Words or phrases you love (song, quote)

[bjh]

indubitably

Elementary, Mr. Watson.

deduce

deduction (not the kids)

[saucywench]

“Thus, be every device from the stick to the carrot, the emaciated Austrian donkey is made to pull the Nazi barrow up an ever-steepening hill.”~Winston Churchill

If one man says to thee, ''Thou art a donkey',' pay no heed. If two speak thus, purchase a saddle.”~The Talmud

“A worthy man is still worthy even penniless, a donkey is a donkey even if he is finely saddled.”~Turkish Proverb

[Merovee]

Cellar Door.

[saucywench]

“Truth made you a traitor as it often does in a time of scoundrels.”~Lillian Hellman

“No worse fate can befall a man than to be surrounded by traitor souls.”~William S. Burroughs

“There is no traitor like him whose domestic treason plants the poniard within the breast that trusted to his truth.”~Lord Byron

[WestWillow]

I saw her ascend upward as she scaled the garden wall.
I saw her but a moment as she began to fall.

[saucywench]

^HaHa!

Gotta love this one. It's a classic. Perhaps the most famous three words uttered in literature.

Spoiler

"Et tu, Brute?"

[BereniceUK]

stentorian

what the blue blazes?!

rambunctious

killing time (as in 'idling the time away')

water off a duck's back

biting off more than you can chew

[Tantalust]

"Do you ever wonder what position your parents were in when you were conceived?"

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(Ducking . . . running for cover . . . )

[Creek Hollow]

Flummoxed.

It brings to mind an absent minded professor, and is a gentle, kindly, non-offensive way of inferring someone is confused.

[virgode]

Originally Posted by Tantalust

I may axe... I mean ask?

Haha....It makes me go