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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.
has anyone got any more polite or irreverrant alternative phrases for going to the toilet, i once had a book with a list of victorian ones that were acceptable in polite company, but i like humerous...
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A friend claims that there are French slang expressions that when translated into English are 'eating the onion' (oral sex, performed on either gender) and 'the English are coming' (not tonight, love,...
Can anyone tell me why Black Marias were so called?
What does MP3 stand for?
What two word phrase term literally meaning outside competition, can mean too good to be equalled or someone involved in a competition but not competing for a prize.
Have any of you ABers made up or heard new words or phrases that deserve to be in the dictionary? Such as : TESTICULATING - Waving your arms around and talking "rubbish" (fill in your...
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"Fair cop" When do you use this exprexxion. Can you produce some at least one good example of how touse it? Thanks
what is meant by the term "Peoples Peer"
What exactly is a "throwaway line" (in comedy) and why is it called this?
I know that "blue language" means profanity, but what's the derivation of the phrase? Related to "off-color?"
I'm looking for a phrase from a common man in London said to a street urchin around the 1880s that would be the equivalent of "Scram," or "Take a hike." I don't want something so obscure a reader...
At this time of year my Grandad always says:- Spring is sprung, the grass is riz. I wonder where the birdies is. Has anyone else ever heard this? Is there more to it? Where does it come from?
From wartime film footage, good old Winston Churchill and his buddies are often seen giving the victory V sign, in both directions - with the palm of the hand facing forwards and backwards. Over...
How can you be beside yourself? As in " I was beside myself with worry?
What means the abreviation AGD RTV?
Has any one heard this and know its origin
Can anyone tell me where or how this phrase originated please
..Is there a saying that includes the line "Lucky in Love...." Or it could be "UNlucky in love..." Please help...
