Jan 1, 2015 · You have touched something, and therefore your hands "smell of it": they smell because of it. Of course, when something causes a smell, that smell is typically similar to the …

May 5, 2017 · It’s an interjection, and like many other interjections, it’s spelt in dozens of different ways. P.U. is not one I’ve seen before, and I doubt I’d recognise it; and pew has the …

"What does {holding nose} P.U. mean?" my son asked me tonight. I told him I didn't know, and he laughed and said "It means stinky, Mommy!" Very funny and well said, but it left me …

Mar 2, 2016 · The phrase "smell a rat" in the sense of "detect or suspect that something underhanded is going on" appears in Nathan Bailey, A Universal Etymological English …

Possible Duplicate: A positive alternative to “smelling” to describe something with a pleasant odor What do you call a smell that is good? I've been wondering this question since childhood.

Nov 16, 2010 · The grey stuff is almost definitely dead skin cells. You skin has those covering it anyway, and anyone who switches to a more exfoliating thing would likely notice the same …

Mar 31, 2016 · Essentially what you smell is whatever combination of primarily oils, bacterial spores, ground-detritus, and ozone is present in the air and on the ground, and which was …

Oct 15, 2012 · Do you want a wife who smokes, drinks, likes taverns and slaps you around? The phrase, "Wake up and smell the roses!", carries the same meaning, and going by the nGram …

Apr 6, 2017 · I couldn't dig up any information on the phrase: Fi on you Meaning, as far as I recall, shame on you Perhaps my search came up empty because that's not the correct spelling, but …

Nov 4, 2016 · Perhaps you are looking for the word "synesthesia"? From Wikipedia: "Synesthesia (also spelled synæsthesia or synaesthesia; from the Ancient Greek σύν syn, 'together', and …