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Common Phrases #1341668 03/14/25 11:21 AM 03/14/25 11:21 AM
Joined: Aug 2000 Posts: 54,725 Upstate NY Pandora OP Sonic Boomer
Pandora OP Sonic Boomer Joined: Aug 2000 Posts: 54,725 Upstate NY	These are all representations of common words, phrases, places or things. Can you figure them out? Only one solve per person, please. If you spell the words "absolutely nothing" backwards, you get "Gnihton yletulosba", which ironically means absolutely nothing.

Re: Common Phrases [Re: Pandora] #1341670 03/14/25 11:26 AM 03/14/25 11:26 AM
Joined: Apr 2006 Posts: 24,270 Chicago oldbroad True Blue Boomer
oldbroad True Blue Boomer Joined: Apr 2006 Posts: 24,270 Chicago	8. a sitting duck

Re: Common Phrases [Re: Pandora] #1341672 03/14/25 11:39 AM 03/14/25 11:39 AM
Joined: Jul 2003 Posts: 50,802 Ottawa Ontario CANADA curly Sonic Boomer
curly Sonic Boomer Joined: Jul 2003 Posts: 50,802 Ottawa Ontario CANADA	3. close shave If you need time alone, try cleaning the house.

Re: Common Phrases [Re: Pandora] #1341674 03/14/25 11:45 AM 03/14/25 11:45 AM
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OrleansBelle BAAG Specialist Joined: Jan 2009 Posts: 8,176 Orleans, Ontario, CANADA	6 - swear on a stack of bibles Don't watch the clock; do what it does - Keep going

Re: Common Phrases [Re: Pandora] #1341676 03/14/25 11:54 AM 03/14/25 11:54 AM
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fildil BAAG Specialist F Joined: Jan 2002 Posts: 7,347 Long Island, N.Y.	9. eat between meals Fil There is a fine line between genius and insanity. I have erased this line. Oscar Levant

Re: Common Phrases [Re: Pandora] #1341677 03/14/25 11:55 AM 03/14/25 11:55 AM
Joined: Jul 2000 Posts: 53,692 near Yosemite Marian Global Moderator
Marian Global Moderator Sonic Boomer Joined: Jul 2000 Posts: 53,692 near Yosemite	7. checkout counter

Re: Common Phrases [Re: Pandora] #1341680 03/14/25 12:05 PM 03/14/25 12:05 PM
Joined: Nov 2004 Posts: 23,705 Bucks, England Urban Worrier True Blue Boomer
Urban Worrier True Blue Boomer Joined: Nov 2004 Posts: 23,705 Bucks, England	1. Five o'clock shadow To waste one second of one's life is a betrayal of one's self. I wonder what's on television...?

Re: Common Phrases [Re: Pandora] #1341681 03/14/25 12:23 PM 03/14/25 12:23 PM
Joined: Dec 2007 Posts: 17,631 Ohio michele rose Graduate Boomer
michele rose Graduate Boomer Joined: Dec 2007 Posts: 17,631 Ohio	5. shopping center

Re: Common Phrases [Re: Pandora] #1341683 03/14/25 12:25 PM 03/14/25 12:25 PM
Joined: Jul 2002 Posts: 32,270 Ontario manxman Sonic Boomer
manxman Sonic Boomer Joined: Jul 2002 Posts: 32,270 Ontario	4. step up the issue Sometimes lost is where you need to be. Just because you don't know your direction doesn't mean you don't have one.

Re: Common Phrases [Re: Pandora] #1341688 03/14/25 01:03 PM 03/14/25 01:03 PM
Joined: Apr 2005 Posts: 42,515 Alabama soot Puzzled Moderator
soot Puzzled Moderator Sonic Boomer Joined: Apr 2005 Posts: 42,515 Alabama	2. Outer Limits Dan To learn, read...To know, write...To master, teach...To live, play games & listen to whale music Stay Smart & Stay Safe

Re: Common Phrases [Re: Pandora] #1341756 03/15/25 10:29 AM 03/15/25 10:29 AM
Joined: Jul 2002 Posts: 32,270 Ontario manxman Sonic Boomer
manxman Sonic Boomer Joined: Jul 2002 Posts: 32,270 Ontario	4. raise up the issue Sometimes lost is where you need to be. Just because you don't know your direction doesn't mean you don't have one.

Re: Common Phrases [Re: Pandora] #1341783 03/15/25 03:07 PM 03/15/25 03:07 PM
Joined: Jul 2000 Posts: 53,692 near Yosemite Marian Global Moderator
Marian Global Moderator Sonic Boomer Joined: Jul 2000 Posts: 53,692 near Yosemite	4. escalate the issue

Re: Common Phrases [Re: Pandora] #1341787 03/15/25 03:40 PM 03/15/25 03:40 PM
Joined: Dec 2007 Posts: 17,631 Ohio michele rose Graduate Boomer
michele rose Graduate Boomer Joined: Dec 2007 Posts: 17,631 Ohio	4. sidestep the issue

Re: Common Phrases [Re: Pandora] #1341803 03/15/25 06:40 PM 03/15/25 06:40 PM
Joined: Aug 2000 Posts: 54,725 Upstate NY Pandora OP Sonic Boomer
Pandora OP Sonic Boomer Joined: Aug 2000 Posts: 54,725 Upstate NY	michele got my answer! If you spell the words "absolutely nothing" backwards, you get "Gnihton yletulosba", which ironically means absolutely nothing.

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