Riddles（3）

1. Q: What fruit is never found singly?

A: A pear.

pear 梨，音似pair一对



2. Q: Why is the bride unhappy on her wedding day?

A: Because she didn't marry the best man.

bride新娘bridegroom新郎best man男傧相；最好的男人bridesmaid女傧相


3. Q: What time must it be when the escaped hungry wolf ate the paymaster?

A: 8 p.m.

8 p.m.音似ate p.m., 而p.m. 是paymaster的缩写。paymaster（发放薪饷的）出纳员



4. Q: What will you break once you say it?

A: Silence.

break the silence打破沉默



5. Q: What kind of clothes lasts the longest?

A: Underwear, because it's never worn out.

worn out穿坏，磨损；穿在外面



6. Q: Why are farmers cruel?

A: They pull corns by the ears.

ear耳朵；一穗（玉米）

pull corns by the ears一穗一穗地掰玉米；揪着玉米耳朵掰玉米



7. Q: Why are babies like hinges?

A: Because they are things to adore.

adore喜爱，音似a door

things to a door门上的东西



8. Q: If a driver drives too fast he'll get a ticket. What will happen to a poet if

he writes too fast?

A: His poetic licence will be taken away.

poetic licence 诗的破格（如不遵从语法规则等）

9. Q: Why is an empty purse always the same?

A: There is no change in it.

change 零钱；变化

10. Q: Why do little birds in the nest agree with each other?

A: Because they would fall out if they didn't.

fall out 摔出去；争吵

11. Q: Why is an argument like a pen?

A: No good without a point.

point 尖，顶端；论点，要点

12. Q: When will the wind improve its image?

A: When it turns over a new leaf.

turn over a new leaf的真正涵义是：改过自新

13. Q: Why is learning English like a light gentle wind to a smart student?

A: It's a breeze to them.

breeze 微风，和风；轻而易举的事

14. Q: What has four wheels and flies?

A: A garbage truck.

What has four wheels and flies?另一种理解是：什么东西既有四个轮子又有许多苍蝇？

15. Q: What's even harder to catch if you run faster?

A: Your breath.

catch one's breath 恢复正常呼吸（尤指剧烈运动后）

16. Q: What time is it when a man is chased by ten dogs?

A: It's ten after one.

17. Q: How can you tell a clock is shy?

A: It has its hands over its face.

18. Q: Why does time fly?

A: To get away from all those who are trying to kill it.

kill time 消磨时间

19. Q: Why does an invisible man tend to go crazy?

A: Out of sight, out of mind.

out of sight, out of mind 眼不见为净

20. Q: Where can a dog get another tail?

A: At a retail store.

前缀re-表示“再一次”，“又……”。

21. Q: Why do carpenters think there's no such thing as gold in this world?

A: They never saw it.

saw 锯，也是see的过去式，seeing is believing眼见为实

22. Q: Why do you think doctors are mean?

A: Everything they treat me they make me pay for it.

treat 请客；治疗

mean 小气，吝啬

23. Q: What do you think of the Grand Canyon?

A: Just gorges.

gorges 是gorge(峡谷）的复数形式，音似gorgeous，宜人的，好的，美丽的

Just gorgeous!太棒了！太美了！

24. Q: How do you punctuate the following sentence?

A: Make a dash after it.

make a dash after it另一种理解是：冲上去拿呀

25. Q: How do you know a photographer is always progressive?

A: They are always developing.

develop 发展；冲（胶卷）