Phrases & Sayings

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joko

"to FALL pregnant" - why say FALL?

Why do we say FALL or FELL pregnant? We say fall ill or fallen idol etc, in a negative way. I always feel it makes it sound as though its a sad thing rather that a joyous occasion. does it have any...

Ward-Minter

For QuizMonster

quizzy (or anybody else) Do you know where Brama comes from??? It was on Only Fools and Horses where Rodney refers to a good looking girl as a right brama. Can't find it on the web (Only Bramha) which...

kittyxcat

for example.

What does eg actually mean, when used as 'for example'?

Xollob

Linguistics - minimal pair

Apart from "thy" (voiced) and "thigh" (unvoiced), can anyone think of another minimal pair with these two consonants?

Booldawg

where did the chant

oggy oggy oggy, oi oi oi originate from ?

fairydolph

What does this abreviate for?

what do the letters THTWPMP stand for?

steed69

chicken or the egg

what came first me and my friend have a long running argument that i would like someone to solve surley it must be the egg as some creature would have to have laid an egg for the first chicken to be...

blinkyblinky

i before e except after c

Why? Who says?

cherrybomb

Addressing international mail ?

When I send an ebay item to europe I write the address exactly as the buyer has entered it. Then I know if it were to go missing I did not make a mistake when addressing the...

oOBubblesOo

what are the phrases that match these descriptions?

Phrase #1:Perhaps the greatest voluntary investigator in history, he lived at 221b Baker Street. Phrase...

sniffa

nursery rhymes

last one,has anybody please got an answer for, 2 FP, it's driving me mad. thanks in anticipation.

snapdharlich

As rare as hen's teeth.

Anyone know where the saying/phrase comes from. I know someone has already asked what the saying means - They don't have teeth! (just incase you didn't know) but any ideas where from?

l_h_kings

Being a Matilda

What is the meaning of this saying? Does it describe someone who is being awkward, or is it similar to the boy who cried Wolf? And any idea of the origin Please? Any relation to the northern "Tilly...

WaldoMcFroog

Logic types

What's the scientific word for a logical fallacy such as 'God is true because it says so in the Bible'. This is not an excuse to bash Christians for illogical belief systems by the way; there is a...

tuckeb60

yn yr un cae

What is the English saying for 'paid a rhoi nhw yn yr un cae'?

bailey1

mosstletoff

what does mosstletoff mean

Thewife

Phrase derivation

What phrase meaning "heap one trouble upon another" derives from giants in Thessaly Greece piling mountains upon each other to reach the abode of the Gods?