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What does ‘Garden Girl’ mean?

meaning british-english

answered Feb 14 at 23:48

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Languages understandable to English-speakers without learning

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answered Feb 26, 2013 at 17:14

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What is a common idiom meaning, 'that a recovering patient's medical situation is likely to change all of a sudden without notice or reason'?

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answered Apr 19, 2021 at 23:33

11 votes

What's another word for agreeing with another person just for the sake of it?

idioms synonyms rhetorical-devices

answered Jul 23 at 11:48

11 votes

A possibly modern derogatory term for housewife

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answered Aug 3, 2020 at 0:17

10 votes

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Poetic technique for taking a usually comforting thing in a scary context?

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answered Aug 10, 2020 at 1:43

8 votes

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Redneck and usage

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answered Feb 3, 2013 at 21:38

8 votes

What is a word/expression for useless advice?

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answered Apr 23, 2021 at 0:42

7 votes

Is the sentence below ambiguous?

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answered Mar 19 at 3:11

7 votes

What's the word for someone who knows what you need in advance?

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answered Jul 7, 2021 at 0:45

7 votes

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What is a How (placename)?

etymology toponyms

answered Jun 4 at 4:24

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What is "regomised"?

meaning meaning-in-context

answered Sep 9, 2020 at 10:01

6 votes

Is there an English idiom for when you must commit to a course of action even if it turns out to be the wrong one?

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answered Jan 4 at 2:09

6 votes

Another phrase for "glitz and glamor"

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answered Jan 9, 2021 at 2:58

5 votes

What verb should you put in front of "insurrection"?

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answered Aug 20, 2020 at 4:51

4 votes

What is English counterpart to Japanese phrase, “往生際が悪い” – behave disgracefully toward the end of life?

expressions

answered Nov 10, 2020 at 1:37

4 votes

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Should one capitalise the first word in the body of a letter?

capitalization

answered Nov 24, 2020 at 3:49

3 votes

What is the opposite of "setting the bar"?

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answered Mar 23, 2021 at 3:21

3 votes

Calling someone a “blank” professor

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answered Apr 21, 2021 at 23:32

3 votes

What’s the word(s) that means a person who stands for something only for the recognition?

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answered Oct 7, 2020 at 1:11

3 votes

Is there a figurative term equivalent to the German idiom "Fingerübung"?

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answered Sep 27, 2020 at 22:10

3 votes

A word descibing an object specifically designed to hold the shape or form of something else

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answered Apr 1, 2020 at 8:31

3 votes

Usage of "before" in "I watched the sequel before the original movie"

word-choice grammaticality prepositions

answered Feb 11, 2013 at 21:02

2 votes

What is the word/reference for a paranoid reluctance to answer something because of bandwagoning superstition?

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answered Feb 5, 2013 at 4:38

2 votes

A word/phrase for a day when you must be extremely cautious

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answered Aug 22, 2020 at 7:40

2 votes

What is an idiom for being engaged in something?

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answered Jan 2, 2021 at 4:00

2 votes

What's happening inside the Old Lady?

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answered May 6, 2021 at 22:50

2 votes

A word that means someone is losing attention to the conversation due to being too far from the speaker

single-word-requests phrases listening

answered May 26, 2021 at 23:24

2 votes

Idiom for a Scrooge-like person that involved nickel?

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answered Jul 17 at 2:23

1 vote

Verb for enjoying solitude

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answered Aug 6 at 1:42

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66 Answers

What does ‘Garden Girl’ mean?

Languages understandable to English-speakers without learning

What is a common idiom meaning, 'that a recovering patient's medical situation is likely to change all of a sudden without notice or reason'?

What's another word for agreeing with another person just for the sake of it?

A possibly modern derogatory term for housewife

Poetic technique for taking a usually comforting thing in a scary context?

Redneck and usage

What is a word/expression for useless advice?

Is the sentence below ambiguous?

What's the word for someone who knows what you need in advance?

What is a How (placename)?

What is "regomised"?

Is there an English idiom for when you must commit to a course of action even if it turns out to be the wrong one?

Another phrase for "glitz and glamor"

What verb should you put in front of "insurrection"?

What is English counterpart to Japanese phrase, “往生際が悪い” – behave disgracefully toward the end of life?

Should one capitalise the first word in the body of a letter?

What is the opposite of "setting the bar"?

Calling someone a “blank” professor

What’s the word(s) that means a person who stands for something only for the recognition?

Is there a figurative term equivalent to the German idiom "Fingerübung"?

A word descibing an object specifically designed to hold the shape or form of something else

Usage of "before" in "I watched the sequel before the original movie"

What is the word/reference for a paranoid reluctance to answer something because of bandwagoning superstition?

A word/phrase for a day when you must be extremely cautious

What is an idiom for being engaged in something?

What's happening inside the Old Lady?

A word that means someone is losing attention to the conversation due to being too far from the speaker

Idiom for a Scrooge-like person that involved nickel?

Verb for enjoying solitude