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- Help with an expressions... - Elizabeth
C. 01/September/03
- Help with an expressions... - James Briggs 01/September/03
- Proverb - fanny 01/September/03
- Proverb - R. Berg 01/September/03
- "Accept Jesus into your heart" - Warren Johnson 31/August/03
- Find one's voice - sphinx 31/August/03
- There But for the Grace of God go I - Dave Brett 31/August/03
- The grace of God - ESC 31/August/03
- The grace of God - masakim 31/August/03
- The grace of God - ESC 31/August/03
- Origin and history of world "love" - Jonas 31/August/03
- What does “bay” mean
in an Emergency room? - Kashima 31/August/03
- Bay - R. Berg 31/August/03
- About the film Finding Forrester - sphinx 30/August/03
- Translation of George Braque - Bobbie 30/August/03
- Translation of George Braque - GPP 31/August/03
- More fun than a barrel of monkey's - SpudBoy 29/August/03
- More fun than a barrel of monkey's - ESC 29/August/03
- Good for the Goose, good for the Gander - Jason (a canuck) 29/August/03
- Take a gander at the archives - R. Berg 29/August/03
- "Rear its ugly head"? - anne 29/August/03
- "Rear its ugly head"? - masakim 29/August/03
- Again: "Called Million..." - sphinx 29/August/03
- Again: "Called Million..." - masakim 29/August/03
- Everything happens for a reason? - Gvr4in 29/August/03
- Idioms that mean "be intrigued" - Mauricio Segura 29/August/03
- As of, as at, at - Mauricio Segura 29/August/03
- Few phrases plz. - kathaab 28/August/03
- Few phrases plz. - Lewis 29/August/03
- Few phrases plz. - kathaab 29/August/03
- Few phrases plz. - Lewis 29/August/03
- Agha Shahid Poem - Anna B 28/August/03
- "That's all she wrote" origin? - Word Camel 28/August/03
- In films... - sphinx 28/August/03
- Post consumer content - sphinx 28/August/03
- Toast - Lotg 28/August/03
- Can anybody tell me the meaning of this
phrase??? - Mahima 28/August/03
- Can anybody tell me the meaning of
this phrase??? - EAH 28/August/03
- Can anybody tell me the meaning of this phrase??? - Rude Boy 28/August/03
- Can anybody tell me the meaning of
this phrase??? - EAH 28/August/03
- Burn baby burn - elp 27/August/03
- Burn baby burn - masakim 27/August/03
- Magnificent Montague - ESC 27/August/03
- Burn baby burn - masakim 27/August/03
- Coal cracker - ESC 27/August/03
- Coal Cracker - Brian from Shawnee 27/August/03
- Doom Pussy - Williams B. Gilmore 27/August/03
- What does doing something for blood mean - Brian 27/August/03
- C. - sphinx 27/August/03
- Lost volume to - sphinx 27/August/03
- Lost volume to - ESC 27/August/03
- 'even the business it had' - GPP 30/August/03
- Lost volume to - ESC 27/August/03
- Marco Polo's book and more - sphinx 27/August/03
- A New Euphanism - Egg 26/August/03
- Found phrase - going to prayer meeting - ESC 26/August/03
- Found phrase - bucket shakers - ESC 26/August/03
- What is a "filk"? - ESC 26/August/03
- What is a "filk"? - EAH 26/August/03
- What is a "filk"? - Bruce Kahl 26/August/03
- Thanks Bruce & EAH - ESC 27/August/03
- Crap shoot - rich lyon 26/August/03
- Crap shoot - EAH 26/August/03
- Crap shoot - Bob 26/August/03
- Crap shoot - EAH 26/August/03
- Origin of Saying - Gil Thomas 25/August/03
- Origin of Saying - EAH 26/August/03
- Today's Phrases. - kathaab 25/August/03
- Today's replies - Henry 26/August/03
- The pitter patter of little feet - Gambrill 25/August/03
- The pitter patter of little feet - masakim 25/August/03
- The pitter-patter of tiny feet - Henry 26/August/03
- The pitter patter of little feet - masakim 25/August/03
- Ain't my milky way. - Richard 25/August/03
- Ain't my milky way. - EAH 26/August/03
- Ain't my milky way. - ESC 26/August/03
- Ain't my milky way. - EAH 26/August/03
- Slide - Tamio 25/August/03
- 'dead in the water', again - GPP 25/August/03
- The sins of the fathers shall be visited
upon the sons - Soulsellerman 24/August/03
- Sins of the fathers - ESC 24/August/03
- The sins of the fathers shall be
visited upon the sons - Henry 24/August/03
- The sins of the fathers - ESC 24/August/03
- Today's Phrases. - kathaab 24/August/03
- Which poem? - Gordon Williams 24/August/03
- Live large - Henry 24/August/03
- Live large - Gordon Williams 24/August/03
- Live large - Henry 24/August/03
- Hell's Half Acre - William Wang 24/August/03
- Flowers - maddi 24/August/03
- Direction - sphinx 24/August/03
- Learning recipes? - sphinx 24/August/03
- More than (typo corrected) - tk 24/August/03
- Run/Go like the Clappers - Gail Hogben 24/August/03
- Waiting For The Other Shoe To Drop - Tom 23/August/03
- Waiting For The Other Shoe To Drop - ESC 23/August/03
- The title of which, which title - Tom 23/August/03
- Find out what the dog is all about - is
it an idiom - Oleg 23/August/03
- Find out what the dog is all about
- is it an idiom - EAH 26/August/03
- In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida - George Refsum 28/August/03
- Find out what the dog is all about
- is it an idiom - EAH 26/August/03
- Less of - sphinx 23/August/03
- Conscience - Ed Wade 22/August/03
- Today's Phrases. - kathaab afandi 22/August/03
- Words-R-Us - Henry 22/August/03
- Words-R-Us - GPP 23/August/03
- Words-R-Us - Henry 22/August/03
- A phrase in Hay Fever by Noel Coward - kate Newby 22/August/03
- You are so full of it - zandera 22/August/03
- Academia - Neo 22/August/03
- Not a minute too soon - sphinx 22/August/03
- "Not that I know of" - sphinx 22/August/03
- Dead in the water - GPP 22/August/03
- Search facility acting up - GPP 22/August/03
- Search facility acting up - Gary 22/August/03
- Search facility acting up - GPP 22/August/03
- Shave and a haircut - Anthony Mendoza 22/August/03
- Wedding bells - sam 22/August/03
- Little or a little - tak 22/August/03
- Little or a little - GPP 22/August/03
- Little or a little - GPP 22/August/03
- Little or a little - Anwar 22/August/03
- Little or a little - GPP 22/August/03
- Obliged/obligated - Lotg 22/August/03
- Tea's Up - Lotg 22/August/03
- Tea's Up - Bob 22/August/03
- Tea's Up - James Briggs 22/August/03
- Tea's Up - Bob 22/August/03
- ...motion of the ocean. - twells 22/August/03
- ...motion of the ocean. - EAH 24/August/03
- ...motion of the ocean. - ESC 22/August/03
- ...motion of the ocean. - Bruce Kahl 22/August/03
- Wording? - Tao 22/August/03
- Wording? - EAH 23/August/03
- Today's Phrases. - kathaab 21/August/03
- Today's Phrases. - ESC 22/August/03
- Please help me with this dialogue about cribbage. - Kashima 21/August/03
- On a silver platter - Chris 21/August/03
- On a plate - Henry 21/August/03
- On a silver platter - GPP 22/August/03
- On a plate - Henry 21/August/03
- Creek don't rise - Todd Davis 21/August/03
- Creek don't rise - R. Berg 21/August/03
- Partied lots but can't complain about it! - Alice in Wonderingland 20/August/03
- Today's Phrases. - kathaab afandi 20/August/03
- Today's answers - Henry 21/August/03
- Let me "put a bug in your ear" - Deanie P. Terminie-Ros 20/August/03
- Earwig - ESC 22/August/03
- Sweet Knees - Gwen Glass 20/August/03
- Sweet Knees - James Briggs 21/August/03
- Englishman - brian indge 20/August/03
- Englishman - James Briggs 21/August/03
- Bond, my Bond - Henry 21/August/03
- Englishman - James Briggs 21/August/03
- You lie like a dog - sonia 20/August/03
- You lie like a dog - Bob 21/August/03
- Pig in a blanket - Frank Shants 20/August/03
- Pig in a blanket - Brian from Shawnee 20/August/03
- Go to Eleven - Brian from Shawnee 20/August/03
- Go to Eleven - ESC 20/August/03
- Go to Eleven - Lewis 21/August/03
- Go to Eleven - ESC 20/August/03
- And/or -> verb (pl/sing)? - Anders 20/August/03
- Distribution? - sphinx 20/August/03
- Distribution? - R. Berg 20/August/03
- Sphinx - about Jespersen (calling
GPP) 20/August/03
- Sphinx - GPP 20/August/03
- Cat's Ass - J. Brant Arseneau 19/August/03
- Up one's alley - ray 19/August/03
- Up one's alley - Lewis 21/August/03
- Could anyone please tell me what 'a game of chicken' means ? - guy 19/August/03
- What's the phrase? - English Learner 19/August/03
- Fool - Martha W. 19/August/03
- Fool - ESC 19/August/03
- I need your help again- a questionnaire! - Ste 19/August/03
- I need your help again- a questionnaire! - Henry 19/August/03
- "Kidding" - woody 19/August/03
- "Kidding" - James
Briggs 19/August/03
- "Kidding" - ESC 19/August/03
- "Kidding" - James
Briggs 19/August/03
- Tear (someone) off a strip - kerina 19/August/03
- Tear (someone) off a strip - ESC 19/August/03
- Blunt instrument - Matt Gillett 19/August/03
- I'm you huckleberry - Bill 30/August/03
- I'm you huckleberry - Bill 30/August/03
- Blunt instrument - R. Berg 19/August/03
- Get to the point - Henry 19/August/03
- I'm you huckleberry - Bill 30/August/03
- Bed bugs - Michael randall 19/August/03
- Horses of... - Tiko 19/August/03
- Horses of... - ESC 19/August/03
- To Sleep Perchance To Dream - Brian
Beazley 19/August/03
- To Sleep Perchance To Dream - GPP 20/August/03
- To Sleep Perchance To Dream - Ed 31/August/03
- To Sleep Perchance To Dream - GPP 20/August/03
- "Navvy" (not sure about spelling) - Doris 19/August/03
- "Navvy" - R. Berg 19/August/03
- Navigation - Henry 22/August/03
- "Navvy" - R. Berg 19/August/03
- Rubber Match ? - Terry Collingwood 19/August/03
- "Knock me up in the morning" - Dr. Ward Fredericks 19/August/03
- Today's Phrases. - kathaab 18/August/03
- Today's Phrases. - ESC 19/August/03
- Don't keep a dog and bark yourself. - David Hitchin 18/August/03
- Don't keep a dog and bark yourself. - masakim 18/August/03
- Help! - Ste 18/August/03
- Some questions to trouble you friends ;) - sphinx 18/August/03
- Blow smoke up your butt - jp 18/August/03
- Blow smoke up your butt - Bob 18/August/03
- 'everyone/everybody and his/their uncle' - GPP 18/August/03
- 'everyone/everybody and his/their uncle' - Gary 18/August/03
- Making A Sissy - T. Justin White 18/August/03
- Be a crowd-puller - anka 17/August/03
- Be a crowd-puller? - ESC 17/August/03
- End justifies the means - ESC 17/August/03
- Be a crowd-puller? - ESC 17/August/03
- Wear my ring around your neck - Elvis song - Andy 17/August/03
- Wear my ring around your neck - R. Berg 17/August/03
- Wear my ring around your neck - Lewis 18/August/03
- Wear my ring around your neck - R. Berg 17/August/03
- Pink Slip - Ron 17/August/03
- Today's Phrases - kathaab afandi 17/August/03
- Power Outage - James Briggs 16/August/03
- We hardly knew ye - Andrew C 16/August/03
- Not necessary here to include email in
a post - GPP 16/August/03
- Email in a post - R. Berg 16/August/03
- Trying to think of an English word meaning "double entendre" - GPP 16/August/03
- Trying to think of an English word
meaning "double entendre" - Bob 16/August/03
- Trying to think of an English word meaning "double entendre" - Bob 16/August/03
- Trying to think of an English word
meaning "double entendre" - Bob 16/August/03
- Meaning of a phrase - Christine
Moscato 15/August/03
- Meaning of a phrase - Bob 16/August/03
- Mulling/milling around in NYC - ESC 15/August/03
- Thanks but no thanks - Bijo Alex
Thomas 15/August/03
- Thanks but no thanks - masakim 15/August/03
- Heavy metal - Michael Jahn 15/August/03
- As far as or as long as - takeda nobuhiro 15/August/03
- Silly season - Gary 15/August/03
- Savaged like a dead sheep - Paulinus Barnes 15/August/03
- Looking for a poem "rub a dub dub" - Clarence Holmes 15/August/03
- Looking for a poem "rub a dub dub" - Shae 15/August/03
- Everybody loves a lord - Ste 15/August/03
- Everybody loves a lord - Gary 15/August/03
- Everybody loves a lord - masakim 15/August/03
- Everybody loves a lord - Gary 15/August/03
- First World--OED - R. Berg 15/August/03
- Where were you when the lights went out. - Kimberly Whitworth 14/August/03
- "Speaks truth to power" - Charles 14/August/03
- "Speaks truth to power" - GPP 14/August/03
- Obscure words - ESC 14/August/03
- French saying - taking salt to erase memory - Patricia 14/August/03
- French saying - taking salt to erase memory - Bob 15/August/03
- Good in parts - eric henderson 14/August/03
- Mop guy - sphinx 14/August/03
- Lynching - ESC 13/August/03
- New Phrases plz. - kathaab afandi 13/August/03
- New Phrases plz. - ESC 13/August/03
- New Phrases plz. - GPP 14/August/03
- New Phrases plz. - ESC 13/August/03
- Praise the child, and you make love to the mother - Ste 13/August/03
- How much did you want to spend? - taked48 13/August/03
- Admit having / admit - takeda nobuhiro 13/August/03
- Searching for the origin of "like s**t through a tin horn" - greg 13/August/03
- Sowing your wild oats? - Jeri 13/August/03
- Sowing your wild oats? - ESC 13/August/03
- Tickers and dekkos - DH 13/August/03
- Tickers and dekkos - James
Briggs 13/August/03
- Tickers and dekkos - Kit 13/August/03
- Tickers and dekkos - James
Briggs 13/August/03
- One Yank and... - Kana 12/August/03
- One Yank and... - R. Berg 13/August/03
- One Yank and...they're off - Lewis 15/August/03
- One Yank and... - R. Berg 13/August/03
- Today's Phrases. - kathaab afandi 12/August/03
- Today's Phrases. - ESC 12/August/03
- Cash Phrases - Sharon 29/August/03
- Today's Phrases. - ESC 12/August/03
- "Charmed, I'm sure" - Orbis 12/August/03
- "Charmed, I'm sure" - EAH 23/August/03
- Graveyard shift. - vertigo 29/August/03
- "Charmed, I'm sure" - EAH 23/August/03
- Dis? McJob? All in the new edition of Webster's Dictionary... - Word Camel 12/August/03
- "Outside the box" - Bob
Yeomans 12/August/03
- "Outside the box" - Bob 12/August/03
- "On the carpet" and "call
on carpet" - ASD 12/August/03
- "On the carpet" and "call on carpet" - ESC 12/August/03
- Fair and balanced - trademark suit - ESC 12/August/03
- Fetishization of facts - Celia 12/August/03
- Referential transparency - Mei 12/August/03
- Smashing - Torqy 12/August/03
- 'Here's mud in your eye', James Briggs - GPP 12/August/03
- "High-handed" - Willard 11/August/03
- "High-handed" - masakim 11/August/03
- "High-handed" - ESC 11/August/03
- "High-handed" - masakim 11/August/03
- A few phrases plz. - kathaab afandi 11/August/03
- A woman's love - Stone 11/August/03
- A woman's love - Kit 12/August/03
- Interesting questions - sphinx 11/August/03
- To keep a clean sheet - Weems 11/August/03
- To keep a clean sheet - Lewis 11/August/03
- To keep a clean sheet - ESC 11/August/03
- To keep a clean sheet - Lewis 11/August/03
- What do you say this in English? - Leslie 11/August/03
- What do you say this in English? - shlom 11/August/03
- What do you say this in English? - Henry 11/August/03
- What do you say this in English? - shlom 11/August/03
- Cliche:"don't look a gift horse in
the mouth" - martha 11/August/03
- Cliche:"don't look a gift horse
in the mouth" - John 11/August/03
- Cliche:"don't look a gift horse in the mouth" - ESC 11/August/03
- Cliche:"don't look a gift horse
in the mouth" - John 11/August/03
- One question - Celia 11/August/03
- At a time - Mei 11/August/03
- At a time - ESC 11/August/03
- Ring around the roses - richard 10/August/03
- Ring around the roses - Randy 12/August/03
- Ring around the roses - Polleneze 11/August/03
- Ring around the roses - ESC 11/August/03
- Ring around the roses - Kate 14/August/03
- Railroad - dburd48778 10/August/03
- S.W.A.T. - AA 10/August/03
- S.W.A.T. - ESC 10/August/03
- S.W.A.T. - shaneen 20/August/03
- S.W.A.T. - ESC 10/August/03
- Origin of? - Greg 10/August/03
- Origin of? - EAH 26/August/03
- More phrases plz. - kathaab afandi 10/August/03
- More phrases plz. - ESC 10/August/03
- What does this quote mean ( Aristotle) - Sarah01EA 10/August/03
- Pale (with a capital P) as in "..Russian Jews from the Pale.." - janes_kid 09/August/03
- Toodle loo - Stuart Goss 09/August/03
- Two Loos = No Trek - Lewis 11/August/03
- "Run out the string" - Ward
A. Fredericks 09/August/03
- "Run out the string" - ESC 10/August/03
- "Run out the string" is a baseball term - Bruce Kahl 10/August/03
- "Run out the string" - ESC 10/August/03
- Snob - ESC 09/August/03
- God never shuts one door but he opens another - Ste 09/August/03
- When one door shuts, another opens - ESC 09/August/03
- The science of one's project... - J. Kim 09/August/03
- Phrase/saying - deb 09/August/03
- "Not worth fighting for" - R. Berg 09/August/03
- If it's not worth fighting for... - deb 11/August/03
- "Not worth fighting for" - R. Berg 09/August/03
- 5 phrases plz. - kathaab afandi 08/August/03
- Use of "after" - Doug Seaton 08/August/03
- What does "Pick a finger"mean? - Kashima 08/August/03
- What does "Pick a finger"mean? - Kit 09/August/03
- What does "Pick a finger"mean? - Kashima 10/August/03
- What does "Pick a finger"mean? - K 10/August/03
- What does "Pick a finger"mean? - Kashima 10/August/03
- What does "Pick a finger"mean? - Shae 08/August/03
- What does "Pick a finger"mean? - Kashima 09/August/03
- What does - Merrell Gilbert 08/August/03
- What does - Kashima 09/August/03
- What does "Pick a finger"mean? - Kit 09/August/03
- "Nautical phrases containing the word devil" - David Hurd 08/August/03
- Poets Day - Lewis 08/August/03
- Poets Day - Bruce Kahl 08/August/03
- Poets Day - Lewis 14/August/03
- Poets Day - Bruce Kahl 08/August/03
- Never fear the deep - jimmy bond 08/August/03
- 2 phrases - sphinx 08/August/03
- Expectedly unexpected - Astrid 07/August/03
- Expectedly unexpected - Henry 07/August/03
- Can anybody translate some this high-brow proverbs for me - max 07/August/03
- I'll swan - Duke 07/August/03
- I'll swan - ESC 07/August/03
- Jock Tamson's Bairns - Roy 07/August/03
- Full English breakfast and Black pudding - James Briggs 07/August/03
- Full English breakfast and Black pudding - Gary 07/August/03
- SNOB - Adam Beacher 07/August/03
- Moving and need a "english" saying to put on cake... - Sharon 07/August/03
- To have the 'blues'; to be 'green with
envy' - James Briggs 07/August/03
- The blues - ESC 07/August/03
- Some phrases plz. - kathaab afandi 07/August/03
- Full English breakfast - janes_kid 06/August/03
- How long is a piece of string? - Grim 06/August/03
- How long is a piece of string? - Ben 24/August/03
- How long is a piece of string? - Ben 24/August/03
- How long is a piece of string? - half double the distace between the two ends 10/August/03
- How long is a piece of string? - Pedant 07/August/03
- How long is a piece of string? - Marty 12/August/03
- English sentences - Zia 06/August/03
- " Cheek, Cheeky " - woody 06/August/03
- Nervous - Henry 07/August/03
- Phrase meaning - Fabiola 06/August/03
- Phrase meaning - ESC 06/August/03
- Phrase meaning - Lap of the Goddess 06/August/03
- Phrase meaning - ESC 06/August/03
- "Sat a gee" - Bob K 06/August/03
- "Sat a gee" - Bob 06/August/03
- "Sat a gee" - R.
Berg 06/August/03
- "Sat a gee" - John 11/August/03
- Help! - sphinx 06/August/03
- A FINE LINE. - Marcus 06/August/03
- Walk a fine line - Henry 06/August/03
- Walk a fine line - Henry 06/August/03
- Prepositions - sphinx 06/August/03
- Prepositions - R. Berg 06/August/03
- Many things including the yearly bath - Lotg 06/August/03
- Cold enough to freeze the balls off a brass monkey - Eduard von Fischer 05/August/03
- Bread-and-circus show - S. 05/August/03
- Bread-and-circus show - Bookworm 05/August/03
- Bread-and-circus show - ESC 05/August/03
- Bread-and-circus show - Bookworm 05/August/03
- Jumpin' Jehosaphats - Jeff Jank 05/August/03
- Jumpin' Jehosaphats - ESC 05/August/03
- Thanks - Jeff Jank 06/August/03
- Jumpin' Jehosaphats - ESC 05/August/03
- Metrosexual - ESC 05/August/03
- Jacob's joint - JTF 05/August/03
- Jacob's join - masakim 05/August/03
- Sorry for my typo - masakim 05/August/03
- Jacob's joint. I always thought it
was Jacob's joins, meaning to share, but now realise it should logically
be 'joint' - Brenda Godfrey 05/August/03
- Jacob's joint. I always thought it was Jacob's joins, meaning to share, but now realise it should logically be 'joint' - Brenda Godfrey 05/August/03
- Jacob's joint - Bob 05/August/03
- Jacob's joy - Bookworm 05/August/03
- Jacob's join - masakim 05/August/03
- Going to see a man about a dog - Patrick 05/August/03
- The dismal science - S. 05/August/03
- The dismal science - masakim 05/August/03
- Mine-run - S. 05/August/03
- Mine-run - Lewis 07/August/03
- Geordie sayings - Ron Neesam 05/August/03
- Geordie sayings - Lewis 07/August/03
- Most Rikki Tik - Bob Yeomans 04/August/03
- Most Rikki Tik - masakim 04/August/03
- Most Rikki Tik - Bob 04/August/03
- Ricky-ticky - ESC 04/August/03
- NASCAR dads - ESC 04/August/03
- NASCAR dads - Bob 04/August/03
- NASCAR dads - ESC 04/August/03
- NASCAR dads - Bob 04/August/03
- Nicknames for cities - marian 04/August/03
- Origin and Meaning - Frank Callaway 04/August/03
- Origin and Meaning - Cameron 04/August/03
- Smoking outside offices - Rich 02/August/03
- Get lost in the shuffle - abc 02/August/03
- "Take this lying down" - woody 01/August/03
- "Take this lying down" - R. Berg 02/August/03
- Singularly unique - Ilow Roque 01/August/03
- Question about question marks - ESC 01/August/03
- Question about question marks - James Briggs 01/August/03
- Peterpandemonium, kidult, middlescence - Word Camel 01/August/03
- Origin and history of word "love"
- Find one's voice
- "Heart" - special emphasis in mt. religion
- Many things including the yearly bath
- STROKE CITY?????
- Hokey-cokey
- Sorry. This is a reposting of the above ( that was was posred incomplete).
- Pale skins
- Whisky Galore
- Fetishization of facts
- Mop guy
- Pale (with a capital P) as in "..Russian Jews from the Pale.."
- Pink Slip
- Power Outage
- Happy to help
- Help!
- Rubber Match ?
- Obliged/obligated
- What about "not that you know of"?
- Shave and a haircut
- Conscience
- Less of
- The title of which, which title
- Foolish answer
- "That's all she wrote"