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What is the meaning of 'a truly creative person rids himself of all self-imposed limitations'?
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What is the meaning of 'the cat's pajamas'?
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What kind of slang terms did they use during the time of the Middle Ages?
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What does the saying mean this is the spider the last drink in the bottle mean?
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You shall have the last laugh means?
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What is shaft?
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What is the origin of Sweating like a stuck pig?
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What is the meaning of burn the midnight oil?
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What is the meaning of the Australian slang word 'stewnce'?
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What is in a badegg?
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What does Shuckin' and Jivin' mean?
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Where did the saying bear with me come from?
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Where did the phrase Sew a button on a rubber duck com from?
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What is the meaning of the saying 'a friend in need is a friend in deed'?
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What did DJ Hal Jackson mean by 'pack the shellac'?
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What is the meaning of the idiom 'to have a broken wing'?
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What is the meaning of the idiom 'don't let the bedbugs bite'?
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Nickname of police in England?
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What is the meaning and origin of the idiom 'One step forward two steps back'?
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What does the phrase jack off mean?
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Why do you say 'search me' when you don't know?
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What is the meaning of the idiom 'different strokes for different folks'?
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What are some idiomatic expressions based on colors?
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What does it mean by the phrase French leave?
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What is the meaning of roger that?
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What does turd mean?
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What is the origination of come hell or high water?
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Why are the English called Pommies?
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Where did the term it will all come out in the wash come from?
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What does the literary device Idioms mean?
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What does the word 'jabonie' mean as in the usage 'What was that jabonie doing'?
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What is the origin of the idiom 'In your wheelhouse'?
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What does 'To speak off the top of one's head' mean?
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What is the meaning of Hit the road?
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What is the meaning of a shrinking world?
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What is the example of this idiom always a bridesmaid never a bride?
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What does the phrase 'give a damn' mean?
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Is the term 'Beggars can't be choosers' an insult?
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What is a synonym for the idiom 'live in the moment'?
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What do people mean when they describe someone as being an 'english rose'?
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What is the meaning of idiomatic expression i'm at the end of my rope?
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What is the meaning of idiomatic expression hair standing on end?
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What is the meaning of you're really clicking?
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What does the phrase 'walk the line' mean?
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What is the meaning of the idiomatic expression- he rules with an iron fist?
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What slang is in common usage in South Africa?
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Slang for marijuana cigarette?
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What is the meaning of 'toying around'?
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What does it mean by 'OK I'll bite'?
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What does ear-jacking mean?
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What is the meaning of on the mend?
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What is the meaning of 'cat got your tongue' and how is it used?
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What is dead pan?
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Where does the term she'll be apples come from?
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Where did expression 'off the hook' come from?
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What is meant by Slow but sure?
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Fife wordings enquiery.gran is grand mother what is fife wordings for gandfather.HELP?
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Why did the british used to day what as wit such as That's a bit of alright what?
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What does the phrase to suck eggs mean?
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What does the apple doesn't fall far from the tree mean?
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What is the Unit of wisdom?
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What is the meaning of the proverb 'a bad worker quarrels with his tools'?
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What is the history of the idiom smart as a whip?
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What does the phrase wolf at the door mean?
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What is the meaning of the maxim no one held is impossible?
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What is the meaning of the idiom 'to go on a fishing expedition'?
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What do you mean by groundbreaking?
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Where does the name farvey come from which is short for grandfather?
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What does any penny opinion mean?
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Write a sentence that clearly explains the idiom 'Make a mountain out of a molehill'?
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