X's Y, where X is not somebody's name

bilby commented on the list x-s-y-where-x-is-not-somebody-s-name

This list is the devil's work.

October 19, 2008

mollusque commented on the list x-s-y-where-x-is-not-somebody-s-name

I think it's the cat's meow.

October 19, 2008

bilby commented on the list x-s-y-where-x-is-not-somebody-s-name

If you had have miauoed I might have given a rat's patootie.

October 19, 2008

trivet commented on the list x-s-y-where-x-is-not-somebody-s-name

Or a tinker's toot. Dog's bollocks, gangsta's paradise, monkey's uncle?

October 20, 2008

dontcry commented on the list x-s-y-where-x-is-not-somebody-s-name

In college, we used to say that something teh alsome was the cat's ass.

October 20, 2008

dontcry commented on the list x-s-y-where-x-is-not-somebody-s-name

rat's nest

October 20, 2008

skipvia commented on the list x-s-y-where-x-is-not-somebody-s-name

Oh, for heaven's sake.

October 20, 2008

asativum commented on the list x-s-y-where-x-is-not-somebody-s-name

Worker's paradise, a la the erstwhile Eastern Bloc.

And I could have sworn that a busman's or trolleyman's friend belonged here, but I may have misremembered the term; I can't find more than stray references.

October 20, 2008

plethora commented on the list x-s-y-where-x-is-not-somebody-s-name

Waiter's friend?

October 20, 2008

sionnach commented on the list x-s-y-where-x-is-not-somebody-s-name

bork debork debork debork

October 20, 2008

bilby commented on the list x-s-y-where-x-is-not-somebody-s-name

Sionnach's turned into a Swedish chef.

October 20, 2008

chained_bear commented on the list x-s-y-where-x-is-not-somebody-s-name

Thanks!

October 20, 2008

rolig commented on the list x-s-y-where-x-is-not-somebody-s-name

A term I learned from Black Adder: dog's body. Nice list, Sionnach!

June 18, 2009

chained_bear commented on the list x-s-y-where-x-is-not-somebody-s-name

I call Iroquoisy!! I *just* used that word in conversation before logging on to Wordie!

But I always thought it was a singular noun—dogsbody—rather than a possessive...?

June 18, 2009

Prolagus commented on the list x-s-y-where-x-is-not-somebody-s-name

collector's curve.

May 16, 2011

fbharjo commented on the list x-s-y-where-x-is-not-somebody-s-name

this is the cat's meow

January 30, 2013

fbharjo commented on the list x-s-y-where-x-is-not-somebody-s-name

chief wolfpaw's reach (*and teach*)??

January 30, 2013

fbharjo commented on the list x-s-y-where-x-is-not-somebody-s-name

spade's ace

January 30, 2013

fbharjo commented on the list x-s-y-where-x-is-not-somebody-s-name

fire's ball

January 30, 2013

fbharjo commented on the list x-s-y-where-x-is-not-somebody-s-name

arm's coat

January 30, 2013