Phrases & Sayings

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tartanwiz

A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush

What does this phrase actually mean and where does it come from? Thanks.

Hellion

User Names

I'm very intrigued by the sources of peoples user names. they are a new form of name giving such as house names and boat names and CB 'handles'. Also the fact they obviously having meaning to the...

currie

two word phrases

What same word in various conrexts can precede 'bird' 'fish' fool' 'showers' and ' trick' to make two word phrases normally hyphenated ?

Kos

Is it still politically correct to call this country England?

Or is that another piece of our heritage that the do-gooders will try to take away? Perhaps we should rename it Engsovietstan?

seal!

Curiosity killed the cat

where did the saying curiosity killed the cat come from?

mucko

jokes

what's the best/worst joke you've ever heard? i heard the best knock knock joke the other day - knock knock, who's there, bigish, bigish who? no thanks pal.....ha ha ha

HilaryV

Gordon Bennett

What is the origin of the saying 'Gordon Bennett'?

seal!

satan

i know this seems like a strange question. but can i please have the word 'satan' in as many different languages as posible please

jenstar

Does Dolly Parton sleep in a bag?

Explain this please! A character said it on 'Taggart' last night and obviously it means the same as 'Is the Pope a Catholic?' - but WHY? Why would it be obvious that Dolly Parton sleeps in a bag,...

JAW67

Fake shelter

Tidying up, came across an old quiz, with one answer missing! The clue is Fake shelter and the answer is a British city, town, place name etc. Any ideas? Cheers.

funkyrich

'Scouse'

Where does the term 'Scouse' come from when referring to people from Liverpool?

woofgang

Its the weekend...

and me and mrs AB are shopping (queueing) at Ikea ...so ABers, what's your specialist subject??

Lea

Mojo

Waht does the word 'mojo' mean?..Some say it?s LSD-25... if it is LSD-25, then what does the 25 stand fore.

Allen Crisp

I have been listening (again) to my collection of songs by the great Tom Lehrer and it has reminded me of a question I've always wanted answered. The subject of the song is in the Army and has been so...