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"God helps those who help themselves." - Stan 10/31/02
- "God helps those who help themselves." - ESC 10/31/02
  - God helps - ESC 10/31/02
Just the Facts - Jason 10/31/02
- Just the Facts - Bob 10/31/02
  - Variation - ESC 10/31/02
Tough ask - Anwar 10/31/02
M/o - Veronica 10/31/02
Son of a bitch. - Stan 10/31/02
- Son of a bitch. - ESC 10/31/02
Origin of the term "Pony up" - Bob 10/31/02
A Fly in the Ointment - Guy 10/30/02
- A fly in the ointment - ESC 10/31/02
Floozy - Bookworm 10/30/02
- Floozy - R. Berg 10/31/02
To get your Goat - revisited -again!! - James Briggs 10/30/02
New(?) workplace buzzword - Bookworm 10/30/02
- I blame the sociologists - Word Camel 10/30/02
  - I blame the coprorate world - Bookworm 10/30/02
United in effort - Ben 10/30/02
- united in effort - Barney 10/30/02
Face the music - J .Ward 10/30/02
- Face the music - James Briggs 10/30/02
  - Face the music - ESC 10/30/02
Mind your P's and Q's? - Stan 10/30/02
- Archives on P's and Q's - R. Berg 10/30/02
  - Archives on P's and Q's - Stan 10/30/02
Can't judge a book by its cover... - jim 10/30/02
- Can't judge a book by its cover... - ESC 10/30/02
Artsy fartsy - Nick Kehoe 10/30/02
Oxymorons - Melbourne Mark 10/30/02
- Oxymorons - Bruce Kahl 10/30/02
Nonsense - ESC 10/29/02
To get your Goat - revisited - James Briggs 10/29/02
Cold Shoulders - jim 10/29/02
- Cold Shoulder - R. Berg 10/29/02
Jigsaw puzzle pieces - TheFallen 10/29/02
Leaps and bounds - Chuck Isaak 10/28/02
We, the unwilling do the impossible ..... etc? - mark cain 10/28/02
- We, the unwilling . . . - R. Berg 10/28/02
Describe to a tee - DBW 10/28/02
- Describe to a tee - James Briggs 10/28/02
"Money on the hoof." - Stan 10/28/02
Thanks from the artist - camera karma 10/28/02
- thanks from the artist - R. Berg 10/28/02
  - thanks from the artist - camera karma 10/28/02
"In like Flynn(e)" deveration of phrase - Mike Edgar 10/28/02
Teaching Cliches...? - Mariel 10/27/02
'spitting image' revisited - Jill Barker (nee Newman) 10/27/02
Cricket vs. cricket? - Word Camel 10/26/02
Speak with a plumb in the mouth - James Briggs 10/26/02
Mooncussers - nancy k. 10/26/02
- mooncussers - ESC 10/27/02
Idioms needed badly - tempo 10/26/02
Dire Straits' lyrics - Bookworm 10/25/02
Obscure/Archaic Words etc. - Ed Stansell 10/25/02
Theatre-related phrase help - Gretel 10/25/02
Second Coming of Christ headline - ESC 10/25/02
Go Bobby go - ESC 10/25/02
- Bobbydazzler - TheFallen 10/25/02
Three sheets to the wind - Less 10/25/02
Quote origin - boyce1 10/25/02
ESC or somebody please help again - jessica 10/25/02
Bill of health - jim 10/25/02
- Bill of health - James Briggs 10/25/02
  - Bill of health - ESC 10/25/02
On the Q T - willhayden 10/25/02
- On the Q T - Bruce Kahl 10/25/02
Looking for origin - jack 10/25/02
- looking for origin - Bruce Kahl 10/25/02
Some Peoples Children - Tom Lodzinski 10/25/02
Hipster slang - ESC 10/24/02
Animals - tempo 10/24/02
Provervbs - jessica 10/24/02
Think! - Adrian Bailey 10/24/02
- Think! - R. Berg 10/24/02
  - Link to "Think!" - R. Berg 10/24/02
Lead pipe cinch - Ed Stansell 10/24/02
- lead pipe cinch - Karl 10/24/02
Johnnycake - Bookworm 10/24/02
DOLE - Adrian Parker 10/24/02
- DOLE - Bruce Kahl 10/24/02
  - Lucky coincidence - Karl 10/24/02
Misspelled words - Ed Stansell 10/24/02
Like a duck in a noose - ESC 10/24/02
Buoy pronunciation - TheFallen 10/24/02
"Can't see the forest for the trees." - Stan 10/24/02
Dead bird - Belinda Judy 10/23/02
"Jerking my Chain" - S. Alexander 10/23/02
OK guy dies - ESC 10/23/02
Out of left field - James Briggs 10/23/02
Richer than Ben Gump - Donald Earl Lowery 10/23/02
- Richer than Ben Gump - ESC 10/23/02
  - Got more money than Ben Gump - ESC 10/23/02
Clapping rhyme - Etta Mame 10/23/02
- Clapping rhyme - Bob 10/24/02
More found phrases - ESC 10/23/02
Origin of "chopped liver" - Karen Gunn 10/23/02
- Origin of "chopped liver" - R. Berg 10/23/02
Dime novel - jim 10/22/02
Going commando (Bob's fault) - TheFallen 10/22/02
Follow the bouncing ball - kris 10/22/02
Found phrase -- funeral pie - ESC 10/22/02
Food For Thought - paulus 10/22/02
Two Bits - James Briggs 10/22/02
- Two Bits - ESC 10/22/02
  - Two Bits - James Briggs 10/22/02
Hold Sway - Frances 10/22/02
New Phrase "load up" - Martin 10/22/02
Often - Luke O'Brien 10/22/02
Ghostbusters - misheard lyric - Ned Johnson 10/22/02
The whole nine yards... - Alison Causton 10/22/02
- The whole nine yards... - Gary Reed 10/29/02
- The whole nine yards... - R. Berg 10/22/02
Walking papers - jim 10/22/02
So "last month" - ESC 10/21/02
- So "last month" - TheFallen 10/21/02
  - So "last month" - Bookworm 10/24/02
  - So "last month" - ESC 10/22/02
"Fist a cuffs?" - James 10/21/02
- Archives on "fisticuffs" - R. Berg 10/21/02
Quotations - James Briggs 10/21/02
- Typing monkeys - ESC 10/21/02
  - Typing monkeys - Bob 10/21/02
Soft Mick - Jim C 10/21/02
Proverb/quote interpretation needed! - Katie 10/21/02
- proverb/quote interpretation needed! - Barney 10/21/02
I see you stand as a greyhound in the slips - Vel G. 10/21/02
- I see you stand as a greyhound in the slips - ESC 10/21/02
  - I see you stand as a greyhound in the slips - Barney 10/21/02
Hunt the hound - ellen 10/20/02
- hunt the hound - TheFallen 10/20/02
Black mark - steve 10/20/02
Slicker than Owl Hockey - Donald Lowery 10/20/02
Blue-islanders - Malcolm Gaffney 10/20/02
Thames and Thyme - Word Camel 10/20/02
Pig in a poke - axemania1 10/19/02
DEATH idioms - Anastasia 10/18/02
Rearanging the deck chairs on the titanic - tempo 10/18/02
- Rearanging the deck chairs on the titanic - Word Camel 10/18/02
  - Rearanging the deck chairs on the titanic - tempo 10/20/02
Putting your foot in your mouth - Maria 10/18/02
Arsenal have a good football team. "Have?!" - Daniel A. 10/18/02
The more things change the more they are the same - Chri 10/18/02
Larry King Live discussion: sniper - ESC 10/18/02
Indian Giver - Jamie 10/18/02
Funny papers - Tony 10/18/02
- funny papers - R.Berg 10/18/02
Get bent - Michael Kranz 10/17/02
"In a Nutshell" - Judy 10/17/02
- "In a Nutshell" - Marmota Monax 10/17/02
Counting chickens - jim 10/17/02
Found phrase: richer than Davy Crockett - ESC 10/16/02
- Found phrase: richer than Davy Crockett - Adrian 10/17/02
  - Found phrase: richer than Davy Crockett - Woodchuck 10/17/02
"Cold Cocked" - Julia Denholm 10/16/02
'Keep the ball Rolling" - Christian 10/16/02
- 'Keep the ball Rolling" - ESC 10/16/02
  - 'Keep the ball Rolling" - Bruce Kahl 10/16/02
Usage v. usadge - Ed Stansell 10/16/02
Cut a check - Beth 10/16/02
- Cut a check - ESC 10/16/02
"All the depth of a saltine cracker" - Patty 10/15/02
Artist needs help - camera karma 10/15/02
And Jacks a fine sausage - Jafa 10/15/02
- How's your father? - R. Berg 10/16/02
Skulduggery - ESC 10/14/02
Elvis has left the building - ESC 10/14/02
Origin of quote - Scott James 10/14/02
Rabbit - Heather 10/13/02
Is it a stuck or stuffed pig? - Missy 10/13/02
Put the pimp hand on... - ESC 10/13/02
- Put the pimp hand on... - Mia 10/15/02
  - Put the pimp hand on... - ESC 10/15/02
To get the wrong end of the stick - Panther 10/13/02
Dirty [word removed in order to comply with Google's Publisher Policy] phrases.... - me 10/13/02
SOFTLY SOFTLY CATCHEE MONKEY - BOB GREGORY 10/13/02
Very Interesting "Common English Errors" Website - take a look - TheFallen 10/13/02
Touch wood - Shae 10/12/02
Phrase - Bernie 10/12/02
- More than meets the eye - Bob 10/12/02
Meaning of a prase - Ian England 10/12/02
- meaning of a prase - Shae 10/12/02
Silly goose - Tim Harrington 10/12/02
- silly goose - ESC 10/13/02
Ball park figure - Andy quesnel 10/11/02
- ball park figure - ESC 10/12/02
Looking for a phrase that means... - Teri 10/11/02
News Watch Diversity Style Guide - ESC 10/11/02
Know by heart - Michael Reed 10/11/02
- Know by heart - Adrian 10/11/02
Jammy - Dave Maton 10/11/02
Jammy - Dave Maton 10/11/02
Another thing coming - Ranald Watson 10/11/02

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