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lesbian sayings entered by user 4367505
licorice stick and clarinets entered by user 1481324
lil' abner characters entered by user 1518888
lindy loo entered by user 3350710
lines in the sand entered by user 4571110
live love laugh entered by user 7303775
live love laugh sayings entered by user 1903540
louie's lunch entered by user 2715351
mad dogs and englishmen and the midday sun entered by user 4899137
maine sayings entered by user 7363669
making hay entered by user 19979618
man doesnot live by bread alone entered by user 2889027
mares nest entered by user 1415583
mares nest entered by user 2668268
marijuana sayings entered by user 1103417
mea culpa entered by user 2792418
mea culpa entered by user 5030014
mea culpa entered by user 2981351
meanig of greenhorn entered by user 3408925
meaning of fooled me once shame on you. entered by user 665552
meaning of gaelic words entered by user 8978122
meaning of hanky panky entered by user 18537239
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meaning of phrases and sayings entered by user 2883617
meaning of son of a gun entered by user 2821929
meaning of veritas entered by user 13083503
meaning star crossed lovers entered by user 7632326
meaning star crossed lovers entered by user ditto
meanings of fruit entered by user 16335807
meanings of old sayings entered by user 2267444
meanings of phrases entered by user 21963264
means to an end entered by user 2575849
menage a trois entered by user 10101616
menage-a-trois entered by user 5011024
mexican quotes phrases entered by user 9354722
midlin entered by user 2571972
money cant buy happiness entered by user 2677588
money talks entered by user 11612209
monkey sayings entered by user 20964431
montezuma's curse entered by user 23813405
montezuma's revenge entered by user 1395579
montezuma's revenge entered by user 5454837
moon and june quotes entered by user 2484165
mortal coil entered by user 1070141
motley crew entered by user 4686932
mox nix entered by user 2844371
mox nix entered by user 15395194
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mrs astor's plush pony entered by user 90226
myth of george washington entered by user 5533048
naval tradition going down with the ship entered by user 5084871
neither a borrower nor a lender be entered by user 2964972
new york phrases entered by user 647549
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nigger knocking entered by user 129221
no fear shakespeare entered by user 1145801
noblesse oblige entered by user 14432048
occupational handbook entered by user 308509
of mice and men poetry entered by user 2753253
off sale meaning entered by user 9355948
old soldiers never die they just fade away entered by user 3473963
oly-oly-oxen-free entered by user 12673003
once more to the breach entered by user 7573699
only mad dogs and englishmen go out in the mid-day sun entered by user 2569839
ontogeny recapitulates phylogeny means what entered by user 565143
origin and meaning of once in a blue moon entered by user 4993967
origin of a moth entered by user 11009752
origin of an arm and a leg entered by user 6097448
origin of chutney entered by user 3872072
origin of idioms entered by user 7248784
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origin of lavatory entered by user 7348137
origin of okey dokey entered by user 11526280
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origin of shit entered by user 2463397
origin of the easter egg entered by user 417775
origin of the term be careful not to burn your bridges entered by user 4869133
origin of the term penny loafers entered by user 3959771
origin of the word nigger entered by user 3800126
origin see no speak no hear no evil monkeys entered by user 286571
original use of word shit entered by user 23657856
origins a house divided entered by user 16832287
origins of british phrases entered by user 14320550
origins of cheese danish entered by user 6049825
origins of phrases entered by user 2183028
origins of sayings entered by user 9858337
origins old sayings entered by user 1737865
out of plumb entered by user 5890862
parsons nose entered by user 2612458
pass over entered by user 5514942
pass over entered by user 1132009
patience is a virtue entered by user 1010572
penny loafers entered by user 3959771
pharmaceutical symbol entered by user 20715861
phrase dictionary entered by user 1718586
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phrase dictionary entered by user 8850304
phrase finder entered by user 1699050
phrase help entered by user 1367852
phrase meaning yeoman's work entered by user 3523448