well i'll go to the foot of our stairs.

glad this thread came up, i was going to post a question some while back, about american expressions used in films/tv progs. "on the bleachers" had me foxed for a while 'till i read an article on baseball.

"take a rain check" has never been fully explained to me, i gather it means "later" but don't know it's origin.

i used to like james garner's detective series(forgotten the name) some of the dialogue was very inventive,"i'm gonna rip the wheels right of your trolley"

recently i've enjoyed the image of a "chocolate teapot" or "an ashtray on a motorbike"

to close i'll just ask if anyone knows a site where i can obtain some "wire netting seed" ........

cheers

bill