joey
Where did the saying 'on the wagon' originate from?

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Gator
Where did the term, ''in your neck of the woods originate''

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bar
What does 'Birds Of A Feather' mean?

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mslubicki77
When did "nutcase" or "nut" come to mean "crazy" and what is the origin of that definition?

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StampnKC
Where did the saying dead ringer come from?

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Mrs LOUISE BOWTELL
Where did the saying "Put that in you're pipe and smoke it" come from?

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kitten
Where does the saying 'gone for a burton' come from and what does it mean?

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Mr wayne smith
Where did the word tip come from?

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Mr mark ovenden
Where does the American term 'Good ole boys' originate from?

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Mr mark ovenden
Was there ever a character called 'Fagash Lil'?

How did the term originate?

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Ms Debbie Huggins
Where does the phase Bubble and Squeak come from?

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blossom
What is meant by the saying "the eyes of march"?

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Traveler
What is the meaning behind the saying "Never draw to an inside straight ?"

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Roger
What is the saying by Napoleon about generals? (Give me a general but most of all give me a lucky general) approx.

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Mr mark ovenden
Where does the saying 'I'm alright Jack' originate.....what does it mean?

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nutcase
Finish the saying; rain before seven...?

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zagziggy
Poem that laments all the many obscured and complicated situations we create for ourselves? Creating our own web of deceit...

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Miss charulata kamdar
What is the meaning of 'blue moon' as in once in a blue moon?

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Mr Huw Thomas
Where does the phrase "he's a card" come from?

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Mr himanshu shekhar
Who said this-tum mujhe khoon do main tumhen aajadi doonga?

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oh danny boy!!
Where did the saying "toe rag" come from?

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Mr Leonard Zwieback
What does it mean when someone says "And they hang pictures"?

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Mr Robert Rafuse
Where does the phrase.."the straw that broke the camel's back" come from?

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Ms ELAYNE CARR
What does the expression 'box and cox' mean?

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Mrs ruth dear
Where does the term cor blimey originate and what does it mean?

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Surfer Dude
What are the origins of the phrase a "little white lie"?

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Surfer Dude
The saying "rule of thumb" how did it come about and what exactly does it mean?

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Ms Maggie Burton
Where did the expression "one more sleep" come from?

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Mr Martin Byrne
Who was the original Jack Robinson, as in 'quicker than you can say Jack Robinson'?

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Ms Jan Cedras
What is the origin of the expression "mind your P's and Q's"?

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Mrs Emma Baxter
What is the origin of head for the hills?

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Mr David Morrison
What is another of the saying, "loud and clear?" I'm thinking of an expression something like, "I hear you five by five".

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Barni
When you get beat at pool having not potted any of your balls you have been Tin Hatted. How did this phrase come about?

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Worp
What is the name of whose idea it was to use 'MAYDAY' as the international distress call. If it helps, I do know the originator was not American and he died prior to 1970.

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Barni
How did the saying 'break a leg' come about when refering to actors who are just about to go on stage?

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Cyber Man
I know that arris is cockney rhyming slang for your behind but cant work out why. Ive asked the trouble and strife and she dont know either. What is the connection?

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joey
Where did the saying "dead ringer" come from?

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Cyber Man
Where did the saying "kick the bucket" come from ?

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Cyber Man
Where did the saying come from, "there is more than one way to skin a cat" ?

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