SPOONERISMS - FAMILIAR PHRASES
Each pair of clues below suggests two words that, when spoonerized (that is, when their initial consonant sounds are exchanged), yield a pair of words which form a familiar phrase.
For example, the clues HIT SUDDENLY and PESTILENCE would lead to the words WHACK and BLIGHT - a spoonerism of BLACK and WHITE.
1. ARMY BED - GRASP
2. TAKES TO COURT - STUNS
3. HORN SOUND - BREATHY SOUND
4. LOCK OPENER - HARD, CHEWY CANDY
5. SHEPHERD'S STAFF - AU PAIR
6. PICKLE TYPE - ICY RAIN
7. HABEAS CORPUS, e.g. - ATTILA FOLLOWER
8. COAL CONTAINER - TEA-TIME ROLLS
9. FOOTBALL KICK - "WHAT THE _____ DO I CARE?"
Answers:
1. COT and HOLD - - HOT and COLD
2. SUES and SHOCKS - - SHOES and SOCKS
3. TOOT and SIGH - - SUIT and TIE
4. KEY and TOFFEE - - TEA and COFFEE
5. CROOK and NANNY - - NOOK and CRANNY
6. DILL and HAIL - - HILL and DALE
7. WRIT and HUN - - HIT and RUN
8. BIN and SCONES - - SKIN and BONES
9. PUNT and HECK - HUNT and PECK
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