the word in your shell-like is "onion".

three-quarters of all half-baked ideas turn out to be one-third grilled.

pieces of eight were in fact whole nines.

fly by night characters travel by bus during the day.

the march of time is banned by the albanian army.

a can of worms cannot be opened with a conventional can opener.

the celebrated "real eye-opener" turned out to be fake.

the chinese whisper originated in korea and has been officially measured at 76.32 decibels.

the ray of hope can only be found off the coast of iceland and is the least dangerous of all rays.

within the european union, long division must have a minimum length of 7 metres.

in 1978 the winds of change reached a speed of 38 mph in dayton, ohio.

liquid assests are almost always crystaline.

the spanish fly was born in portugal.

the guiding light is the equivilent of three 100 watt bulbs.

the nine saved by the stitch in time were joey, gail, lenny, fred m, fred k, doris, hazel, kev and that gawky kid from ynysybwl.

the world's first copyright was copied incorrectly.

hobson's choice was the fridge-freezer.

71% of everyday events occur weekly.

the bird in the hand that is worth two in the bush is a sparrow .