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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.
I've often wondered how 'mews' houses came to be known as such when they're usually linked to stables - I'm sure it has nothing to do with cats! Anyone know?
Where did this saying come from
What does the acronym SCUBA stand for ?
I have hunted high and low for a definite answer but so far without success. I was taught 'A myriad of...' as in 'I saw a myriad of stars in the night sky.' is incorrect. My understanding is that 'I...
You often see this phrase in cinema adverts.What is this mysterious list and why is it often necessary to suspend it?
it is written on a metal bell i've got. what does it mean?
thank you much.
After a heavy weekend and a (very) subdued Monday I got to thinking about the origin of the above phrase - I googled the John Heywood proverb from 1546 but does anyone know how this phrase came to be...
When something goes wrong, why is it described as going 'pear-shaped?'
Im writing a review about a performance, and basically i want to say that the one-man show was basically to serve the guys ego - that it's all centered around him, that he's blowing his own trumpet...
Following on from Kags question 'Grammar does it matter?' I have often wondered why it is said 'He hanged himself' rather than 'He hung himself' Why is this?
I was just thinking that maybe the archive could have a box with key word- go just as you have category search- go. That way you do not have to go through the whole 200 plus articles if you are...
12=litha, 13=sitlrfoac, 35=iaea
What does it mean? thank you.
What does it mean? thank you.
People often impart sagely wisdom with references to 'grasshopper' (as the student), as in 'Patience, grasshopper.' Where did this come from? Is this a reference to a book or movie? Where did it...
where do you guys find those proverbs in code such as bliteotb? is it school or online? thank you much.
does any1 know these proverbs? a w k n b and b l i t e o t b? Oh yeah and if you dont know heres an example y c j a b b i c (you can't judge a book by its cover)
Tom Jones son says his dad mustn't wear tight trousers anymore as he is becoming a laughing stock. I got to wondering what is laughing stock?
What does brown boots and no breakfast mean?
is this how you spell it, and where did it come from?
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