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A Phrase A Week

added: Tue, 07th February 2006 | 900 views | 1x in favourites
feed url: http://www.phrases.org.uk/a-phrase-a-week/index.xml

The meanings and origins of English phrases and sayings.

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Upside down

Which century is that from?

Bats in the belfry

What is the link between the phrases 'bats in the belfry', 'dead ringer' and 'saved by the bell'?

A cock and bull story

Did this originate in the Cock and the Bull inns in Buckinghamshire - or is that just a cock and bull story?

Fight fire with fire

Pass the petrol; I'm just going to put that fire out.

Chop-chop

Hurry up; there are choppy waters ahead.

With bells on

Bow bells? Seven bells? Hell's bells?

Think outside the box

Which box is that?

Toodle-oo

I'll be toddling off.

High flyer

It's good to fly high - or is it?

Ne'er cast a clout till May be out

June. Time to take your coat off?

Die hard

You mean there's an easy way?

Let the cat out of the bag

Didn't that piglet just miaow?

Donkey's years

Howdy. I haven't seen you in donkeys.

Bandy words

Bandy. Isn't that like hockey?

Bale out/bail out

Bale? Bail? Which is which?

Blown to smithereens

Blown where?

Silver bullet

Who was that masked man?

Point blank

What's the point?

Chaise lounge

We all long to lounge.

Guinea pig

A what, from where?

Through thick and thin

A new double act?

Strait and narrow

Let's get this straight...

Round Robin

Hood? Redbreast?

Raining cats and dogs

Rein in those wild ideas.

Acronyms

As rare as hen's teeth - an old acronym.

The devil to pay

Just think. Do you owe him anything?

I haven't got a clue

Don't string me along

Best bib and tucker

Would you need both?

Ups-a-daisy

Why daisy?

Parting shot

With an arrow?

Go off half-cocked

Not the best time to go off.

Boxing Day

Seconds out?

Cooking the books

Cooking the books - making a comeback.

Get down to brass tacks

Or is that 'brass tax'?

Spelling bee

Why not a spelling a, or c?

On cloud nine

Or seven, or eight, or...

Grass up

Who's a pretty boy then?

Red Herring

Trick or treat?

Keep the ball rolling

What ball was that exactly?

The living daylights

Jeepers, creepers, where'd ya get those daylights.

Three sheets to the wind

One, two, three - fall over.

On the warpath

The road to rage.

In the pink

Better than being in the red.

Toe the line

Toe? Tow?

Top dog

Do you need to be a dog to be top?

Barking mad

You don't have to live in East London to be barking.

The whole shebang

Shebang - is that like a ball of wax, or an enchilada, or a caboodle, or...?

Prime time

Prime time - at 4am?

Run the gauntlet

Gauntlets. Running. No connection, surely?

A flash in the pan

Which bright spark thought of this one?

Curry favour

Curried horse? Surely not?

To a T

T, tee, tea?

Coin a phrase

Who coined 'coin a phrase'?

Rack and ruin

Rack and ruin. Do you need both?

Take umbrage

Take it? I'd need to know what it is first.

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