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This was a line in a TV Drama,set in WW1.It is still used widely today!
What is "much cop",or "cop"?...
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When did 'touch wood' become a regular saying, and why? Any body know? Thanks.
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When i was a lad (in the 50s) and being naughty or cheeky, my great aunt ( a Yorkshire lass ) used to shout "dash your rags" you little etc. I've never heard the term since,has anyone else...
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Can you please give exmpales of sentences using the following words:
1) Unsubtly
2) Slackly
Thanks for any help...
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Can anyone please finish these similes for me. The can be anything (but suitable for an 11 year old). 1) The candyfloss tasted like .......... 2) When I went on the Big Dipper it felt like .........
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Are these correct or am l just trying to make them fit the questions, CTHLOAD Chew the hind leg off a donkey, SACBOH Show a clean bill of health, SWOTM She was over the moon, TFPOTJ The final part of...
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Can anyone come up with a word, possibly dialect or colloquial, that describes a decrepit, mouldering house? It's something like the words above, but not what I want. It's annoying me - could it be...
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My wife has just bought a deodorant which claims "invisible white marks". If they are invisible, how do we know that they are white???
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Very rarely heard now, but I've always been puzzled about the origins of the expression, ' By dint of....' something or other. Any ideas ?
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There's a word to describe people who feel the world owes them a living. It's a word that was used all the time last year on the news, and I can't remember what it is...any ideas???
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One lazy Sunday morning the wife and I were quiet and thoughtful, sitting around the breakfast table when I said to her, "When I die, sell all my tools and stuff, right away." "Now why...
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No. 1 - Outward wealth concealing poverty
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All the perfumes of Arabia would not sweeten this little hand....
help please...Thanks...
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can anyone help me with this saying/ proverb please? L.F.T. (4.3.5.)
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Hi all!! I am setting up my Justgiving page for the race for life this year and am stuck on the correct grammer I should use for the name of our group. I am running with my 2 daughters so have called...
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..... have a detrimental effect/affect on his revision.
I think effect, but want to be sure x...
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6. A question of bravery
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The one with Vinnie Jones and the CPR to "Staying Alive"
He says place your hands on the sovereign. Obviously slang, but for what (yes I know he means heart, but how)?...
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What does the above phrase mean? As in me havin feelings for a close friend of mine ( we were originally dating but he got burnt bad by his ex he doesn't know what he wants n we decided to stay...
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