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- British, Scottish, Irish Phrases - joel
12/16/00
- Origin and/or Meaning - Beth 12/16/00
- Phrase - Q 12/15/00
- Alcoholism - Red 12/15/00
- Nothing succeeds like a parrot with no teeth
- Adam Kerr 12/15/00
- Give over (an english expression) - Jane
S. 12/14/00
- Motley Crew - Anne 12/14/00
- Queer as folk - Saint Peter 12/14/00
- Need Help Bad - Kelly 12/12/00
- 12 ways from Sunday - bruce 12/12/00
- Get pissed - dan 12/11/00
- Get off the schnied - Kevin Shinners
12/11/00
- Salt of the Earth - Ursula 12/11/00
- Dead as a door nail....help please - Mary
12/11/00
- What is the origin of the phrase . . . . . .?
- Pete Ridler 12/10/00
- Tom, Dick and Harry (Any ) - GeeCee
12/10/00
- Meaning-rolling stone - Victoria
12/09/00
- "Pretty please" - rusty
12/08/00
- Drop in the bucket - Jane S. 12/08/00
- Nuts - Barney 12/08/00
- Child of the Universe - Bob Poston
12/08/00
- Dog and Pony show - Larry Hershfield
12/07/00
- Foot of the Cross - Jenn 12/07/00
- True of false - K. Yone 12/07/00
- Jazz music talk - Patty 12/06/00
- A Quote? - Btd 12/06/00
- Ive got bigger fish to fry - daniel
12/05/00
- Cute as a Button - Noah Youn 12/05/00
- Splice the Main Brace? - slothrop
12/04/00
- Origin of "Never judge a book by its cover"
- Jim Allers 12/04/00
- Nip and Tuck - chicoles 12/03/00
- Gone south - x 12/02/00
- Use of a phrase - McKee 12/02/00
- You play with fire your gonna get burned!
- crystal 12/02/00
- As sick as a parrot - Colin Ride
12/01/00
- Out of here like Vladimier - Kari Holloway
12/01/00
- Football terms - hat-trick, derby and nutmeg
- futoomph 12/01/00
- Champing at the Bit - Amy Fifer 11/30/00
- George Washinghton :I can´t tell a lie -
Maximilian Koch 11/30/00
- Not worth the candle - Albert Delgado
11/30/00
- Source of phrase - Nola Mosier 11/29/00
- The word for non-communicative communications
- Christie 11/29/00
- "And for all that" (British Usage)
- Patty 11/29/00
- E-mail or an e-mail? - Kodai Yonehara
11/29/00
- Please explain box your ears - lynne
11/29/00
- Short end of the stick - Dora Fletcher
11/29/00
- Olly olly oxen free - Jaye 11/29/00
- Red-headed stepchild - Steve Waldhalm
11/28/00
- Carpet bagger - Q 11/28/00
- Phrase Derivation - Jay Tischenkel
11/28/00
- Plum off - connie 11/28/00
- Ginchiest - Catherine Rhodes 11/28/00
- What is the origin of the phrase" Keep if
simple" - Earl 11/27/00
- Eat Crow! - Vinnie Rinaldi 11/27/00
- "Getting ahead" - Patty
11/27/00
- Sayings that I have not been able to find.
- Rita Sabini 11/27/00
- Designer Baby - Robert Dingwall 11/27/00
- Tall (long) drink of water - Michelle
11/26/00
- Different as chalk and cheese - Elsa Vorwerk
11/26/00
- What in the Sam Hill? - Mr. Lime 11/26/00
- Now You're Cooking With Gas - reds
11/25/00
- Apple Of My Eye - Reds 11/25/00
- Expressions, sayings or idioms with the word
"million" - Joan B. Harper 11/25/00
- Meaning and origin of a phrase - Cheryl
Minvielle 11/25/00
- Elephants never forget - Holly Barnes
11/25/00
- Phrase - mike 11/24/00
- Addendum to "April Fool" - hawggie
11/24/00
- Right as Rain - Skip 11/23/00
- Meaning of phrase Quick and Dirty - John
11/23/00
- Cheap at half the price - ash 11/23/00
- 3 words that ends in gry. - autnes
11/22/00
- H20 author please - Cindy Fisher 11/22/00
- Origin of "wake up on the wrong side of
bed" - Wayne Magnuson 11/22/00
- Phrase: by times - Richard A . Dominico
11/22/00
- Right as rain - connie 11/22/00
- Chuffed - ESC 11/21/00
- Mandarin? - Btd 11/21/00
- Phrase - S. Green 11/21/00
- How do you say "Merry Christmas"?
- ESC 11/21/00
- Song "We Didn't Start the Fire" by
Billy Joel - 3pint 11/21/00
- Why use profanity on this site? - Jeanine
Plante 11/20/00
- The crowning touch - Bob 11/20/00
- Pigs Ear & More Tea Vicar - Carl Williams
11/20/00
- Deaf as a post - Chris 11/20/00
- Meaning of the phrase.. - Kandie 11/20/00
- What is the meaning of on cloud nine? - jessica
11/20/00
- Rocks and Shoals - Erin 11/19/00
- Origin or etymology - Sheri 11/19/00
- "The exception that proves the rule"
- Patty 11/19/00
- End of pea (pee?) time - Leslie 11/18/00
- Elephant in the room. - Q 11/17/00
- Looking for a phrase. - Btd 11/17/00
- Taking the Mickey - Malcolm 11/17/00
- Can anyone help me?? - Dawn 11/16/00
- Mohammed and the Mountain - Kenton
11/16/00
- Phrase "a gnashing of teeth" -
trevor 11/16/00
- How many words in the English Language??
- Alex 11/16/00
- Origins of Chinses curses eg;"May you live
in interesting times" - Soooo Confused 11/16/00
- Re: Keep em peeled - Martin 11/16/00
- Beg the question - john 11/16/00
- Dimple/pregnant chad - ESC 11/15/00
- "Belly button" - Natalia
11/15/00
- "Get the axe" - Natalia
11/15/00
- Meaning of an old stereotype - Katherine
11/15/00
- Cat's meow - Margaret Tuttle 11/14/00
- Food - CLAIRE CSOKA 11/14/00
- Add to list - Margaret Tutle 11/14/00
- The coast is clear - Jeannie 11/14/00
- Baited breath - carol schmidt 11/13/00
- Question????? - stephanie 11/13/00
- School/Work Phrase - Btd 11/13/00
- Pass along - Georgios Pap 11/13/00
- He is all business and proud of it - Georgios
Pap 11/13/00
- Phrase meaning - michelle kientz 11/13/00
- FOOD POUNDING - Dana 11/13/00
- Two phrases - Georgios Pap 11/12/00
- Pig Iron Underwater - David Stegall
11/12/00
- Origin of Going Dutch - John Beeley
11/12/00
- Meaning - Tom 11/12/00
- Origin of phrase "meal ticket"
- jim 11/11/00
- Need assistance - Michelle 11/11/00
- Passive sentence and more - George Gore
11/11/00
- Explanation - andy barnard 11/10/00
- 'teetotaler' - is it religious? - guy
(yes, really) 11/10/00
- Carrot and stick - keina 11/10/00
- "JUST US CHICKENS" - carley
11/10/00
- On the mantel - Georgios Pap 11/10/00
- Crazy like a fox - Georgios Pap 11/10/00
- Need help on English homework!!! - Jamie
11/10/00
- THE BIG YIN - TERRY. 11/09/00
- Many questions - K. Yone 11/09/00
- The origin of - dana 11/09/00
- Origin of "On the lam" - Chris
11/09/00
- You can run but you can't hide - Laura
Brennan 11/09/00
- A plum job - James Briggs 11/08/00
- Home is where the heart is - Deb Niejadlik
11/08/00
- Get the butter from the duck - Ruben
11/07/00
- Silence of the Lambs? - Hillary 11/07/00
- The best laid plans of mice and men... -
Jane 11/07/00
- Down to the wire - mathieu 11/07/00
- Swine - marcus 11/07/00
- Don't buy a pig in a poke - Gimlie
11/07/00
- Uglier than a mud fence - Gimlie 11/07/00
- Origin of Kill with Kindness - Madame
11/07/00
- Meaning of Soup to Nuts - Madame 11/07/00
- The Worm Has Turned - SueEllen Clair
11/06/00
- If it ain't broke, don't fix it - Sy Stevens
11/06/00
- Jumping someone elses train - Rosena
11/06/00
- Jumping jehosophat - marcus 11/06/00
- Trying to find a definition - Brigitte
Engelfried 11/05/00
- That or when - Tom Yonehara 11/04/00
- ...in them thar hills - Philippe 11/04/00
- Origin of phrase - Wayne 11/03/00
- Trip the Light Fantastic - Valerie Ainscough
11/02/00
- Widget - Sauerkraut 11/02/00
- MEANING - sarah 11/01/00
- Word meaning and orgins - frank 11/01/00
- Set the Thames on fire - Brian 11/01/00
- Can of corn - Clayton Platt 10/31/00
- I Should Cocoa - James 10/31/00
- AbsorPtion?? - Robert M. Moore 10/31/00
- Meaning - mike 10/31/00
- Meaning of a phrase - Shane Guy 10/31/00
- Etymology of "Pass with flying colors"
- Monoson 10/31/00
- When in Rome do as the Romans do - howard
10/31/00
- To the manor/manner born - Barbara
10/30/00
- A dream COME true. - Mura 10/30/00
- A Camel is a Horse Designed by Committee
- John 10/29/00
- College Football - Steve Brown 10/29/00
- "Bumper crop' origins?? - how786
10/29/00
- Bone Up on It - Bruce Kahl 10/29/00
- Egg in your beer?? - Bennet 10/29/00
- French translation - GREG 10/29/00
- 'if wishes were horses, beggars would ride'
- Bob 10/29/00
- Red/blue and green should never be seen -
Sue Thomas 10/28/00
- Sitting in the Catbird's Seat - K. Timonen
10/28/00
- "Pull a fast one" - Mark
10/28/00
- Suffer fools gladly - Mary 10/28/00
- Tell it to the Marines! - Scott Marsden
10/27/00
- Dixiechicks lyric - Dan Rashid 10/27/00
- Brand Spanking New - Bruce Kahl 10/27/00
- A Fly on the wall. - Jon Gallock 10/27/00
- What is it called???? - shelly 10/27/00
- "I'm your Frankenstein." & "Clarence
is come, false fleeting, perjured Clarence." - Yer 10/27/00
- Seize the day - Melissa Bosse 10/26/00
- Clean your clock - Jen Sexton 10/26/00
- Get into hot water - Vinnie Rinaldi
10/26/00
- Goodspeed - Kyra lopez 10/26/00
- Meaning of phrase - Isla Kudrna 10/26/00
- HUNKY DORRY - J. WEST 10/26/00
- Damned if you do - B Knutson 10/26/00
- Fat Lady Sings - Patrick in Taipei
10/26/00
- Tangled up in Blue - BabySilver 10/25/00
- He changed into his brown trousers - BabySilver
10/25/00
- Chump change - D Debertin 10/25/00
- Happy as a sandboy - charlotte 10/25/00
- Get off the dime. - Actor 10/24/00
- Kind hearts and coronets - Ryan 10/24/00
- Origin of "God Bless You" - Bonnie
10/24/00
- Definition - Rudy Pascoe 10/24/00
- Rhubarb - silvio 10/24/00
- Definitions - Adeline 10/24/00
- Cheap as Chips - Mike 10/24/00
- Double-or-nothing - BB 10/24/00
- Cute as a button. - Tarquin 10/24/00
- Rose-colored glasses - becky 10/23/00
- Origin and meanifng of below listed saying
- anne 10/23/00
- Water water everywhere but not a drop to drink
- zeal 10/23/00
- A phrase defination...and origin - Patty
10/22/00
- Goddy two shoes - guy 10/22/00
- Three on a match - BRJ 10/22/00
- Defination of word Kittles - Dennis Laga
10/21/00
- Feed a cold. starve a fever - keith
10/20/00
- Gig - Btd 10/20/00
- Play the white man - Lynne Penn 10/20/00
- Money laundering - Sophie 10/20/00
- Boxing clever / box clever - Sophie
10/20/00
- Beam Me UpScotty - Chuan-long Lee
10/20/00
- Meanin go f aphrase - samridhi 10/20/00
- Preaching to the choir - E 10/20/00
- Here's Mud in Your Eye - Tom Weber
10/19/00
- Source of "South Paw" - Tom
Weber 10/19/00
- Tomato Paste - Shannon 10/19/00
- For Pete's Sake - Martin Thomas 10/19/00
- Origin of phrase - Amy 10/19/00
- Whistling in the graveyard - Paul
10/18/00
- Slowly I Turn - Ted Lucas 10/18/00
- Lunch cum learning - google 10/18/00
- Bad penny - Kay 10/17/00
- Stay Until The Last Dog is Hung - Doug
Dearth 10/17/00
- Night Night - Simon Carter 10/17/00
- Two Bits - Tim Finnegan 10/17/00
- 'with bells on" - Harold Nassau
10/17/00
- More's the Pity - Ted Lucas 10/17/00
- Thanks- where do I go from here? - Vinnie
Rinaldi 10/17/00
- Have trouble understanding this. - Kurt
10/17/00
- Phrase dispute - critical! - Todd_C
10/17/00
- Who said "get a life!" was it william
shatner? - karl kill 10/17/00
- Fair to middling - Rose 10/17/00
- The Pope's Nose - Frank 10/17/00
- ISO: To get one's back up.. - Vinnie Rinaldi
10/16/00
- "Peanut Gallery" - Teresa
10/16/00
- Somebody has just walked over my grave -
Debbie Winkworth 10/16/00
- Help me - emma barrett 10/16/00
- Don't know from Adam - Jewell Jungman
10/14/00
- Misheard song lyrics - Jan Knight
10/13/00
- Fast and Loose - Tim Chandler 10/13/00
- Happy Friday 13th! - Frankie 10/13/00
- Jumping the shark - ESC 10/13/00
- It was over the top - Daniel Dainty
10/12/00
- You scratch my back and I'll scratch yours
- Daniel Dainty 10/12/00
- I'm under the weather - Daniel Dainty
10/12/00
- Thats par for the course - Daniel Dainty
10/12/00
- He was taken for a ride - Daniel Dainty
10/12/00
- I was over the moon - Daniel Dainty
10/12/00
- Don't beat about the bush - Daniel Dainty
10/12/00
- Toe the Line - Stephanie Mackay 10/12/00
- Re: Gauntlet - Eddie 10/12/00
- Etymology of "dog-tired" - Eric
Weis 10/12/00
- Origins - gordon 10/11/00
- Selling like hotcakes - kirsten benson
10/11/00
- CHECK PLEASE - JOY ASPIN VERMAAK 10/11/00
- Woman's place in the home - origin? - Jan
Bradley 10/11/00
- Hotel/Motel - Shannon 10/11/00
- Nothing much new under the sun - lori
p 10/11/00
- Brass - Michael 10/11/00
- Cats out of the bag - michael 10/11/00
- Bob's Your Uncle, Fanny's your Aunt - Paul
10/11/00
- Daylight second - milchcow 10/11/00
- Dog's Dinner - Greeble 10/10/00
- Author of a Phrase - Kathy Sullivan
10/10/00
- "No Strings Attached" - Bruce
Kahl 10/10/00
- A riddle wrapped up in an enigma - Michael
10/10/00
- MEANING OF PROUD AS A PEACOCK - DOTTI
10/10/00
- Settle a bet - Kim 10/09/00
- The best thing since sliced bread??? - Lilymaid
10/09/00
- Learning by heart - Art Gittleman
10/09/00
- Gentleman's handshake? - jane 10/09/00
- "Run the gauntlet" - Hilary
10/09/00
- In cold blood? - Venticello2 10/08/00
- Born and Bred - Mary 10/08/00
- Sex symbol - Stan McKenzie 10/07/00
- A slate loose - Derek Gribble 10/07/00
- Cox's army - ron twilla 10/07/00
- "Shows his true colors" - Wayne
Jackson 10/06/00
- Beef - Sauerkraut 10/06/00
- Meaning - Patricia 10/06/00
- Can't find "Pandora's Box" - Kurt
10/06/00
- MEANING OF "WELL HUNG" - MILT
10/05/00
- Phrase: Enlightened self-interest - John
Penna 10/05/00
- Let bygone's be bygone's - Maddog
10/05/00
- Peachy Keen - Maddog 10/05/00
- Happy as a Lark - Maddog 10/05/00
- Stranger - JJL 10/05/00
- Term for a type of comparative phrase - lotte
Larsen 10/05/00
- Goodbye - Greg 10/05/00
- Phrase derivation - Rod E;lliott 10/04/00
- Nitty Gritty - Dave 10/04/00
- Sticks & Stones - James Briggs
10/04/00
- Re:heavy metal and few other questions -
Daniela 10/04/00
- Manna from heaven - mike 10/04/00
- Please help: Sermons in Books, Stones in Running
Brooks - venky 10/03/00
- Pulling my hair out!!!! Help!!! - Bryan
10/03/00
- "Wear your heart out on your sleve"
- Cristy 10/02/00
- Luke warm - Btd 10/02/00
- You're joshin' me - WickedClown 10/02/00
- Old mick vs old nick - kmg 10/02/00
- Pharse's - spencer dawkins 10/02/00
- Question - eloise 10/01/00
- What is a kitchen sink drama?? - Craig
10/01/00
- Phrase: "whistling in the dark"
- Patty 10/01/00
- Feisty - James Briggs 10/01/00
- If you think you are smart help me with this!!!
- sam 09/30/00
- Coon's age - Allen Watson 09/30/00
- Golly Gee Willakers - Ruth 09/30/00
- Phrase meaning - eleanor 09/30/00
- Phrase Meaning: - Dave 09/29/00
- To buttonhole - Larry Hershfield 09/29/00
- Please explain "BEYOND DOUBT" -
alesia 09/29/00
- Chickens come home to roost - Katie
09/28/00
- CATTY-KEY-WAMPUS - John Ottlinger 09/28/00
- Origin of the phrase "SandBag" -
Chris 09/28/00
- "Dub" or "dubbing" -
carolyn bolinger 09/28/00
- By Hook or by Crook - Barney 09/28/00
- By the hair of my chinny chin chin? - Calla
09/28/00
- 40 Winks - Greeble 09/27/00
- Unknown Messages - That Guy 09/27/00
- Lorry - ESC 09/27/00
- Wish - Allen Ghasemy 09/27/00
- Thanks Bob and more to solve as well please help
anyone!! - sam 09/27/00
- Important question - Jay Mcmullen 09/26/00
- New list started - earlier messages archived
- Gary Martin 09/26/00
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