Phrase origins category

Phrase origins, A - H

Phrase origins, I - P

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Posted by Kewl Guy - has gone 360 some time ago

Can you name a phrase with the word home in it?

Posted by -NUNYA-- some time ago

"Don't have a Cow" is a way of telling someone to stop being upset or making a big deal out of something. What is another phrase similar to that one?

Posted by Hidden80 is Wonderful some time ago

What's your favorite Latin phrase?

Posted by some time ago

What is the origin of the phrase "man alive!"?

Posted by Jenny The Great ⭐ some time ago

What does it mean when someone says: "I told you so?"

Posted by Jenny The Great ⭐ some time ago

How do you understand the phrase of: "You scratch my back, and I'll scratch yours?"

Posted by Owl Zero some time ago

How did the British slang phrase, dressed up to the nines, come to be?

Posted by Anonymous some time ago

What does "Christmas came early" mean?

Posted by sm00z some time ago

Where did that expression: "No comments from the Peanut Gallery" come from?

Posted by Anonymous some time ago

Why is a church mouse considered to be poorer than a house mouse?

Posted by idne some time ago

What phrases are unique to your part of the country or the world? Here in Louisiana, we say "He gives me the red ass", for example, when someone makes us angry.

Posted by M3tv some time ago

Where did the term "hangover" originate?

Posted by Jenny The Great ⭐ some time ago

How do you explain the phrase of: "It ain't over till the fat lady sings?"

Posted by Tel UK-fishing for clues some time ago

Where does the word "jacuzzi "originate from?

Posted by Jenny The Great ⭐ some time ago

What does 'Big Daddy' mean in slang?

Posted by Jenny The Great ⭐ some time ago

Can a dog be a woman's best friend?

Posted by Jenny The Great ⭐ some time ago

What does mentioning a deity have to do when people say: "god-dang-it?"

Posted by Jenny The Great ⭐ some time ago

What does it mean when people greet you with, "Hey Boss?"

Posted by Linda Joy some time ago

Which sayings make you wonder ?

Posted by Jenny The Great ⭐ some time ago

How do you explain the phrase of: "It's always something?"

Posted by Jenny The Great ⭐ some time ago

Are you known to bring home the bacon?

Posted by Jenny The Great ⭐ some time ago

Why the eye of the tiger and not the eye of the lion?

Posted by Rollie some time ago

Has anyone heard the term "Ugly American"? To what does it refer? If everyone loved us before Iraq why was this term coined, etc.?

Posted by Beat Covid, Avoid Republicans some time ago

What does the phrase "you got your eyelids sewn on" mean

Posted by kazzzy some time ago

Where does the phrase "cut the mustard" originate?

Posted by Mastodon some time ago

Where does the term, "bouncing baby boy" come from?

Posted by Roaring some time ago

Close doesn't count except in _________and___________.

Posted by hope and peace some time ago

What are specific words or phrases that were used when you were younger, that are considered "out of date". For example, we used to say "wicked nice" which was replaced by "fresh", then "hip", "jiggy", "cool" "awesome", etc....as many as u can remember!

Posted by DancesWithWolves some time ago

Where I live in Pennsylvania US, people often say Oh he's not playing with a full deck, which means he is crazy or insane what you think about these types of phrases people use?

Posted by WHITE BEAR some time ago

What is meant by the term "vertical smile"?

Posted by What some time ago

What does "It is what it is" mean?

Posted by Roaring some time ago

Ignorance breeds fear. And the only way to conquer that is to make the unknown known. Where is this quote from?

Posted by AntigoneRising some time ago

Who said, "I do not feel obliged to believe that the same God who has endowed us with sense, reason, and intellect has intended us to forgo their use"?

Posted by Blessed Dreamer is a girl some time ago

What does this saying mean? Don't throw the bath water out with the baby.

Posted by willisajesusfreak some time ago

What is the right way to say the following phrase: "Home again, home again, riggidy jig?" OR "Home again, home again, jiggidy jig?"

Posted by gone some time ago

What is your favorite common sense quote (i.e. you can lead a horse to water but can't make it drink)?

Posted by socrateswasfat some time ago

What is 'dually noted'?

Posted by JvaGoddess some time ago

Where did the phrase "called to task" come from? (Maybe it's better to phrase it "taken to task".)

Posted by Anonymous some time ago

What dose the qoute "you must do the thing you think you cannot do" mean

Posted by Owl Zero some time ago

How did the cliche 'on pins and needles' come about?

Posted by Jodie44 some time ago

Who said, "Never interrupt your enemy when he's making a mistake."?

Posted by ZZDRIVER some time ago

What does"what the deuce" mean

Posted by Super Amazo some time ago

Where did the phrase the dogs bollox come from?

Posted by Owl Zero some time ago

How did the colloquialism minding one's P's and Q's come about? I believe it is derived from a warning for small children to avoid confusing the tailed lower case digits p and q. Would I be right?

Posted by ButchInChaps some time ago

The old saying... "I'm so mad that I could spit nails". If your that mad, why would you want to spit?

Posted by Roaring some time ago

I heard a funny phrase on the radio today:"Jawboning". What is the origin?

Posted by This Used To Be Me some time ago

What is the origin of calling a girl or a woman a "tomato" as in, "She's a real tomato" (maybe 1940's slang?)

Posted by GhostWriter13 has found his voice again some time ago

"Couldn't pour piss out of a boot if the instructions were written on the heel." Give me your favorite Folk saying for someone dumb.

Posted by nitinoo some time ago

a real image by converging mirror

Posted by Egao No Genki some time ago

What is the origin of the phrase "I don't give a rat's ass"?

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