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What do you call a rich fish?
(A goldfish.)
提示: gold(金子)对应 rich(有钱的)。所以把有钱的鱼(a rich fish)戏称为goldfish(金鱼)。
What can never be made right?
(Your left ear.)
提示: be made right有两个意思,一个是“纠正”,另一个是“变成右”。左耳(your left ear)当然变不成右耳。
What can you do if you can’t sleep on an empty stomach?
(Sleep on your back.)
提示: sleep on an empty stomach的正常意义是“空着肚子睡觉”,谜面作“趴着睡觉”解的话,那么谜底就是“仰着睡觉”(sleep on your back)。
What can you make but not use?
(A mess.)
提示: 短语make a mess的意思是“弄得一团糟”。
How many feet are there in a yard?
(It depends on how many people are standing in it.)
提示: feet既可以作“英尺”解,又可以作“脚”解;yard既可以作“码”解,又可以作“院子”解。谜底故意取了第二解。
How would you divide thirteen apples evenly among twelve people?
(make apple sauce.)
提示: 把十三个苹果均匀地分给十二个人很难做到,除非是做成苹果酱(apple sauce)。
How can you stop a sleepwalker from walking in his sleep?
(Keep him awake.)
提示: 不让人梦游(walk in his sleep)的简单办法是不让他睡着,这不是治病的办法,但是他醒着就确实不会梦游。
What can you put into a barrel to make it lighter?
(A hole.)
提示: 把桶(barrel)里装的东西拿走一些,挖出个空洞(hole),桶也就变轻了。
(A goldfish.)
提示: gold(金子)对应 rich(有钱的)。所以把有钱的鱼(a rich fish)戏称为goldfish(金鱼)。
What can never be made right?
(Your left ear.)
提示: be made right有两个意思,一个是“纠正”,另一个是“变成右”。左耳(your left ear)当然变不成右耳。
What can you do if you can’t sleep on an empty stomach?
(Sleep on your back.)
提示: sleep on an empty stomach的正常意义是“空着肚子睡觉”,谜面作“趴着睡觉”解的话,那么谜底就是“仰着睡觉”(sleep on your back)。
What can you make but not use?
(A mess.)
提示: 短语make a mess的意思是“弄得一团糟”。
How many feet are there in a yard?
(It depends on how many people are standing in it.)
提示: feet既可以作“英尺”解,又可以作“脚”解;yard既可以作“码”解,又可以作“院子”解。谜底故意取了第二解。
How would you divide thirteen apples evenly among twelve people?
(make apple sauce.)
提示: 把十三个苹果均匀地分给十二个人很难做到,除非是做成苹果酱(apple sauce)。
How can you stop a sleepwalker from walking in his sleep?
(Keep him awake.)
提示: 不让人梦游(walk in his sleep)的简单办法是不让他睡着,这不是治病的办法,但是他醒着就确实不会梦游。
What can you put into a barrel to make it lighter?
(A hole.)
提示: 把桶(barrel)里装的东西拿走一些,挖出个空洞(hole),桶也就变轻了。