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    Time for some breaking news (clues) for the phrases


    Chocolate: a light fluffy pudding or an elk.
    Cucumber: you often cut corners to make this, and the edges as well.
    Ground: Tarzan author had this for his middle course.
    Parsley: A wise herb.
    Cup: In my day, a bun

    Cottage pie is right, but not sty.
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    Chocolate: a light fluffy pudding or an elk
    chocolate mousse. Er, use? If so, it's a specifically North-of-Derby construction. Where I come from it'd be 'am' rather then 'have'. So I'm not convinced I've got the rhyme right.

    Cucumber: you often cut corners to make this, and the edges as well.
    cucumber sandwich - langwidge
    .


    Ground: Tarzan author had this for his middle course.
    Rice? So, nice? I'da got this a lot quicker if a) I'd ever heard of ground rice and b) I hadn't convinced myself that Tarzan was written by H. Rider Haggard.


    Parsley: A wise herb.
    parsley and sage - age



    Cup: In my day, a bun.
    Cupcake - fake
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    Cottage pie is right, but not sty.
    If it weren't for that 'in' I'd say it was lie.

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    Quote Originally Posted by MarkBastable View Post
    Ground: Tarzan author had this for his middle course.
    Rice? So, nice? I'da got this a lot quicker if a) I'd ever heard of ground rice and b) I hadn't convinced myself that Tarzan was written by H. Rider Haggard
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    Just to let you know I sweated and cogitated about that inapropriate "in" but left it there anyway, for the sake of the cottage imagery.

    Didn't you have school dinners? Ground rice pudding with a blob of something jam-like in the middle.

    Otherwise, you're half way there with "use." and threequarters there with "age."

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    Quote Originally Posted by prendrelemick View Post
    Just to let you know I sweated and cogitated about that inapropriate "in" but left it there anyway, for the sake of the cottage imagery.

    Didn't you have school dinners? Ground rice pudding with a blob of something jam-like in the middle.

    Otherwise, you're half way there with "use." and threequarters there with "age."

    Typo - meant 'page'

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    Oh - excuse.

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    Phrases, idioms and sayings containing 'and'. (I mean, not any old 'and'. Phrases where the 'andness' is intrinsic to the meaning and usage.)


    1. PSR&T

    2. SC&P

    3. HL&S

    4. YF&S

    5. S&D&R&R

    6. AME&BM

    7. LS&B

    8. RH&PAW

    9. FH&C

    10. AM&NT

    11. OSOP&OH

    12. F&FF

    13. YG&B

    14. B&PF

    15. AA&AL

    16. C"GFHE&SG!"

    17. TH&B

    18. GS&M

    19. HSK&T,K&T

    20. OTH&FA
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    MarkBastable;1038754]Phrases, idioms and sayings containing 'and'. (I mean, not any old 'and'. Phrases where the 'andness' is intrinsic to the meaning and usage.)


    1. PSR&T parsley sage rosmary and thyme

    2. SC&P snap crackle and pop

    3. HL&S

    4. YF&S young free and single

    5. S&D&R&R

    6. AME&BM

    7. LS&B lock stock and barrel

    8. RH&PAW

    9. FH&C

    10. AM&NT

    11. OSOP&OH

    12. F&FF

    13. YG&B young gifted and black

    14. B&PF

    15. AA&AL

    16. C"GFHE&SG!"

    17. TH&B

    18. GS&M

    19. HSK&T,K&Thead shoulders knees and toes, knees and toes.

    20. OTH&FA[/QUOTE]

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    Quote Originally Posted by prendrelemick View Post
    MarkBastable;1038754]Phrases, idioms and sayings containing 'and'. (I mean, not any old 'and'. Phrases where the 'andness' is intrinsic to the meaning and usage.)


    1. PSR&T parsley sage rosmary and thyme

    2. SC&P snap crackle and pop

    3. HL&S Hook, Line and sinker

    4. YF&S young free and single

    5. S&D&R&R

    6. AME&BM All My Eye and Betty Martin

    7. LS&B lock stock and barrel

    8. RH&PAW Rest Here and Pause A While

    9. FH&C Faith Hope and Charity

    10. AM&NT

    11. OSOP&OH Over Sexed, Over Paid and Over Here

    12. F&FF Footloose and Fancy Free

    13. YG&B young gifted and black

    14. B&PF

    15. AA&AL

    16. C"GFHE&SG!" Cry " God For Harry, England and St George"

    17. TH&B To Hell and Back

    18. GS&M Game, Set and Match

    19. HSK&T,K&Thead shoulders knees and toes, knees and toes.

    20. OTH&FA Over The Hills and Far Away
    [/QUOTE]

    Not sure about No 8?

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    Brilliant.

    But 8 is not the one I had in mind. In fact, I'd argue that 'awhile' is one word. It's debatable, admittedly.

    I thought 5 would be the easiest of the lot.
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    5. Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll

    10. All Music & No Talk

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    Quote Originally Posted by billl View Post
    5. Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll

    10. All Music & No Talk
    That's not 10, though the right answer conveys a similar sentiment (or perhaps, if you take it apart, the opposite one). Also, it's idiomatically Brit - so the Yanks here stand very little chance. On the other hand, it's likely to be a Yank that gets 8. I'm very even-handed like that.

    I thought 6 and 8 would be the tough ones. I'm simultaneously impressed and dismayed that kasie got All My Eye and Betty Martin so immediately.


    STOP PRESS: I've just discovered that there's a US equivalent of 10 - which would be AH&NC. It's one I'm going to start using, I think.
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    8. Ridden hard and put away wet. (Kasie's is so much nicer)

    10. All mouth andno trousers
    Last edited by prendrelemick; 05-30-2011 at 02:16 AM.

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    Well done, mick.

    So we're left with two from the field of commerce:

    14. B&PF

    15. AA&AL

    Also, following my addition to the previous post, the US version of 10, AH&NC (which might just be a Texan thing).... Not that that one's really part of the game - it just amused me.

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