RHYME AND REASON I

Credit: GAMES Magazine

Stephen Sniderman

The sentences below may look a bit strange, but they should sound vaguely familiar. That's because each one is merely a familiar proverb in which every word has been replaced by a rhyme. (In some cases, punctuation has been altered too.) For example, the sentence "Brittle folks tell weight jokes" is rhyming language for "Little strokes fell great oaks." Can you restore reason to the following 12 rhymes? (#13-15 added) (#12 edited)

1. Letter rate can sever.

2. Slime wasn't gray.

3. Factions seek chowder, ban birds.

4. Leggers pant, see losers.

5. True Feds mar wetter van run.

6. Cootie whiz - lonely in sleep.

7. Penny brands break night clerk.

8. Go choose his wood shoes.

9. Small loads seed new home.

10. I'm banned - I'd hate war foe plan.

11. Fall wood brings trust from you, tan friend.

12. Walls bear din, shove in store.

13. Low lunar sled man won.

14. Care Bears broke mare's tire
15. Velocity chilled the hat.

Answers:

1. Better late than never.

2. Crime doesn't pay.

3. Actions speak louder than words.

4. Beggars can't be choosers.

5. Two heads are better than one.

6. Beauty is only skin deep.

7. Many hands make light work.

8. No news is good news.

9. All roads lead to Rome.

10. Time and tide wait for no man.

11. All good things must come to an end.

12. All's fair in love and war.

13. No sooner said than done.

14. Where there's smoke there's fire.
15. Curiosity killed the cat.