Phrase of the Week
Tim Bowen gives us the origin of well-known words and phrases.
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Phrase of the week: A dark horse
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Phrase of the week: The graveyard shift
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Phrase of the week: To be caught red-handed
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Phrase of the week: To face the music
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Phrase of the week: To play second fiddle
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Phrase of the week: To start the ball rolling
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Phrase of the week: At sixes and sevens
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Phrase of the week: Hobson's choice
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Phrase of the week: I heard it through the grapevine
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Phrase of the week: Three sheets to the wind
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Phrase of the week: To beat about the bush
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Phrase of the week: To bite the bullet
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Phrase of the week: To earmark
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Phrase of the week: To feel out of sorts
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Phrase of the week: To get off scot free
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Phrase of the week: To get the sack
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Phrase of the week: To go to the dogs
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Phrase of the week: To have a skeleton in the cupboard
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Phrase of the week: To kick the bucket
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Phrase of the week: To know the ropes
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Phrase of the week: To let the cat out of the bag
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Phrase of the week: To pull someone's leg
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Phrase of the week: To spill the beans
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Phrase of the week: To take the bull by the horns
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