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- He's
talking through his hat - Ortin 02/02/02
- Suns
of the world may stain when heaven's sun staineth. - Word Camel 02/01/02
- Nothing
is cheap which is superfluous, for what one does need, is dear a penny - Marta
02/01/02
- The
Family Jewels - Word Camel 01/31/02
- BRASS
MONKEY - term origin - Bruce Clark 01/31/02
- Can't
died in a corn field - Susan Z 01/31/02
- Meanig
orgin - kimo 01/31/02
- To "gee" someone up - Word Camel 01/30/02
- The
Whole Nine Yards: Indian Perspective - Smita 01/30/02
- Loyalty
card - ESC 01/30/02
- Origin
of "Want to come up and see my etchings?" - Phillip Cline 01/30/02
- Mustard
- Ronald Reston 01/29/02
- Float
it - Tiko 01/29/02
- Generation
X? - Jackson Crawford 01/29/02
- Who
said ? - Tmc 01/29/02
- "Had
the biscuit" - B. Marlin 01/28/02
- Cheap
at half the price. - Roger Eaton 01/28/02
- Something
rotten in Denmark - Sue Cutter 01/28/02
- Necessity
is the mother of invention - Grace 01/28/02
- "Pike" phrase - Patty 01/28/02
- Wanna
know origins of... - Billoud Nicolas 01/27/02
- Cast
Down Your Bucket - tom dewey 01/27/02
- Lake
Superior State University Issues 2002 List of Banished Words - Bruce Kahl
01/26/02
- It's
better than a poke in the eye with a sharp stick - Word Camel 01/25/02
- Holocaust
quotes - ESC 01/25/02
- Soup
and Fish - James Briggs 01/25/02
- Big
smoke derivation - tom lloyd 01/25/02
- Walking
spanish - Angela Kilpatrick 01/25/02
- I
complained I had no shoes - Mark Perry 01/25/02
- Wanna
know the maning of the phrase " ballpark figure" - Vivek 01/24/02
- Sunlight
and shadow - Tony Zavaleta 01/24/02
- Rocket
Science - Hannah Hoag 01/24/02
- Let
the chips fall where they may - Pat 01/24/02
- He
had me in stitches...? - Jeni 01/24/02
- Broom
sayings: - Al Nancy Brown 01/24/02
- Walking
spanish - Angela 01/23/02
- One
fell swoop - Wesley 01/23/02
- Busman's
holiday - Leslie 01/23/02
- Knightsbridge
and Stepney - Bruce Kahl 01/23/02
- Mustard
gas - CRT 01/22/02
- Mexican
Wave - Leslie Slape 01/22/02
- English
Language - Tiko 01/22/02
- Oxbridge
and Oxbridge accents - Word Camel 01/21/02
- Give
'em "what for". Show 'em "what for". - Word Camel 01/21/02
- Science
fiction - Marian 01/21/02
- Pogey
Bait - Jim 01/20/02
- Found
phrase - history division - ESC 01/20/02
- Swears
like a sailor - Nancy 01/20/02
- Froofreraw,
hullaballoo, kinnipshen - Chris 01/20/02
- Phrase
- Ann 01/19/02
- WWJD
- What Would Jesus Do? - ESC 01/19/02
- Woman's
name change after marriage - Michael 01/19/02
- Seven
Bells - dennis cox 01/18/02
- "Take
a number" - atcg 01/18/02
- Bad
Hair Day - Polly Hall 01/18/02
- Shakespeare
- Mari 01/18/02
- Origin
of the phrase "jump the gun" - Debbie Kuratko 01/17/02
- Hat-racks
in the desert - lydia 01/17/02
- Keeping
up with the Joneses - Marian 01/17/02
- Phrase
- Diane 01/17/02
- An
amazing followup - Bob 01/16/02
- Name
that walkathon - R. Berg 01/16/02
- Complaining
- marty 01/16/02
- Born
With A Silver Spoon - Ron 01/16/02
- Ride
the whirlwind - Wesley 01/16/02
- Kotchel?
Cottchel? - Word Camel 01/14/02
- Offensive
word F. *. *. * - T. Webb 01/14/02
- US
Equivalent for... - The Fallen 01/14/02
- To
wear one's heart on one's sleeve - Marian 01/14/02
- Want
to find out what a phrase means - liz Garside 01/13/02
- Meaning
of rhyme - John 01/12/02
- Wind
up at manager's - Niklas Hellgren 01/12/02
- Searching
for my golden fiddle? - K. Harris 01/12/02
- Railroad
Frog - Jim 01/12/02
- Tinker's
dam - Phil Skogmo 01/12/02
- Line
up behind - Orbit 01/11/02
- Pause
for thought... irregularity. - The Fallen 01/11/02
- Origin
of the phrase "old ... never die; they just ..." - Becker 01/11/02
- Bought
the Farm - Jay Fields 01/11/02
- Nodding
vs Shaking one's head yes. - The Fallen 01/10/02
- Jonesing
(Valspeak?) and "mmm hmm" for "you're welcome" - The Fallen 01/10/02
- "You
Are What You Eat" - Douglas Becker 01/10/02
- Subscription
charges - casual phrase-seeker 01/10/02
- Splendid
Isolation - D. Hearn 01/10/02
- Dropped
H's - Word Camel 01/10/02
- To
beggar belief - Tracy Beasley 01/09/02
- Nirvana
mondegreen - Badeye 01/09/02
- The
balloon has gone up - Christine 01/09/02
- "Whole
nine yards" - Joseph Berry 01/09/02
- Innit?
- Word Camel 01/08/02
- "If
you will" origin - Aaron 01/08/02
- Phrase
origin - Raquel 01/08/02
- Thick
As Thieves - Tony Zavaleta 01/08/02
- Wake
up and smell the roses? - Ed Williams 01/07/02
- Who
can tell me what this is? -Hey up a ree ... - Elith Chen 01/07/02
- Phrase
- Carol P. 01/07/02
- "My
Fair Lady" a pun? - Word Camel 01/07/02
- Word
Association explanation - Clive Hoggs 01/07/02
- Sketch/flash
in the pan - Marian 01/06/02
- Sherriff
- Brian Silverthorne 01/06/02
- Sloane
Rangers (posh, hooray henry types). - Jim 01/06/02
- Meaning
of "lay it on the line" - Roian Atwood 01/05/02
- Will
o' the wisp - Wesley 01/05/02
- What
does it mean to "turn a phrase"? - Raf 01/05/02
- Waiting
for the other shoe to fall - diogenes Bob 01/04/02
- Naff
- The Fallen 01/04/02
- Tow
vs. Toe the Line - Mike Portwood 01/04/02
- Off
his rocker - James Briggs 01/04/02
- Rock
and a hard place - quiss 01/04/02
- Do
it up brown - Stephen Davey 01/03/02
- Ring
the other one - Graeme Forbes 01/03/02
- Bloody
- Andreas 01/03/02
- 'Under
the weather' - Rob Wallin 01/02/02
- Hogwash
- sherry 01/02/02
- Origin
of a phrase - Jack Wilkinson 01/02/02
- "These
colors never run." - Richard Slota 01/01/02
- Poem
title and verse(s) - Brenda Bailey Little 12/30/01
- Bend
wookie - nrk 12/30/01
- Technical
term for phrases - john netherwood 12/30/01
- Lazy
Susan - Jim 12/30/01
- Monty
python - Vickie 12/30/01
- Railroad
Bull - Jim 12/29/01
- Red
herring - Michael 12/29/01
- How
prisoner warders came to be called 'Screws' - James Briggs 12/28/01
- Mexican
Standoff - RGM 12/28/01
- Word
that I can't finf in the dictionary - einat 12/28/01
- Origin
of "colder than a witches tit" - Roxann 12/27/01
- Deadline
- Cutter Sisson 12/27/01
- Kilroy
was here - Cutter Sisson 12/27/01
- Back
to "Thick as a brick" - Sylvie Tougas 12/27/01
- Feminine
form of "bull headed" - Maxwell 12/26/01
- You
are just playing word games - P 12/26/01
- Hatred
of clowns - Michael 12/25/01
- Old
sayings - Robin Gailley 12/23/01
- Cry
Havoc - Robert Weodababyeetzaboy 12/23/01
- Coo
coo ka choo - Pattie 12/21/01
- "Works
like a Charm" - Kirby 12/20/01
- Who
Said This? - Brian Hendrickson 12/18/01
- "Don't
blow smoke up my ass". - Jogger Runner 12/18/01
- "Shaggy
Dog Story" - Lee Wilson 12/18/01
- Hurts
like the Dickens - Susan 12/18/01
- The
world in a grain of sand - Migel 12/17/01
- Knick
Knack - Skip 12/17/01
- Taking
the biscuit - TheFallen 12/16/01
- Burnt
offerings - Paul Taylor 12/16/01
- Full
Monty reprised - TheFallen 12/15/01
- "Whipping
a dead horse" etc - Patty 12/15/01
- Wedding
tackle - Michael 12/15/01
- Slang
--snob - Q 12/14/01
- Come
undone - Olga 12/14/01
- How
do we get Dead Nuts On from accurate - jacob 12/14/01
- Where
does Kitty Corner derive from - jacob 12/13/01
- Vive
la différence... -ce / -se - TheFallen 12/13/01
- Thinning
the blood - Morano 12/13/01
- Spank
the monkey - TheFallen 12/12/01
- Cold
as a witch's tit (in a brass brassiere???) - Dj 12/12/01
- Momma
had a baby.... - J. Dahling 12/12/01
- I
need to finish this sentance...PLEASE HELP!!! - Sarah 12/12/01
- Lift
that bale, tote that barge - Marian 12/12/01
- "Up
the dancers" - David Campbell 12/12/01
- The
better angels of our nature - Marian 12/12/01
- Oopsy
Daisy - Jess 12/11/01
- Strike
when the iron is hot... - Stoney 12/11/01
- Ring
around the Rosey - Bruce Kahl 12/11/01
- Tradition
- Ian 12/11/01
- Putting
on the dog - Maggie 12/11/01
- Visa
versa - Steven E. Kern 12/11/01
- This
was translated from spanish to english - A 12/10/01
- Model
T or Fit To A T - Indefual 12/10/01
- Inform
me; what is "keeping it on the QT" - KT Aull 12/10/01
- What
is a "backhanded compliment" ? - KC 12/10/01
- Strange
phone message re: "The Albatross flies low when headed in a southern direction"
- Celestial 12/09/01
- So
quiet you could hear a pin drop - Nikki 12/09/01
- Origin
of "Go pound salt" - Teresa DeSantis 12/09/01
- The
number three - mick 12/08/01
- Thinking
out of the box- where did it come from? - JJ 12/08/01
- Turn-up
for the books - what does it mean? - andrew bremner 12/07/01
- A
Bottle In the Smoke - Scott Marsden 12/07/01
- Defintion/translation
- SH 12/06/01
- Kangaroo
Court - Jim 12/05/01
- Along
the lines - R. Dixon 12/05/01
- Open
space - Vic 12/05/01
- Pardon
my ignorance - capable wingnut 12/05/01
- Cockney
Rhyming sland X 2 - Paul Taylor 12/05/01
- Counting
sheep - nita 12/05/01
- Piker
- Jim 12/05/01
- What
does "bocome an item" mean? - Charles Chen 12/05/01
- What
does this one mean? - D. 12/05/01
- Xmas
- origin - R. Newman 12/04/01
- The
etymological roots of marmalade - Paul Taylor 12/04/01
- Africa-America
phrase - Kim Soon 12/04/01
- Origin/meaning
of "Rubber Chicken" - Edward Frost 12/03/01
- Christmas
words -- Three Wise Men - ESC 12/03/01
- Seeing
a man about a horse - Michael 12/03/01
- Origin
of "walking papers"? - John Blackmore 12/02/01
- Little
brother to the world - Denis 12/01/01
- More
on "animal vitality" discussion - Chet 12/01/01
- Tilting
at windmills - Marian 11/30/01
- Gung
ho - PM O'Donoghue 11/30/01
- Simple
question (I hope) - Chris Tembreull 11/30/01
- Fighting
talk - Gary Martin 11/30/01
- Whats
the meaning - Ali 11/30/01
- Deadlier
(not more deadly) than the male & Full Monty - PM O'Donoghue 11/30/01
- True
blue, through and through - Katie Madsen 11/29/01
- Come
up for air, other meanings of - Denis 11/29/01
- Found
phrase - "indoor life" - ESC 11/29/01
- Quotation
- william isom 11/28/01
- What
is the meaning of this phrase? - Terry Wilkinson 11/28/01
- Who
was George? - Q 11/28/01
- S**tload
- Michael 11/28/01
- Canary
in a coal mine - JM Goethals 11/27/01
- Latin
quarter, French quarter, etc. - Marian 11/27/01
- No
quarter - M. Olzenak 11/27/01
- Onomatopoeia
- capable wingnut 11/27/01
- The
word junior - Heleno 11/26/01
- Sleang
word for obvoius/dubious product placement in films?? - Ben 11/26/01
- What
is a mullet? - ESC 11/26/01
- Got
the hump - line 11/26/01
- HELP
ME...I need to know the origin of the word babe or baby - silkylongblkhair
11/26/01
- Questions
tag - Heleno 11/25/01
- Phrase
- bonnie 11/25/01
- Liquidate
- Jim 11/25/01
- Questions
tag - Heleno 11/25/01
- "You
make a better door than a window" - Dave 11/25/01
- "Busting
my chops" - R. Dixon 11/25/01
- How
about "As Tight As Dick's Hat Band"? - Wade 11/24/01
- "For
Pete's Sake" - Wade 11/24/01
- Round-Robin
- R. Dixon 11/24/01
- "Read
between the lines" - Robert Rust 11/23/01
- Origin
of On Tenterhooks - Gareth Noakes 11/23/01
- Phrase
- Dominick 11/23/01
- "How's
it hanging?" - Ed lam 11/23/01
- "Freighted
with meaning" - ESC 11/22/01
- Paint
the Devil on the wall - Hazel Rudd 11/22/01
- The
origin of 'cocked head' - Heleno 11/22/01
- Happy
Thanksgiving! - Bruce Kahl 11/22/01
- The
meaning of cocked head - Heleno 11/22/01
- Cost
of a thing - Roger Fisher 11/22/01
- Collateral
damage - julie sherriff 11/21/01
- Practice
Makes Perfect - Kevin 11/21/01
- Mutton
Dressed as Lamb - Tim Herbert 11/20/01
- Origin
of a phrase - Sara Enders 11/20/01
- Beef
Steak - Aasvogel 11/20/01
- GO
TO WORK ON AN EGG - fiona wylie 11/20/01
- "Animal
vitality" - Ortin 11/20/01
- Phrase
- Len Yancey 11/20/01
- Sticking
to his guns - Patty 11/20/01
- French?
- Tiko 11/19/01
- Why?
When? - Sharon Benson 11/19/01
- Afghan
- Dana 11/19/01
- Doing
a land office business - steve 11/19/01
- Origin
of "Wouldn't touch it with a ten foot pole" - Jack Bonham 11/19/01
- Boffin
- Marian 11/19/01
- ...
I would like my roses to see you - Richard Sheridan - Sunitha 11/18/01
- Plausible
deniability - R. Dixon 11/18/01
- Piss
like a race horse! - R. Dixon 11/18/01
- Sucking
wind - Rick Dixon 11/18/01
- No.
1 - ESC 11/17/01
- Piss
like a race horse!
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