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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.
Where do swear words originate from and why are they offensive?
I heard a few years ago that police constables in London were no longer called "bobbies". Is it true and if so, when did this name disappear? I'm a fervent reader of Ian Rankin novels and I've read he...
What is the meaning of "Broke lawyers was the way Ray had figured things." in the following senteces? Broke lawyers was the way Ray had figured things. Like all small towns in the South,...
What is the meaning of "for maximum visibility" in the following sentence? On the highways leading in, the cheap metal buildings and mobile homes were gathering as tightly as possible next to the...
What is the meaning of "run for the county line" in the following sentence? "A Judge who counts votes before the trial should burn his robe and run for the county line."
Where does the word 'Digs' as in accommodation originate please?
Read in a book, De haut en bass, meaning anyone please?
I was wondering about the Welsh language seeing there are thousands of people in the UK that speak it including Prince of Wales, Archbishop Rowan Williams & Rhys Ifans etc etc. Is...
What does the saying "A Moot Point" mean
What is the meaning of "hellraisers" and "hit on the girls" in the following sentences? Teaching keeps you young, they all said, perhaps energetic and mentally sharp, but what Ray wanted was to sit on...
What is the meaning of "If he never went back it would still be too soon." in the following sentences? Nothing soured Ray's mood like thoughts of going home. He hadn't been there in over a year, and...
can someone please translate 'Nunc est bibdendum' from latin for me? thanks
when printed writing first started out, they didn't have a way of expressing the "th" sound in "the", so they chose the letter Y (right??). and so "ye olde worlde" and all that jazz. so... does...
What is the meaning of "off the charts" and "not that far off" in the following sentences? Next to his rented Cessna was a Beech Bonanza, a single-engine, two-hundred-horsepower beauty that Ray could...
What is the meaning of "got Forrest in the deal" in the following sentences? They met in detox, she for booze, Forrest for an entire menu of banned substances. At the time she weighed ninety-eight...
What does "in the red" mean?
What is the meaning of "With almost three hundred hours under his belt' in the following sentences? With almost three hundred hours under his belt, Ray began each day with an eye on the sky as he...
Why is the devils number known as 666? Where does it come from?
Can anyone tell me what Dum Spiro Spero means please? I think it is Latin.
Does Cattus Petasatus really mean the Cat in the Hat? If not, what is the Latin for 'in the hat'? Surely the word for 'hat' would be ablative?
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