fill most of my needs (how sad is that), but at times I'd...

brooklyn77

The irony of swearing

Here is a good little question. We keep our kids from learning swear words. Schools are tyring to make sure kids dont swear. Our parents tell us off when we swear and we bleep words out of songs,...

topcatatwork

Quote about Charles I?

Can anyone tell me the full or correct quote and by whom that goes something like this (think it was about Charles I on the day of his execution): "He nothing common did or mean upon that scene"

Spiker

Bone Idle

Origin of the saying "bone idle"

paul2006

What does this mean?

Can someone tell me what this means please? Cuidich 'N Righ

hannoon

Trailer

Why is a (cinema) trailer called a trailer? In transport a trailer comes after the towing vehicle, but in the cinema a trailer comes before the film. Did cinema trailers once come after the film?

blink_babe13

Sick to the back teeth

Where does the phrase "to be sick to the back teeth of someone/something" originate from?!

Mazzini

This sounds really silly but I am having a complete mental blank here and the more I think, the more undecided I become... If a storage unit size is said to be, say, 10sq.ft. that does mean a floor...

hannoon