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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 did the name Bone China come from?
Anybody know what this word means, taken from an Argentinian Magazine article: cesanteado
what's the official name for the gunk that collects in your eyes after sleeping? "eye boogers" just doesn't seem like the sort of thing i'd find in the OED.
As in te current Nelly song what does tthis mean?
What does,"Explain it from a practical point of view." mean?
Volo anaticulum cumminosam meam.
Anyone able to tell me what this means in English? Thanks xxx
Who said, Damn the torpedos, full steam ahead.
where does the saying "HAS YOUR BUDGIE DIED" when wearing shorter trousers come from and what does it mean?
Where did the phrase "lighten up francis" originate?
What is "Sounds like Extravagance" The answer is supposed to be a body part???
Winston Churchill once said ".......... was better than War" I would like to know what that something was.
wheat-based drink\trappers like it very much
How did the term come about??
Vestigia nulla retrorsum. I know it has something to do with footsteps not going backwards? Any more eloquent offerings?
what's another way of saying 'you cannot be too careful" ?
What was the first usage (or origination) of the phrase:
Onward and Upward?
What does "Felix sua sorte contentus"
watch the traffic when you cross the street -you can't be too careful or you can't be too careless to mean 'you must be careful?
what does 'hold no brief' mean?
My mother-in-law regularly refers to a mess as the Pelham Tip, as Pelham was my mum's maiden name I'd like to know the origin of the saying please
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