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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.
Which advert had the catchphrase 'everyone's a fluffy one'
does anyone know where the phrase 'lanky larry' comes from!??
Ok - a timepiece on a wall is a clock, but one on your wrist (or in your pocket), it is a watch. So, why don't you have a wristclock or a wallwatch, and why are there 2 words for the same thing in the...
Which Latin phrase, meaning 'from the chair' describes official prouncements made by the Pope (2,8)
How does the guy who drives the snow plough get to his work in the morning ??!!
what is spin
What's the background to Americans calling homosexuals 'faggots'?
why do you yawn when you are tired?
which word originally meant evil spirit but was wrongly thought to name a specific creature
What is a Dutch Auction?
The LCS ARE IN parts of a wooden ship (8)
What is 'monica' slang for? As in 'can you put your monica on this'?
What's a legal precedent?
I was puzzled to hear that some Americans hear an English accent and think the speaker is from Australia. It made me think of a conversation with an Australian where he insisted that Australian and...
Why is a question and all it's answers referred to as a 'thread'?
Where does the phrase tickerty boo come from...?
need a list of rat pack slang sayings etc
I know that this has probably been round the block a few times. My tuppence worth: it's probably got to do with a humpback whales' pink floyd, todger or whatever you may call it. I believe it measures...
why is it called this?
At least a year ago I saw this TV program. It was one of those not much on Sunday afternoon jobbies, and boy am I glad I watched it. It was a ten minute thing about the origin of certain phrases to do...
