Riddles(2)

1. Q: What roof never keeps out the wet?

A: The roof of the mouth?

roof 屋顶;上颚

　

2. Q: Does any child like going to school?

A: Every child likes going to school. Most of them just hate staying there before going home.

　

3. Q: Why is a peacock the best story-teller?

A: Because it always has a beautiful tale.

tale 故事,音似tail(尾巴)

　

4. Q: Why is a crazy person equal to two ordinary people?

A: Because he is a man beside himself.

beside oneself 真正的意思是:发狂,忘形

　

5. Q: What coat is always wet when it's put on?

A: A coat of paint.

coat衣服;涂层,一层(漆)

　

6. Q: Why did the band have a smash hit in the performance?

A: They had the audience glued to their seats.

smash hit 很成功的新剧,电影等

have someone glued to one's seat 真正的意思是:使某人喜欢得不忍离座,直到看完(表演)为止

　

7. Q: Why is Sunday the strongest day in a week?

A: The rest of the days are weak days.

weak 音似week, weekdays指不包括星期日的那些天

　

8. Q: Why are giraffes the cheapest to feed?

A: They make a little food go a long way.

因为它们脖子长，一点点食物都要走很长的路才能咽下去。go a long way 维持很长一段时间

　

9. Q: Why are dogs afraid to sunbathe?

A: They don't want to be hot-dogs.

　

10. Q: Why are mules helpless in dancing?

A: They have two left legs.

have two left legs（跳舞时）苯手苯脚

　

11. Q: Why is the pig always eating?

A: He's making a hog of himself.

make a pig of oneself 像猪一样吃得很多（贬义）

hog 肉用肥猪

　

12. Q: What kind of shoes are made of banana skins?

A: Slippers.

slipper 拖鞋

slip 滑，跌交

　

13. Q: How do you like your school?

A: Closed.

how do you like your school有两种理解：你觉得你们学校怎么样？/你希望你们学校是什么样子？

　

14. Q: Why are politicians no longer concerned with snowball fights?

A: The cold war is over.

cold war 冷战

　

15. Q: Why are watches fragile?

A: Because their hours are numbered.

因为它们有数字标明时间。

fragile 易碎的，易坏的

"Their hours are numbered"源于"One's days are numbered"意思是"某人在世之日屈指可数，寿命不长了".

　

16. Q: What's put on the table, cut, but never eaten?

A: A deck of cards.

cut the cards 洗牌

　

17. Q: Why don't women get bald as soon as men?

A: Because women wear hair longer.

wear hair longer 有两个意思：留着更长的头发/头发留得更长久

　

18. Q: How can you make the door last?

A: Make other things first.

make the door last 另一种理解：最后做门

　

19. Q: Why shouldn't you lose your temper?

A: No one else wants it.

　

21. Q: What makes the Tower of Pisa lean?

A: It never eats.

lean 倾斜；瘦的

　

22. Q: What book has the most stirring chapters?

A: A cook book.

stirring 动人的

stir 搅和，搅拌

　

23. Q: What's the most difficult train to catch?

A: The 12:50 train, because it's ten to one if you catch it.

ten to one 一点差十分；10比1

　

24. Q: What trees do fortune tellers like to look at?

A: Palms.

palm 棕榈树；手掌

fortune teller 算命先生

　

25. Q: How do people feel after taking a ferryboat?

A: They feel vexed, for the ferryboat made them cross.

cross 过去，渡过；暴躁的，易怒的