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Phrases & Sayings
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What is the origin of 'feel free'
Where does the word NEWS come from?
are there any sayings about different colour eyes
I have the following problem: I would like to make clearer the following sentence:I am not a prisoner of inanimate objects. Nowadays people surround themselves with so many inanimate objects that they...
What is the origin of "we must grasp the netle, though it makes our hands bleed"?
Life is for living
What is the meaning of "Gimme a ballpark" and "on the high side" in the following sentences? "Now we're getting somewhere. And you have possession of the family heirloom?" "That's right." ...
What is the meaning of "In the thick of things" in the following sentences? "Yeah, I saw him once. I sneaked over one night and picked a new casino, hell they got fifteen now, and while I was playin'...
What is the meaning of "talking linebackers" in the following sentences? "Ever heard of Benalatofix?" "No." "Me neither. The nickname is Skinny Ben. Ring a bell?" "No, sorry." "It's a diet...
What is the meaning of "with the best of them" and "circle the wagons" in the following sentences? Word spread fast that he was back, and throughout the morning the same colleagues dropped by...
Where does this come from? Why a raspberry?
For research purposes I am trying to find the origin of "such is the price of fame and failure."
I just used a word that rhymes with 'loon' only it started with a 'c'...ABE has deleted it and put asterix in it's place making it look as tho it was an indecent word.I thought that...
What is the meaning of "come in", "up to snuff" and "a piece of the back end" in the following sentences? And how come these words have such meaning? "Where, exactly, do you come in,...
Which means which, academically speaking? I was under the impression "racist" means merely noting differences between races, whereas "racialist" is the discrimination of certain races. My dictionary...
What is the meaning of 'docket' and 'bust' in the following sentences? Talbert had a story about a judge in Chicago who was skimming from the lawyers, small sums, five hundred and a thousand bucks a...
What is the meaning of The meaning of "things could slip through, heads could be turned, wheels greased" in the following sentences? Riding in a cab back to the airport, Ray did the math on his...
What is the meaning of "unseemly traffic" and "a bookie who worked the college crowd" in the following sentences? Crawford's office was above a bar his brother owned near the campus. It was a...
Is there a comprehensive site that details all words originating form the indian subcontinent during the Raj which are now established in the English language. I am interested in the derivation of the...
What is the Nines - please?
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