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see Odd/odds and evens etc.
see Odd/odds and evens etc.
see Odd/odds and evens
Odd, of course, is a well-known adjective for strange or unusual, but odd, as in an odd number, means an uneven number i.e. one that is not divisible...
An oddball is a strange or eccentric person. Oddball can also be used as an adjective to describe something that is unconventional or non-standard, su...
Odds and ends has a similar meaning to bits and bobs, which means odd remnants, miscellaneous items, bits and pieces. In bits and bobs, a ‘bob’ meanin...
Odds and sods is a vulgar British version of odds and ends and dates, according to Eric Partridge, from c. 1945. One presumes that ‘sods’ was substitu...
This strange expression is usually used as an exclamation and is a euphemism or minced oath for God’s body, dating from the early 18th century. A bodk...
see Touch base
Not up to standard or par, dates from the mid-18th century, with particular reference to not feeling well in the sense of not exhibiting a normal, hea...
At first, from the late 17th century, off hand meant at once or immediately, only from the 18th century did it take on its current meaning of careless...
In the sense of forbidden or no-go areas, usually in the context of the military, is first recorded in America from the mid-19th century.
British slang for drunk, possibly of Australian origin, dates from the late 1980s/early 1990s.
Originally, a cricket term dating from the mid-18th century that only became figurative from the mid-18th century as doing something unaided, without...
These two expressions are coupled because they both mean the same thing and both derived at the same time from the same source, namely America. They b...