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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.
When I was little we used to have a small dictionary which had the word 'Wolweboon' in it ... and the definition was 'a poisonous fruit used to destroy hyenas' which we all found very amusing. ...
What is the most crptic, mysterious or obscure piece of graffiti you have come across? I was on a train and written across the tray in the back of the seat in front of me was the phrase "Naziol Is...
There's a poster outside the church doors, on the top of it there's written: "Jesus is Our Lord" and below - this phrase: If you assume, it makes an ass out of U and me. I see that Assume = Ass + U +...
Where does this saying come from?
Who coined the phrase 'Laughter is the best Medicine'?
Help a Swede, someone. There's an expression that goes I could care less. It means I couldn't care less. What's the explanation for that paradox? Is there some part 'missing' from some original...
What is your favourite word/words? Mine are random and amazing
Need your help again for my translation! A crazy guy is killing a gay boy who intruded into his house and keeps shouting out some quotes or quasi quotes from the Bible. Here's this piece: "He was...
Me & my sister tell our other halves they have a "life of Riley" then we thought, who is Riley and what life did they have? This was last asked in 2001 and the answers weren't that good,...
i take it it's a primarily afro-carribbean phrase, but what does it mean?
(I suspect it's rude)
why are american red necks called red necks? cheer
forgive me if this mkes me very naive, but what exactly is a dutch cap?
why is it called having a frog in your throat
my colleagues and i at work use this annoying phrase "no problem" all the time. i am really beginning to irritate myself - why should there be a "problem" if i'm asked to do something. any ideas what...
Where does the phrase, Okey Dokey come from?
What does it mean when people say "Like the Dickens" ?
Please, help me to make out this excerpt: "The place had already been searched, numerous times. (But the evidence hadn't been found). (Inspector) spent the past two days building a head of steam...
What is the meaning of 'all-conference', 'safety' in the following sentence? He was sixteen, a junior, an all-conference quarterback and safety, a kamikaze who loved to hit late and spear with...
What is the meaning of "the minors ducking away while adults stepped in" and the individual meanings of "duck away" and "step in"in the following sentences? There have been...
meaning of 'Michelin critic' in the following sentences? "Some of these places have good food," he said when they were moving again. Forrest the tour guide for detox centers. Forrest the...
