Supposedly Common expressions or sayings you've never heard before
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Supposedly Common expressions or sayings you've never heard before
Cutting a rug
My missus was shocked that I'm 60 and didn't know it.
I only found out watching the Netflix film Reptile
My missus was shocked that I'm 60 and didn't know it.
I only found out watching the Netflix film Reptile
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Re: Supposedly Common expressions or sayings you've never heard before
There was a £100 question on Who Wants to Be A Millionaire once where the answer was His Nibs. Nope, never heard of it. Woulda have to have lifelined.
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Mark Deeks wrote: ↑Mon Nov 20, 2023 3:26 pm There was a £100 question on Who Wants to Be A Millionaire once where the answer was His Nibs. Nope, never heard of it. Woulda have to have lifelined.

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Re: Supposedly Common expressions or sayings you've never heard before
I use it a a term of endearment for my dogFiona T wrote: ↑Mon Nov 20, 2023 3:28 pmMark Deeks wrote: ↑Mon Nov 20, 2023 3:26 pm There was a £100 question on Who Wants to Be A Millionaire once where the answer was His Nibs. Nope, never heard of it. Woulda have to have lifelined.![]()
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Re: Supposedly Common expressions or sayings you've never heard before
Wasn't there a cartoon strip in The Beano called "His Nibs" about a group of mice?Mark Deeks wrote: ↑Mon Nov 20, 2023 3:26 pm There was a £100 question on Who Wants to Be A Millionaire once where the answer was His Nibs. Nope, never heard of it. Woulda have to have lifelined.
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There may well have been, but I am neither a comics guy nor of the Beano generation. Just never heard of that phrase, guess it's more ubiquitous than I would ever have thought.
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Re: Supposedly Common expressions or sayings you've never heard before
I've never heard it either from what I can recall.
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Apparently, it was called "The Nibblers" and the head mouse was called His Nibs.Paul Worsley wrote: ↑Mon Nov 20, 2023 11:16 pmWasn't there a cartoon strip in The Beano called "His Nibs" about a group of mice?Mark Deeks wrote: ↑Mon Nov 20, 2023 3:26 pm There was a £100 question on Who Wants to Be A Millionaire once where the answer was His Nibs. Nope, never heard of it. Woulda have to have lifelined.
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Yeah def one I heard a lot growing up. Used for someone (male obv) who expected to by waited on - "see if his nibs wants a cup of tea"
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Re: Supposedly Common expressions or sayings you've never heard before
Maybe their is a threshold for the saying
Im guessing those under forty may not have heard it used.
Im guessing those under forty may not have heard it used.
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Re: Supposedly Common expressions or sayings you've never heard before
Another one is wearing a hair shirt.
I also had to look up what a charley horse is
I also had to look up what a charley horse is
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