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Push the boat out
What are the origins of that phrase, meaning to spend out a bit on something or go a bit over the top?
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09/05/08
13:33
phrases and sayings
what do the abbreviated sayings mean S B T B D Y G O O B O T W S C T T R T Y C H T M O A G T A D F F A K T T T A S T D
fred1
08/05/08
21:35
4 answers (last answered: 09/05/08 10:39)
10 or 19 to the dozen?
which is right? 10 to the dozen or nineteen to the dozen?
janidewberry
07/05/08
20:49
7 answers (last answered: 08/05/08 19:50)
the exception proves the rule
Why does 'the exception prove the rule'? How can it? It has beeen bugging me for years. Please explain someone. Many thanks
ndofu
07/05/08
17:35
4 answers (last answered: 08/05/08 13:24)
phrase or fact
well known phrase or fact example: 3BM = 3 blind mice what is 37 P of WS 2 HABT 1 P of 5 L and 2 F
hot chocolat
06/05/08
21:09
3 answers (last answered: 06/05/08 21:18)
number phrase
What is the answer to this - 9 M to H a B
WILIEECOYOTE
06/05/08
17:58
2 answers (last answered: 06/05/08 18:21)
sayings
please could you help with this 24 S of P in a Q
mamasmurf
06/05/08
14:44
2 answers (last answered: 07/05/08 09:14)
get your goat
It's annoying me (getting my goat, even), that I don't know where this came from.
dancecaller
05/05/08
16:14
2 answers (last answered: 05/05/08 23:29)
big swinging mickey
Does anyone know the origin of the phrase 'big swinging mickey, please?
cherrycherry
04/05/08
23:37
6 answers (last answered: 09/05/08 11:38)
valentine
wht does f.a.b.l.e mean
sexylegs
04/05/08
22:37
2 answers (last answered: 06/05/08 00:06)
proceduralise
A quick check on google shows that the word proceduralise is in common use, yet it doesnt appear in any of the online dictionaries Ive tried. From time to time I have used it in my job, but was asked about it the ot... [more]
Whickerman
04/05/08
18:23
6 answers (last answered: 05/05/08 17:20)
is it correct grammar to say:
that someone is "cleverer" than you?
crisgal
04/05/08
18:05
9 answers (last answered: 09/05/08 12:01)
literature
As a sole judge of a literray copetition, which one of the four short-listed novels below will win the prize? 1- Sunset by Lewis Grassic Gibbon 2- Orlando by Wirginia wolf 3- Paradise by Abdulrazak Gurnah 4-... [more]
ma3898
04/05/08
13:44
4 answers (last answered: 08/05/08 12:03)
phrase origin
where did the phrase "can't walk and chew gum at the same time" originate?
ashinsky
02/05/08
18:59
2 answers (last answered: 06/05/08 14:17)
nursery rhymn
t.f.g.m.i.a.l.
mamasmurf
02/05/08
17:46
5 answers (last answered: 03/05/08 11:45)
occupation
A cathedral takes me in
mamasmurf
02/05/08
16:34
2 answers (last answered: 05/05/08 23:12)
mamasmurf
02/05/08
15:00
1 answer (last answered: 02/05/08 15:17)
occupations
1 cathedral takes me in 2. youll find me in the secret plan
mamasmurf
02/05/08
11:46
1 answer (last answered: 02/05/08 12:02)
example 3 B.M. is three blind mice
what is there are 10 S in a D and E.S.L.A.. is 16 Y.
mamasmurf
02/05/08
11:37
3 answers (last answered: 02/05/08 14:29)
nursery rhymes
what rhyme is this T.F.S.S.I.T.P.
mamasmurf
02/05/08
11:33
1 answer (last answered: 02/05/08 11:35)
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