Terrible Rebuses 1
Recognize the phrases depicted by the “terrible rebuses” below.
SOLUTION
- No use over spilled milk.
- Two wrongs don’t make a right.
- The squeaky wheel gets the grease.
- When there is a will, there’s a way.
Category: Casual Puzzles
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Beaten and Burned
Ripped from my mother’s womb,
Beaten and burned, I become a bloodthirsty killer.
What am I?
SOLUTION
The answer is IRON ORE.
27 Figures of Speech
Find 27 figures of speech in the illustration by Ella Baron below.
SOLUTION
- A piece of cake
- An ace up one’s sleeve
- Big cheese
- Play one’s cards close to one’s chest
- Cats got your tongue
- Cherry on the cake
- Crow over
- Cut the chase
- Don’t put all your eggs in one basket
- Hit the nail on the head
- Have (one’s) plate full
- Heart on one’s sleeve
- Holding a cat by the tail
- In a nutshell
- Kick the bucket
- Make ends meet
- Picture is worth a thousand words
- Joker in the pack
- Put a bug in someone’s ear
- Put one’s best foot forward
- Red herring
- Silver spoon in your mouth
- Spill the beans
- Tie in knots
- The shoe is on the other foot
- Time flies
- You can’t make an omelette without breaking egg
Hidden Objects Birds
Can you find the bird with the party hat?
SOLUTION
The solution is shown below.
Pun Riddles
- Why do people go to the corner of the room when they are cold?
- Why was everyone afraid of Albert Einstein’s brother, Frank?
- What subject does a witch teach at school?
- What room can’t a skeleton enter?
- What rock group has only four members and none of them sing?
- What has two butts and kills people?
- How many tickles does it take to make a squid laugh?
- What do you call a squad of babies?
- What is a geologist’s favorite music genre?
- What’s blue and not very heavy?
SOLUTION
- Because it is 90 degrees there.
- Because he was Frank-Einstein, a monster.
- Spell-ing.
- The living room.
- Mount Rushmore.
- An assassin.
- Ten-tickles.
- An infantry.
- Rock.
- Light blue.
Wacky Wordies 1
Can you figure out what phrases and sayings are represented in the Wacky Wordies below?
SOLUTION
The answers are:
- Stacked deck
- Life of ease
- Holy mackerel!
- Straw vote
- Inflated ego
- Sloppy joes
- Rule of thumb
- T-squares
- Inverted pyramid
- Spinal cord
- Spring fever
- Checkered past
- “Me and My Shadow”
- Writer’s block
- Monograph
- Hollywood and Vine
- Striped bass
- Coconuts
- Knotty pine
- Bag of pipes
- Dotted Swiss
- Oliver Twist
- Comic strips
- Dead Sea Scrolls
- Chief of staff
- Mini stereo
- Test grid
- Old English sheepdog
- All-star game
- “Amazing Grace”
The Least Spoken Language
Which is the least spoken language in the world?
SOLUTION
The answer is THE SIGN LANGUAGE.