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Can any of you exceptionally clever people out there tell us where the expression that someone is "a box of birds" originates from? Thankyou thankyou!
Why is it called 'Common Sense' when it is not at all common.
Following on from El D's question below regarding Jerry Springer The Opera, which seemd to have a very one sided response (which I agree with), is it actually possible to have a joke that is...
Don't really know how to say this so will give examples: Male word - Actor - female Actress. with most words, you add something to make it female. Apart from Widow, are thre any female words? -...
I know the idiom "beat someone to the punch" means to manage to do or say something before someone else does it(example : 'He wanted to ask Mary to dance, but Ron beat him to the punch.). But Why does...
In the paper on monday something struck me as odd. Some things were being described, it might have been books or plays or something, and then it said 'but none is ...(something or other, I can't...
I looked on the internet to try and find what this meant because, embarassingly, I hadn't got a clue. Anyway, did Oscar Wilde's friend coin it, or just pinch it from somewhere else because...
What is the literal and figurative meaning of "talk circles around " in the following sentences? The mob boss had been indicted many times, but he had never been convicted because his high-priced...
who once said theres nothing in it for me.
What is the meaning of 'dragged his mind back in time' in the following sentences? Looking up at the stone towers of Saint-Sulpice, Silas fought that familiar undertow... that force that often dragged...
What is the meaning of 'waifish' in the following sentence? Unlike the waifish, cookie-cutter blondes that adorned Harvard dorm room walls, this woman was healthy with an unembellished beauty and...
Please please could someone help and explain what this means. .....in the first instance...... HELP!!
1. i thought he was some young yob in a beat up car 2. my husband was a golden thread running through my life. 3.we've got him 4.the struggle is my life 5.i am dying with the help of too many...
why is the double four in dominoes known as "The curse of Scotland"
Does anyone know any Quotes, phrases or statements like these: Fat is a feminist issue Work to live Born to boogie thnx
Is the saying correctly "Ye have little faith" or "Ye of little faith"? I have found biblical references to 'Ye, of little faith.' Is that the only correct form, in...
Just wondering why we call potatoes "spuds"?
When, and why, was it decided that luck would be female?
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