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• Expression in French - Bruce Kahl 09/28/01
  • Re: Expression in French - Bob 09/28/01
    • Merci! - Bruce Kahl 09/28/01
• "Just like downtown" - Jay 09/28/01
  • Re: "Just like downtown" - R. Berg 09/28/01
• Phrase Meaning - Ronald E. Sobota 09/27/01
  • Re: Seven-year itch - ESC 09/27/01
    • Re: Seven-year itch - masakim 09/27/01
  • Re: Phrase Meaning - James Briggs 09/27/01
• Cordon sanitaire - ESC 09/27/01
  • Re: cordon sanitaire - Bruce Kahl 09/27/01
    • Re: cordon sanitaire - ESC 09/27/01
• Get rid of - KJ 09/26/01
  • Re: get rid of - Bruce Kahl 09/26/01
• ...demands his due. - Scott D. 09/25/01
  • Re: ...demands his due. - R. Berg 09/25/01
• A thousand Frenchmen - Karen 09/25/01
  • Re: Fifty million Frenchmen; bat out of hell - R. Berg 09/25/01
• Opportunity Knocks - Stephanie 09/25/01
  • Re: Opportunity knocks - ESC 09/25/01
• Cake - THe 09/24/01
  • Re: Cake - ESC 09/24/01
• Go pound sand..... - Jim 09/24/01
  • Re: Go pound sand..... - Bob 09/24/01
    • Re: Go pound sand..... - Jim 09/24/01
      • Re: Go pound sand..... - R. Berg 09/24/01
• Beyond reproach?? - Bret S. 09/24/01
  • Re: Beyond reproach?? - ESC 09/24/01
• Screaming bicycle - ESC 09/23/01
  • Re: Screaming bicycle - Bob 09/24/01
    • Re: Screaming bicycle - ESC 09/24/01
• Bale out - Sharon Hoskinson 09/23/01
  • Re: Bale out - Gary Martin 09/23/01
    • Re: Bail/bale - ESC 09/23/01
      • Re: Anglo-Amer. diff's in style - R. Berg 09/23/01
• Glass Onion - Michael 09/22/01
  • Re: Paul is dead - ESC 09/22/01
    • Re: Paul is dead - MIchael 09/22/01
• Need origin of a phrase(asap!) - chantelle 09/22/01
  • Re: For the good of the cause - ESC 09/22/01
• Phrase - amanda 09/21/01
  • Re: Don't know squat - ESC 09/21/01
• Renaissance - LIRR 09/21/01
  • Re: Renaissance - W.F. 09/21/01
    • Re: Renaissance - Louise 09/24/01
• Tar Baby - Charlene Carpenter 09/21/01
  • Re: Tar baby - ESC 09/21/01
    • Re: Tar baby - masakim 09/21/01
• "In a Coon's Age" - Carissa 09/20/01
  • Re: "Coon's Age" in the archives - R. Berg 09/20/01
• Origin of phrase - george mack 09/20/01
  • Re: Origin of phrase - Bob 09/20/01
• Meaning of this phrase? - DoJo 09/20/01
  • Kaffeeklatsch---coffee klatch - Bruce Kahl 09/20/01
• Godspeed - Angie 09/20/01
  • Re: Godspeed - Bob 09/20/01
• Why do we say "God bless you" after a sneeze? - Dee 09/20/01
  • Re"God bless you" - ESC 09/20/01
  • Re: Why do we say "God bless you" after a sneeze? - Bruce Kahl 09/20/01
• 15 Men on a Dead Man's Chest - Solar Flare 09/19/01
  • Re: 15 Men on a Dead Man's Chest - masakim 09/19/01
  • Re: 15 Men on a Dead Man's Chest - Bruce Kahl 09/19/01
• Meaning of a saying - S.A.Lee 09/19/01
  • Re: Bang to rights! - R. Berg 09/19/01
• Circus terms - Ian McCloskey 09/18/01
  • Geek and Rube - ESC 09/18/01
    • Re: Geek and Rube - Bob 09/18/01
      • Re: Hey, Rube! - R. Berg 09/18/01
        • Re: No spring chicken - faisal khan 09/26/01
• Phrase meaning - Richard 09/18/01
  • Re: Phrase meaning - Anon 09/18/01
    • Re: Ball the jack - R. Berg 09/18/01
      • Re: Ball the jack - Anon 09/18/01
• Thirty Pieces of silver - Michelle 09/17/01
  • Re: Thirty Pieces of silver - ESC 09/17/01
    • Re: Thirty Pieces of silver - masakim 09/17/01
      • Re: Thirty Pieces of silver - ESC 09/18/01
• Origin of "In a Pigs Eye" - M.McAlexander 09/17/01
  • "In a Pig's Eye" - ESC 09/17/01
• With God on Our Side - ESC 09/17/01
  • Re: With God on Our Side - ESC 09/21/01
• Enough is Enough - Joe Parks 09/17/01
  • Re: Enough is enough - ESC 09/18/01
• "Get the Hell out of Dodge." - Andrew Plummer 09/17/01
  • Re: "Get the Hell out of Dodge." - ESC 09/17/01
• I'm in a pickle on this one. - christine 09/16/01
  • Re: gods, stones - Bernard Pavlik 09/28/01
  • Re: Pickle - R. Berg 09/17/01
  • Re: I'm in a pickle on this one. - Bob 09/17/01
    • Re: I'm in a pickle - R. Berg 09/17/01
• Acid test - Craig S. 09/16/01
  • Re: Acid test - ESC 09/16/01
    • Re: Acid test - Q 09/17/01
      • Re: Q - R. Berg 09/18/01
      • Re: Sink or swim - ESC 09/18/01
• Push and pull philosophies - UFO 09/15/01
  • Re: Push and pull philosophies - Bob 09/15/01
• A jim-dandy - Larry 09/15/01
  • Re: jim-dandy; Jim Dandy - ESC 09/16/01
    • Re: jim-dandy; Jim Dandy - masakim 09/16/01
• "Put some salt in it" - Patty 09/14/01
  • Re: "Put some salt in it" - R. Berg 09/16/01
    • Re: "Put some salt in it" - Patty 09/16/01
      • Re: Jump salty - ESC 09/16/01
• Happy birthday - mark 09/14/01
  • Re: happy birthday - ESC 09/16/01
• Origin of phrase - Anita 09/14/01
  • Re: As the crow flies - R. Berg 09/14/01
• "Shot heard round the world" - Eric Neel 09/13/01
  • Re: - Bruce Kahl 09/14/01
• BC and AD - Bruce Kahl 09/13/01
  • Re:BCE and CE - W.F. 09/13/01
    • Thanx - Bruce Kahl 09/14/01
• "If your not part of the solution, your part of the problem." - Natalia 09/13/01
  • Re: "Not part of the solution . . ." - R. Berg 09/13/01
    • Re: If you're not part... - ESC 09/13/01
• Billing - Svetlana Janicijevic 09/11/01
  • Re: Billing - ESC 09/12/01
    • Re: top billing - R. Berg 09/12/01
• Nineteen to the dozen - James Briggs 09/11/01
  • Re: Nineteen to the dozen - ESC 09/11/01
• Don't throw the baby out with the bath water - sally james 09/11/01
  • Re: Don't throw the baby out... - ESC 09/11/01
• A drug on the market - charles geiger 09/11/01
  • Re: A drug on the market - ESC 09/11/01
    • Re: A drug on the market - R. Berg 09/11/01
• Giving someone a wide berth - mortimer 09/10/01
  • Re: Giving someone a wide berth - R. Berg 09/10/01
• On the Fritz - Bruce Kahl 09/10/01
  • Re: On the Fritz - ESC 09/10/01
    • Re: On the Fritz - Bruce Kahl 09/11/01
• New Economy - ESC 09/10/01
  • Re: New Economy - R. Berg 09/10/01
• PLUs; anschluss - ESC 09/10/01
  • Re: PLUs; anschluss - Gary Martin 09/10/01
    • Re: Anschluss - ESC 09/10/01
• Pool car - UFO 09/09/01
  • Re: pool car - Bruce Kahl 09/09/01
  • Re: pool car - Bob 09/09/01
• Saying - Ian Dalgetty 09/09/01
  • Re: Piece of cake - R. Berg 09/09/01
• Victorian Mentality - Q 09/09/01
  • Re: Victorian Mentality - R. Berg 09/09/01
    • Re: The Queen - ESC 09/09/01
• Rowing on the fens - Sergey 09/09/01
  • Re: Canary in a coalmine - Rita 09/13/01
    • Re: Canary in a coal mine - ESC 09/14/01
  • Re: Rowing on the fens - Bruce Kahl 09/09/01
• Re: back to basics - Jay King 09/09/01
  • Re: back to basics - ESC 09/09/01
• Part and Parcel meaning - Diane 09/09/01
  • Re: Part and parcel - ESC 09/09/01
    • Re: Part and parcel - ESC 09/09/01
• Dog Days - anne 09/08/01
  • Re: Dog Days - ESC 09/08/01
  • Re: Searching - ESC 09/08/01
• John Doe - Alain Houé 09/08/01
  • Re: John Doe - ESC 09/08/01
• Phrase Origin - Dave Walmsley 09/08/01
  • Re: Smithereens - R. Berg 09/08/01
• Absolutely! - ESC 09/08/01
  • Re: Absolutely! - R. Berg 09/08/01
    • Re: Absolutely! - ESC 09/08/01
• Deader than a doughnut - ESC 09/08/01
  • Re: Deader than a doughnut - Chris 09/14/01
• Take a different "tack? - Marie 09/07/01
  • Re: Take a different "tack? - Bruce Kahl 09/07/01
    • Re: President Carter - Corine Macintosh 09/12/01
• Team name? Please help - A fan 09/07/01
  • Re: Team name - R. Berg 09/07/01
    • Re: One more team name - R. Berg 09/07/01
      • Re: One more team name - A fan 09/07/01
        • Re: One more team name - Bob 09/08/01
          • Re: One more team name - A fan 09/08/01
• Softly, softly, cachee monkey - Chris Scott 09/07/01
  • Re: Softly, softly, cachee monkey - ESC 09/07/01
    • Re: Softly, softly, catchee monkey - R. Berg 09/07/01
• Timothy Leary Phrase - at 09/07/01
  • Re: Timothy Leary Phrase - ed 09/09/01
  • Softly, softly, cachee monkey - Chris Scott 09/07/01
  • Re: Timothy Leary Phrase - ESC 09/07/01
    • Re: Turn on... - ESC 09/07/01
      • Re: Coming Down the Pike or Pipe - Jesse 09/19/01
      • Re: Turn on... - masakim 09/07/01
        • Re: Turn on... - ESC 09/07/01
          • Re: Turn on... - Bob 09/08/01
• Cheap at half the price - jessica 09/06/01
  • Re: Cheap at half the price - Chris 09/07/01
  • Re: Cheap at half the price - Bruce Kahl 09/06/01
• Phrase origin - Dorothy 09/06/01
  • Re: Cockles of my heart - R. Berg 09/07/01
    • Cochleae cordis? - Bruce Kahl 09/07/01
      • Correction; derivation - R. Berg 09/07/01
        • Re: Cockles - ESC 09/07/01
• Dutch from Holland - W.F. 09/05/01
  • Re: Dutch from Holland - Q 09/05/01
    • Re: Dutch from Holland - Bruce Kahl 09/06/01
      • Re: Dutch, German, Teutonic - R. Berg 09/06/01
        • Re: Dutch, German, Teutonic - Silly American 09/06/01
          • Re: Dutch, German, Teutonic - Bruce Kahl 09/06/01
            • Re: jesus h christ - masakim 09/07/01
              • Re: jesus h christ - Bruce Kahl 09/08/01
            • Curency and Royals - Bruce Kahl 09/06/01
          • Re: Dutch, German, Teutonic - Bruce Kahl 09/06/01
            • Re: Dutch, German, Teutonic - enas 09/17/01
            • Re: Dutch, German, Teutonic - enas 09/17/01
            • Re: Dutch, German, Teutonic - enas 09/17/01
• Sheep's eye and lickerish tooth - Clifford Monks 09/05/01
  • Re: Sheep's eye and lickerish tooth - Bruce Kahl 09/05/01
    • Re: Sheep's eye and lickerish tooth - Bruce Kahl 09/05/01
• Meaning and origin of . . . - Renee McNeil 09/05/01
  • Re: Meaning and origin of . . . - Bruce Kahl 09/05/01
    • Re: "If you don't like it, you can lump it" - R. Berg 09/05/01
      • Re: Lump it - ESC 09/06/01
• Seinfeld primer - A fan 09/05/01
  • Re: Seinfeld primer - Bob 09/05/01
    • Re: Seinfeld primer - A fan 09/06/01
• If wishes were horses, then beggars would ride - Pam 09/05/01
  • Re: "Cut some slack" - J. Townsend 09/27/01
  • Re: "Cut some slack" - IggyZen 09/10/01
  • Re: If wishes were horses, then beggars would ride - ESC 09/05/01
    • Re: If wishes were horses, then beggars would ride - Pam 09/05/01
• Six in one, half dozen in the other - Pam 09/05/01
  • Re: Six of one... - ESC 09/05/01
• Bread in the oven's done, people finish - Pam 09/05/01
  • Re: Bread in the oven's done, people finish - ESC 09/05/01
    • Re: Done vs. finished - R. Berg 09/06/01
• Under glass - Mark Curry 09/05/01
  • Re: Under glass - Mark Curry 09/06/01
    • Re: Under glass - R. Berg 09/06/01
  • Re: Under glass - ESC 09/05/01
    • Re: Under glass - R. Berg 09/05/01
      • Re: Under glass - Sauerkraut 09/07/01
        • Re: Under glass - Mark Curry 09/10/01
          • Re: Glass - R. Berg 09/10/01
• The Whole Nine Yards - Bert Kovash 09/05/01
  • Wandering the halls of archivy - R. Berg 09/05/01
• I wonder why you don't have these........ - Kathi 09/04/01
  • Re: Off the cuff; straight up - ESC 09/04/01
• Gams - Heldmyw 09/04/01
  • Re: Gams - Bruce Kahl 09/04/01
• Shot heard around the world? - Joe Hamblin 09/04/01
  • Re: Shot heard around the world? - Bob 09/04/01
  • Re: Shot heard around the world? - Bruce Kahl 09/04/01
    • Re: Shot heard around the world? - masakim 09/04/01
    • Re: Shot heard around the world? - Bob 09/04/01
      • Re: Shot heard around the world? - Bruce Kahl 09/04/01
      • Re: Shot heard around the world? - Bruce Kahl 09/04/01
        • Re: "For the love of Mike" - Christina Weldon 09/14/01
        • Re: Shot heard around the world? - Bob 09/05/01
          • Re: Shot heard around the world? - Chris 09/06/01
            • Re: Shot heard around the world? - masakim 09/08/01
• Help with translation please. - Scot Sapper 09/04/01
  • Re: he loves me he loves me not - Laura Foss 09/27/01
  • Re: Help with translation please. - masakim 09/04/01
  • Re: Help with translation please. - Bruce Kahl 09/04/01
• Charley Horse - Thomas S. England 09/04/01
  • Re: Charley Horse - masakim 09/04/01
  • Re: Charley horse - ESC 09/04/01
• Translation help. More specific this time, Thanks. - Nick ADD 09/04/01
  • Re: Translation help. More specific this time, Thanks. - Bruce Kahl 09/04/01
• Not On Your Nellie - Peter Pritchard 09/04/01
  • Re: Not On Your Nellie - Gary Martin 09/04/01
    • Praying at... - Michele 09/04/01
      • Re: Driving the... - ESC 09/05/01
        • Re: Driving the... - Peter Pritchard 09/05/01
  • Re: Not On Your Nellie - R. Berg 09/04/01
  • Re: Not On Your Nellie - ESC 09/04/01
    • Psst! ESC! - R. Berg 09/04/01
      • Re: Psst! ESC! - ESC 09/04/01
        • Re: Division of labor - R. Berg 09/05/01
          • Re: OED - ESC 09/05/01
            • Re: OED - R. Berg 09/05/01
      • Re: Psst! ESC! - Peter Pritchard 09/04/01
        • Re: Time zones - R. Berg 09/04/01
• Time and money - kevin 09/04/01
  • Re: Time is money - ESC 09/04/01
• What is the meaning of the idiom "loose change"? - Svetlana Janicijevic 09/04/01
  • Re: "Loose change" - ESC 09/04/01
• To Eaves drop - a 09/04/01
  • Re: To eavesdrop - ESC 09/04/01
  • Re: To Eaves drop - Peter Pritchard 09/04/01
• Cottoneye joe - Nan 09/03/01
  • Re: cottoneye joe - ESC 09/04/01
    • Re: Cotton-Eyed Joe--lyrics - R. Berg 09/04/01
      • Re: Blues & Hoodoo site - ESC 09/05/01
• Meaning of old phrases - Gloria 09/03/01
  • Re: meaning of old phrases - Bruce Kahl 09/03/01
  • Re: Red-handed - ESC 09/03/01
• With Bells On - George B. 09/03/01
  • Re: With Bells On - ESC 09/03/01
• Junk food - Sam 09/03/01
  • Re: junk food - ESC 09/03/01
• "Go their separate ways" - Nancy 09/03/01
  • Re: "Go their separate ways" - ESC 09/03/01
    • Re: "Go their separate ways" - R. Berg 09/03/01
• It has legs - joel 09/02/01
  • Re: It has legs - masakim 09/02/01
  • Re: It has legs - Bruce Kahl 09/02/01
    • Re: It has legs - joel 09/03/01
      • Re: Legs, endurance - R. Berg 09/03/01
• Spitting image - STEVEN SMITH 09/02/01
  • Re: Spitting image - ESC 09/04/01
    • Re: When in Rome do as the Romans do - Juan Pablo 09/10/01
    • Re: When in Rome do as the Romans do - Ronnie Russell 09/10/01
• Open water swimming - tianguo zhang 09/02/01
  • Re: open water swimming - Bob 09/03/01
• Little pitchers have big ears - Richard Weintraut 09/01/01
  • Re: Little pitchers have big ears - Bruce Kahl 09/01/01
• Talk the Talk, Walk the Walk - Greg Bell 09/01/01
  • Re: Talk the Talk, Walk the Walk - ESC 09/01/01
    • Re: Talk the Talk, Walk the Walk - R. Berg 09/01/01
• The little man of the house - Denis 09/01/01
  • Re: The little man of the house - R. Berg 09/02/01
    • Re: The little man of the house - ESC 09/02/01
      • Re: The little man of the house - R. Berg 09/03/01
• From one moment to the next - Denis 09/01/01
  • Re: Until the cows come home - joe antosh 09/17/01
  • Re: Until the cows come home - joe antosh 09/17/01
  • Re: From one moment to the next - R. Berg 09/01/01
• Origin of "hell bent for leather" - garry 09/01/01
  • Re: To die with your boots on. - masakim 09/07/01
  • Re: Hell bent - ESC 09/01/01
• Molotov cocktail - bikeT 09/01/01
  • Re: Molotov cocktail - masakim 09/03/01
  • Re: Molotov cocktail - William Karl Thomas 09/03/01
• Love the living tanslation, please help. Much thanks. - Nick ADD 08/31/01
  • Re: Love the living . . . - R. Berg 09/01/01
• HELL in a handbasket - Pati 08/31/01
  • Re: Hell in a handbasket - R. Berg 08/31/01
    • Re: Hell in a handbasket - ESC 09/01/01
      • Re: Give him the golden handshake - A. Kasmani 09/02/01
        • Re: The golden handshake - ESC 09/03/01
• Piggyback? - heldmyw 08/31/01
  • Re: Piggyback? - esc 08/31/01
    • Re: Piggyback? - heldmyw 08/31/01
• What's it mean or where did it come from - q.h. 08/31/01
  • Re:: "whose boar ate the cabbage?" - heldmyw 08/31/01
• The Cheese Stands Alone - J.C. 08/31/01
  • Re: The Cheese Stands Alone - ESC 08/31/01
    • Re: The Cheese Stands Alone - ESC 08/31/01
• You can't have your cake and eat it too - Susan 08/31/01
  • Re: Cake - ESC 08/31/01
    • Re: She stoops to conquer ... origin/meaning? - Manoora 09/21/01
• "Reverting to type" - Patty 08/30/01
  • Re: "Reverting to type" - R. Berg 08/31/01
• Email - Q 08/30/01
  • Re: Spam, spam, spam, spam, spam, spam, spam - R. Berg 08/30/01
    • Re: Spam - ESC 08/31/01
      • Re: One more spam factlet - ESC 08/31/01
        • Re: How spam got its name - R. Berg 08/31/01
        • Re: How Spam got its name - R. Berg 08/31/01
          • Re: How Spam got its name - Michael 09/22/01
• Old Maids? - Marsha 08/30/01
  • Re: Old Maids - R. Berg 08/30/01
• Gone forever - James Briggs 08/30/01
  • Re: Gone for good (and all) - R. Berg 08/30/01
    • Re: Gone for good (and all) - James Briggs 09/01/01
• Turn somebody loose - Jana 08/30/01
  • Re: Turn somebody loose - ESC 08/30/01
    • Re: Turn me loose... - ESC 08/30/01
• Site address change - Gary Martin 08/30/01
• Gee willikers - James Beaton 08/30/01
  • Re: Gee willikers - ESC 08/30/01
• Once bitten twice shy - Brian Kelley 08/30/01
  • Re: once bitten, twice shy - ESC 08/30/01
    • Re: once bitten, twice shy - Jim Webster 08/31/01
• Ashes - Faulknor 08/30/01
  • Re: Ashes - masakim 09/02/01
  • Re: Ashes - ESC 08/30/01
• Man about a horse - Dan 08/29/01
  • Re: man about a horse - ESC 08/29/01
    • Re: man about a dog - R. Berg 08/30/01
• Doo Wop - bobC 08/29/01
  • Re: Doo Wop - Bruce Kahl 08/29/01
• Boy Howdy - Jim Webster 08/29/01
  • Re: Boy Howdy - ESC 08/30/01
  • Re: Boy Howdy - Bruce Kahl 08/30/01
    • Re: Boy Howdy - Jim Webster 08/31/01
      • Re: Boy Howdy - ESC 08/31/01
        • Re: She stoops to conquer ... origin/meaning? - Manoora 09/21/01
        • Re: Boy Howdy - R. Berg 08/31/01
• Get your goat - Tracy Kiefer 09/27/01
• Lit. phrases - emac 08/28/01
  • Re: victim of circumstances - ESC 08/29/01
    • Re: victim of circumstances - Tiko 08/29/01
• Origin of phrase - Sharon Wochos 08/28/01
  • Re: origin of phrase - masakim 09/02/01
  • Re: origin of phrase - Eureka 08/28/01
• (Brother)Once removed? - Deebee 08/27/01
  • Re: (Brother)Once removed? - Gary Martin 08/27/01
    • Re: Cousins - ESC 08/27/01
      • Re: Cousins chart - ESC 08/27/01
• Grass - tia 08/26/01
  • Re: Go to grass - R. Berg 08/26/01
    • Go to grass and eat hay. - Bruce Kahl 08/27/01
      • Re: Go to grass and eat hay. - Jim Webster 08/29/01
        • Re: Leave already!! - ESC 08/30/01
• Meaning of Phrase, "Walking the Dog" - Karl Thurber 08/26/01
  • Re: "Walking the Dog" - ESC 08/27/01
• PHRASE - T WILLIAMS 08/26/01
  • Re: Johnny-on-the-spot - R. Berg 08/26/01
    • Re: Johnny-on-the-spot - ESC 08/26/01
• New post - c goode 08/25/01
  • Re: Such is life; that's life - ESC 08/26/01
    • Re: Such is life; that's life - masakim 09/08/01
      • Re: Such is life; that's life - masakim 09/08/01
      • Re: Such is life; that's life - masakim 09/08/01
    • Re: Such is life; that's life - James Briggs 08/26/01
• Sweating like a pig - Rob Hawley 08/25/01
  • Re: sweating like a pig - ESC 08/25/01
• Bruce Kahl: "Life is nurturing a garden" - joel 08/25/01
  • Sona si Latine loqueris---Honk if you speak Latin. - Bruce Kahl 08/26/01
• Question - lkaroff 08/24/01
  • Re: Question - Bob 08/24/01
    • Re: Question - bob@killianadvertising.com 08/24/01
• Gingerlady - Colin 08/24/01
  • Re: Gingerlady - R. Berg 08/25/01
    • Re: Gingerlady - Colin 08/25/01
      • Re: Gingerlady - ESC 08/26/01
• Try these on - Tom 08/24/01
  • Re: try these on - Gary Martin 08/24/01
    • Re: Trying it on for size - ESC 08/24/01
• Cut the mustard - Maximus 08/23/01
  • The whole nine archives - R. Berg 08/23/01
    • Re: The whole nine archives - Maximus 08/23/01
      • Re: Re: Brainwashing - tommyd 09/01/01
      • Re: The whole nine archives - Pepper the Cat 08/23/01
• Cattywumpus - ck 08/23/01
  • Good article - Bob 08/23/01
• No Hill For a Climber - Michele 08/23/01
  • Re: No Hill For a Climber - ESC 08/23/01
• Belling the cat - hwoo 08/23/01
  • Re: belling the cat - R. Berg 08/23/01
• Looking for Source - Don G. 08/22/01
  • "Better to remain silent and . . ." - R. Berg 08/22/01
• Ours is not to wonder why, ours is just to do or die - linda Z 08/22/01
  • Re: Charge of the Light Brigade - ESC 08/22/01
    • Re: "Amor fati" - Curt 09/09/01
    • Re: Charge of the Light Brigade - LINDA Z 08/22/01
• "Hitch in your git-along"..type of phrase - Patty 08/22/01
  • Re: Folk phrases - ESC 08/22/01
    • Re: Re: Accafortis, Yehoodi & other "family words" - Toby Hecht 09/19/01
    • Re: Folk phrases - Patty 08/22/01
      • Re: Web sites - ESC 08/22/01
        • Re: Country talk sites - ESC 08/23/01
          • Re: Country talk sites - ESC 08/23/01
• Kill the Potter - W.F. 08/21/01
  • Re: Kill the Potter - ESC 08/21/01
• Tape - Mortimer 08/21/01
  • Re: Tape - Q 08/21/01
• Squares - Maximus 08/21/01
  • Re: Squares - Pepper the cat 08/21/01
• "Pie in the sky" origin? - Patty 08/20/01
  • Re: "Pie in the sky" - ESC 08/20/01
• Stone dead. - Anton 08/20/01
  • Re: Stone dead - R. Berg 08/20/01
• Origin please - joanne 08/19/01
  • Re: origin please - Bob 08/19/01
    • Re: A camel - ESC 08/20/01
• Origin please? - Becky 08/19/01
  • Re: Dove & olive branch - ESC 08/19/01
• Www.SingerSongwriter.ws - Dave Blackledge 08/18/01
  • Re: www.SingerSongwriter.ws - R. Berg 08/20/01
• Theory & Practice - Fred 08/18/01
  • Kurt Lewin said "Nothing is as practical as a good theory" - Bruce Kahl 08/19/01
• @ - colin 08/18/01
  • Re: @ - sar 08/18/01
  • Re: @ - Bruce Kahl 08/18/01
    • Where it's @ - Bandido 08/31/01
• Duck - Johnny White Zin 08/17/01
  • Re: Duck-sauce photo - R. Berg 08/17/01
    • Re: Duck-sauce photo - ESC 08/18/01
  • Re: Duck - Bruce Kahl 08/17/01
• The Apple - Tiko 08/17/01
  • Re: Forbidden fruit - ESC 08/18/01
    • Re: Banana taxonomy - R. Berg 08/18/01
    • Re: Banana taxonomy - R. Berg 08/18/01
      • Re: Banana taxonomy - Bob 08/19/01
        • DON'T CLICK--Very Bad jokes - Bruce Kahl 08/20/01
• Followed suit - Franny 08/17/01
  • Re: Followed suit - James Briggs 08/17/01
    • Re: Follow suit - R. Berg 08/17/01
• Get off your soapbox - Lesley M 08/17/01
  • Re: Get off your soapbox - R. Berg 08/17/01
  • Re: Get off your soapbox - James Briggs 08/17/01
• I'm trying to find the source of a quote. - sar 08/17/01
  • Re: Rex Stout quotation - R. Berg 08/18/01
    • Re: Rex Stout quotation - sa 08/18/01
• What is meant by 'To this end' - Venkatesh 08/17/01
  • Re: What is meant by 'To this end' - sar 08/17/01
• Choc-a-bloc - Sarah Tree 08/16/01
  • It's nautical - R. Berg 08/16/01
    • Re: Grapes of wrath - Matt 09/20/01
• Doo-dah - W.F. 08/16/01
  • Re: doo-dah - ESC 08/18/01
    • Re: doo-dah - W.F. 08/21/01
• Well, I swanee... - Teresa 08/16/01
  • Re: well, I swanee... - masakim 09/06/01
  • Re: well, I swanee... - ESC 08/16/01
• Mac Theory - Tiko 08/16/01
  • Machiavelli - Jesus of Cool 08/28/01
  • Machiavellian - Bruce Kahl 08/16/01
    • Re: Machiavellianism - W.F. 08/16/01
      • Re: Machiavellianism - Anon 08/16/01
• Local derby - mike haley 08/16/01
  • Re: Local derby - Bruce Kahl 08/16/01
• Five by Five - Patrick Nelson 08/15/01
  • Re: Five by Five - James Briggs 08/15/01
    • Re: Five by Five - Bruce Kahl 08/15/01
• "I appreciate it" - Bill 08/15/01
  • Re: "I appreciate it" - Bob 08/15/01
• What the heck is a Hoosier? - Markitos 08/15/01
  • Re: What the heck is a Hoosier? - R. Berg 08/15/01
  • Re: Hoosier - ESC 08/15/01
• Patty - Money talk: He owes me five large.... 08/14/01
  • One large = $1000 - ESC 08/15/01
• Two-tone corespondents - Barbara Gordon 08/14/01
  • Re: two-tone corespondents - Gary Martin 08/15/01
  • Re: two-tone corespondents - R. Berg 08/14/01
• Round Robin - kate 08/14/01
  • Re: Round Robin - Bruce Kahl 08/14/01
• Brand new - Judy S 08/14/01
  • The archive is your friend - R. Berg 08/14/01
• When Hell Freezes Over - Ye Olde Man 08/13/01
  • Re: When Hell Freezes Over - R. Berg 08/14/01
• Imitation/flattery - D.M. Wilson 08/13/01
  • Re: Imitation/flattery - ESC 08/14/01
    • Re: Mixed media - R. Berg 08/14/01
      • Click HERE for a great quote! - Bruce Kahl 08/14/01
• With Bells on - Shannon Hopfner 08/13/01
  • Re: With Bells on - Bruce Kahl 08/13/01
• Origin please - Maximus 08/13/01
  • Re: Origin please - Markitos 08/13/01
• Vive la difference - Derek 08/11/01
  • Re: vive la difference - Bob 08/12/01
    • Re: vive la difference - R. Berg 08/13/01
• "Beside myself with joy" - Sam Hill 08/10/01
  • Re: "Beside myself with joy" - R. Berg 08/11/01
    • Re: Beside myself - ESC 08/11/01
• As safe as the Banks of England - Dan Monroe 08/10/01
  • Re: as safe as the Banks of England - James Briggs 08/10/01
    • Re: As safe as the Banks of England - Bruce Kahl 08/10/01
      • Re: Black Irish - David Roderick 09/14/01
• Translation / Melioribus Utere Fatis - Suzi Riddle 08/10/01
  • Re: Translation / Melioribus Utere Fatis - Bruce Kahl 08/10/01
    • Re: Translation / Melioribus Utere Fatis - Suzi Riddle 08/11/01
      • Re: Translation / Melioribus Utere Fatis - Suzi Riddle 08/11/01
    • Re: Translation - R. Berg 08/10/01
      • Re: Translation - Bob 08/10/01
        • Re: Translation - Suzi Riddle 08/12/01
        • Re: Translation - R. Berg 08/11/01
• Okay - Adam Chambers 08/10/01
  • Re: okay - ESC 08/11/01
• Over a Barrel - Alex 08/10/01
  • Re: Over a Barrel - R. Berg 08/10/01
• Two phrases ... Need origins ... anyone know? - BranSaigh 08/09/01
  • Re: Two phrases ... Need origins ... anyone know? - ESC 08/09/01
    • Re: Two phrases ... Need origins ... anyone know? - Tiko 08/09/01
      • Re: TO HELL IN A HAND BASKET - Susan 08/17/01
        • Re: TO HELL IN A HAND BASKET - William Karl Thomas 09/03/01
      • Re: Blue Monday; don't have a clue - ESC 08/09/01
• Handicap - Peter Maple 08/09/01
  • Re: handicap - William Karl Thomas 09/03/01
  • Re: handicap - Bruce Kahl 08/09/01
    • Re: handicap - ESC 08/09/01
      • Re: handicap - R. Berg 08/10/01
• Roll out the red carpet - Paula K. 08/09/01
  • Re:: what does - Erik 09/27/01
  • Re: Roll out the red carpet - ESC 08/09/01
    • Re: red-carpet treatment - ESC 08/10/01
• 12 on the PT - Kirsten 08/09/01
  • Re: 12 on the PT - ESC 08/09/01
    • Re: 12 on the PT - Bruce Kahl 08/10/01
      • Re: 12 on the PT - ESC 08/10/01
        • Re: 12 on the PT - Markitos 08/11/01
• Phrase/idiom meanings, derivations/origins - Natalie Sher 08/08/01
  • Tall poppy syndrome - Bruce Kahl 08/09/01
    • Re: Tall poppy syndrome - R. Berg 08/09/01
      • Poppies: correction--ignore previous version - R. Berg 08/09/01
  • Throw/toss all one's toys out of the cot - Bruce Kahl 08/09/01
  • Get all one's ducks in a row - Bruce Kahl 08/09/01
    • Re: origin of Proof is in the Pudding - Big Dave 09/19/01
  • Shoot/kill the messenger - Bruce Kahl 08/09/01
  • Play the ball not the man - Bruce Kahl 08/09/01
    • Re: Play the ball not the man - ESC 08/09/01
• Bear with a sore head - larry 08/08/01
  • Re: Bear with a sore head - Bruce Kahl 08/09/01
• Knock on wood - Bartholomew 08/08/01
  • Re: Knock on wood - Q 08/08/01
    • Re: Curiosity Killed the Cat - gaurav 08/27/01
      • Re: Tramwell Crow Company - Big Dave 09/19/01
    • Re: Knock on wood - James Briggs 08/09/01
• Honest engine - Chin Ho 08/08/01
  • Re: Honest engine - James Briggs 08/08/01
    • Re: Honest engine - Markitos 08/08/01
      • Re: Honest Injun - R. Berg 08/08/01
        • Re: Honest Injun - ESC 08/09/01
• Tall order - James Briggs 08/08/01
  • Re: Tall order - Q 08/08/01
• Looking for derivation or origin - Lee Hunter 08/08/01
  • Re: Looking for derivation or origin - James Briggs 08/08/01
• Sign Your John Henry - Tana 08/08/01
  • Re: Sign Your John Henry - Markitos 08/08/01
  • Re: Sign Your John Henry - ESC 08/08/01
    • Re: John Henry & John Hancock - ESC 08/09/01
• "She" - Thornton 08/08/01
  • Re: "She" - Q 08/08/01
    • Re: "She" - Markitos 08/08/01
      • Re: "She" - R. Berg 08/09/01
        • Re: a hard-working people - mohamad 08/13/01
        • Re: "She" - Markitos 08/09/01
          • Re: "She" - R. Berg 08/09/01
            • Re: gender of musical instruments - R. Berg 08/09/01
              • Re: gender of musical instruments - Markitos 08/09/01
                • She - Q 08/09/01
                  • Re: She - ESC 08/09/01
                    • Re: She - R. Berg 08/09/01
    • Re: "She" - R. Berg 08/08/01
      • Re: Ethnic slur? - God 08/19/01
        • Re: phrase meaning - Nitin 09/24/01
• Busy Bee - Maximus 08/08/01
  • Re: meaning and orgin - KARL 09/03/01
  • Re: Busy Bee - Q 08/08/01
    • Re: Bees and Beavers - Markitos 08/08/01
• Gossip and rumor - Tom 08/08/01
  • Re: gossip and rumor - R. Berg 08/08/01
    • Re: yer gay - guy that says wize guy is gay 08/26/01
    • Re: gossip and rumor - Markitos 08/08/01
      • Re: Pot calling the kettle black - ethnic slur? - Elmer Paine 09/13/01
      • Re: Stuff and things - R. Berg 08/09/01
        • Re: Stuff and things - Markitos 08/09/01
          • Re: stuff and things - R. Berg 08/09/01
            • Re: stuff and things - Markitos 08/09/01
              • Re: stuff and things - R. Berg 08/09/01
                • Further examples - R. Berg 08/09/01
                  • Re: Dead man walking - Lesley Whitfield 08/16/01
                    • Re: Square... - yuiyiyu 09/05/01
                  • Re: Further examples - Markitos 08/09/01
                    • Re: Further examples - R. Berg 08/10/01
• Mighty white of you - Barbara Clayton 08/08/01
  • Re: Mighty white of you - ESC 08/08/01
    • Re: Mighty white of you - Bruce Kahl 08/08/01
      • Re: Mighty white of you - R. Berg 08/08/01
        • Re: Mighty white of you - ESC 08/08/01
          • Re: Mighty white of you - R. Berg 08/08/01
            • Re: Mighty white of you - Markitos 08/08/01
              • Re: Mighty white of you - Barbara Clayton 08/08/01
                • I have used it...to great effect. - Jesus of Cool 08/28/01
                • Re: Mighty white of you - ESC 08/09/01
                • Re: Mighty white of you - Bruce Kahl 08/09/01
                  • Re: Mighty right of you - Markitos 08/09/01
                    • Re: Mighty right of you - Bruce Kahl 08/10/01
                      • Re: Mighty right of you - Alexander Joyce 08/10/01
                        • Re: Mighty right of you - Markitos 08/11/01
                          • Re: Mighty right of you - Bruce Kahl 08/12/01
• Peanut Gallery - Francisco 08/08/01
  • Re: Peanut Gallery - ESC 08/08/01
    • Re: Hear no evil... - Buddhawangso 09/23/01
    • Re: Hear no evil... - Buddhawangso 09/23/01
• It's all good - Maureen Sullivan 08/07/01
  • Re: Dead soldier - smithville 09/15/01
  • Re: It's all good - ESC 08/07/01
    • Re: It's all good - ESC 08/07/01
• Holy cow - Boris 08/07/01
  • Re: Holy cow - ESC 08/07/01
    • Re: Holy cow - Michael 09/22/01
• Fun - Q 08/07/01
  • Re: Fun - ESC 08/08/01
    • Re: Fun - Markitos 08/08/01
• Wind... - Rico 08/07/01
  • Re: Throw caution to the wind - ESC 08/08/01
• Gods - Chin Ho 08/07/01
  • Re: Gods - ESC 08/07/01
    • Give me that old-time religion - R. Berg 08/08/01
• Help, please - Kirsten 08/07/01
  • Re: Chief Seattle quote - Eric Knickerbocker 09/12/01
• Fiddle - Boris 08/07/01
  • Re: Fit as a fiddle - ESC 08/07/01
• Serpent - Thompkins 08/07/01
  • Wise as Serpents - Bruce Kahl 08/07/01
• One and (in?) the same - Karen Zethmayr 08/07/01
  • Re: one and (in?) the same - Bruce Kahl 08/07/01
    • Re: one and (in?) the same - Mark 08/07/01
• A secret - delphine carroll 08/06/01
  • Re: A secret - Karen Zethmayr 08/07/01
  • Re: A secret - Q 08/06/01
    • Re: A secret - R. Berg 08/06/01
• Great Scott - Milo 08/06/01
  • Re: Great Scott - Bruce Kahl 08/06/01
• Origin please - Great Scott 08/06/01
  • Re: origin please - James Briggs 08/06/01
    • Re: Crackpot - gc h 08/28/01
      • Re: Possible 18th-century origin - masakim 09/08/01
• Family Jewels - Letterbomb 08/06/01
  • Re: Shank's mare - Part III - toria 08/06/01
    • Re: Shank's mare - Part III - R. Berg 08/06/01
• Family Jewels - Letterbomb 08/06/01
  • Re: Family Jewels - Gary Martin 08/06/01
  • Re: Family Jewels - MArkitos 08/06/01
    • Re: Why is cowardice (and treason) yellow? - Alec MacLeod 08/07/01
    • Re: Why is cowardice (and treason) yellow? - Alec MacLeod 08/07/01
• Dead as a door nail - James Watters 08/05/01
  • Re: Shank's mare - Part 2 - toria 08/06/01
  • Re: Dead as a door nail - Bruce Kahl 08/06/01
• No Better Than She Should Be? - Dianne DeSha 08/05/01
  • Re: No Better Than She Should Be - ESC 08/05/01
    • Re: No Better Than She Should Be - Bruce Kahl 08/05/01
• Origin of saying - Michael Bar-Dov 08/04/01
  • Make it so, Number One! - Bruce Kahl 08/04/01
    • Re: Thinking makes it so - ESC 08/06/01
• Money can't buy happiness - ESC 08/04/01
  • Re: Money can't buy happiness - Sauerkraut 08/25/01
• Police/Latin translations
• Supercalafragalistic
• 911
• Always a bridesmaid never a bride
• Latin translation
• You are what you eat
• Love of God
• Tighter than Dick's hatband
• Can = toilet
• Latin to English
• Sine Cerebrum
• Ego liber est
• Kick the bucket
• Beauty is in the eye of the beholder
• Latin translations

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