Wordwizard

It's called a squeegee.

Another way to say this is “to put/keep something in the vault”. This phrase gained a lot of traction after appearing in a few Seinfeld episodes in the 90s but I can recall using it much earlier. The idea of keeping a secret hidden away under lock and key goes back at least as far as my early childh...

I'm thinking:
the all together- every piece there is-the complete package-the full monty.

Of those three, only (8) seems to imply obligation. In (2) and (5), we're talking about a jacket to be worn... I suspect there are others I could wear that are also suitable. In (8), "that" is the jacket that is to be worn. I'm obligated.

I would never assume someone was preggers unless I actually saw some crowning. One should never pass up a good opportunity to keep their mouth shut.

Nice work, Bob. Is there some significance to the attached "ball and chain"...other than the obvious?

I'm not sure if #1 is correct without the comma #3 seems to work best, for me. Both #2 and #4 leave me wondering if I am going to be in disbelief because of the amount of dresses or whether the dresses, themselves, are unbelievable. "He tells so many stories, you won't believe it." (an unbelievable ...

I imagine brevity was of the utmost importance when a hand-bomb landed in your trench
"Frag!".................BOOM!
"Grenade!".....BOOM!
"Potato-MasBOOM!

"Another "spoon" is a verb referring to love-making or necking. That use of "spoon" may stem from a Welsh custom in which an engaged man presented his fiancé with an elaborately carved wooden spoon." I am surprised that they went all the way to Wales to come up with that "may stem from". It's easier...

Those are my stomping grounds, Steve...after a 90 minute ferry trip.

Steve, there are many different things you could call that. The actual structure, I would call a “deck” or “platform”. An area set aside for viewing some natural splendor is often called a “lookout” or a “view-point” (but they may or may not be man-built). If I were to describe it to someone I would...

Good call, Erik. Polishing up her brass knuckles makes a little more sense.

This line is from a news article I was reading on Rabble.ca. “It won’t work, you know. She’s tougher than you. When Canada’s scumbags come at her, she shines her knuckles.” She does what? and why? It would seem that she is shining her knuckles in preparation for a fight. I am a big fan of martial ar...

I thought it was going to be some sort of surgical procedure.
"Even though they used an epistemic closure, I still got a nasty infection!"

Sounds perfectly natural, Steve. You'll probably be developing some sort of English accent soon.