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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 phrase "see you in the funny pages" come from?
what is a wind witch?
We operate a bike hire scheme but we can't use hire a bike or rent a bike - how do we rephrase it without saying borrow a bike (yuk!) or even worse, loan/lend a bike! Any ideas?
Can anyone help with these please? 1 Now meaning something inferior which word was given to a rope of woven rushes? 2 Now meaning an absence of quality which word originally described tramps and...
what is the plural of oasis
an arab came to the riverside with a donkey bearing an obelisk but he did not venture to ford the tide for he had too good an ?
What is the etymology of hack ie journalist?
Where on earth does this phrase come from?!
where does the phrase "there's somebody at the door ha ha" come from?
What does A verbis legis non recondendum mean?
What does Murgatroyd mean (if it is a name what are its origins)? Thank you very much.
The often used phrase 'Chicken' to denote someone with no courage has been around for years - where/how did the expression originate?
Can you please translate "Duncan" into Scottish Gaelic?
What does the phrase "ome Is Where The Heart is" mean?
quis est postulo illae dico refero narro vos teneo quam ego teneo puis vos peto exspecto mihi illic nunc vos mos spaeki illae quis alius operor vos peto vox vos es tener tamen demading ego sum rideo...
What's the rest of the phrase "it's an ill wind that blows ..."?
where does the phrase unlucky third light come from
What does the phrase 'Straight from the horse's mouth' mean and where did it originate.
where did this come from?
Many years ago I was told that PORG was a term for Person/people of restricted growth. I've since heard it was a
made up story. Anyone else heard this one and is is true or false?
