FOODIE EXPRESSIONS III

Answer each clue with an expression containing a type of food or drink.

1. Simple task

2. Intellectual type

3. The best of the best

4. Very controversial subject or issue 

5. Something of little value or importance 

6. Metaphor for an easy, pleasant, care-free life 

7. Person or problem that is very hard to deal with 

8. Troublemaker or corrupt one who spoils it for others

9. Two completely different things that can't be compared

10. Disguise bad new or hard facts by talking about them in a way that makes them softer -  less harsh or painful than they really are

 

Answers:

 

1. Piece of cake

2. Egghead

3. Cream of the crop

4. Hot potato

5. Small potatoes / Hill of beans

6. Bowl of cherries

7. Hard nut to crack

8. Bad apple

9. Apple and oranges

10. Sugarcoat  

EVERYBODY TALKS ABOUT IT  II

Answer each clue with a phrase containing a word related to weather.

Ex. Decline or postpone to a later date

Ans. Take a rain check  

 

1. Daydreaming, distracted, unrealistic

 

2. Not feeling well

 

3. Completely unexpected

 

4. Hear about something

 

5. Start a conversation

 

6. Endure a difficult period

 

7. Develop a liking for someone  

 

8. Lack of work, progress, romance, etc. 

 

9. Do something risky, pushing the limits of safety and the law 

 

10. Upstage someone by saying or doing what they were about to say or do

 

11. Recovered from an illness, completely healthy, in perfect working order 

 

 Answers: 

 

1. Head in the clouds

2. Under the weather

3. Out of the blue

4. Get wind of

5. Break the ice

6. Weather a storm

7. Take a shine to

8. Dry spell

9. Sail close to the wind

10. Steal someone's thunder  

11. Right as rain 

The words below are the first half of words made up of two smaller words - but they are not compounds. For example, KID and NAP could be combined to get KIDNAP, but KIDNAP is not a compound word (like BEDROOM), since its two parts are not related. Can you think of the other half of the words below to make them longer - but not compound words? Some of the words may have more than one answer. 

1. DO

2. FOR 

3. EAR

4. ARC

5. ANT

6. LAM

7. BRIE  

8. FLAG 

9. MUST

10. HEAT 

 

(Possible) Answers:

 

1. DOMAIN

2. FORTRESS 

3. EARNEST

4. ARCHIVE

5. ANTELOPE

6. LAMBENT

7. BRIEFEST

8. FLAGRANT

9. MUSTACHE

10. HEATHEN 

TWO OUT OF THREE X

Anagram two of the three words in each clue to get a synonym of the third word.

Ex. NICE, PLAN, SOAR  

Ans. NICE + SOAR = SCENARIO (plan)

 

1. DIVE, PUN, LEG 

2. ID, LASS, NAME 

3. ADD, GAME, NUT 

4. SEE, WASH, CLAN 

5. SCAT, RANT, DEAL 

6. PARE, COAX, USED

 

HINTS:

One of the words to be anagrammed:

1. PUN

2. NAME

3. NUT

4. SEE

5. RANT

6. PARE

 

Answers:

 

1. PUN + LEG = PLUNGE (dive)

2. ID + NAME = MAIDEN (lass)

3. GAME + NUT = AUGMENT (add)

4. SEE + CLAN = CLEANSE (wash)

5. SCAT + RANT = TRANSACT (deal)

6. PARE + USED = PERSUADE (coax)  

Answer each clue with an expression in which every word starts with T.

Ex. Make a comeback

Ans. Turn the tide

 

1. Speak frankly 

2. Capsize, flip over 

3. Reverse a situation 

4. In direct opposition 

5. What you swear to do in court 

6. Speak confidently, but without action 

7. Reprimand, hold accountable for a fault 

8. She sells seashells by the seashore, for one 

 

Answers:

 

1. Talk turkey

2. Turn turtle

3. Turn the tables

4. Toe to toe

5. Tell the truth

6. Talk the talk

7. Take to task

8. Tongue twister  

  

PLUG-INS XV

Add one of the underlined letters to each six-letter word below (a different letter for each word) and anagram the result to form a new word. The added letters will be plugged into the same position in each seven-letter word. Word #4 is not CORONET, even though it could be.

R  O  M  A  N  C  E

1. B R E A C H       _  _  _  _  _  _  _

2. F E N C E R        _  _  _  _  _  _  _

3. R A G M A N     _  _  _  _  _  _  _

4. C O R N E T       _  _  _  _  _  _  _ 

5. F A L L E N       _  _  _  _  _  _  _ 

6. N E W E S T      _  _  _  _  _  _  _

7. B E C A M E     _  _  _  _  _  _  _

HINTS:

a. The added letters all go in the fourth position in each word. 

b. First letters of the new words:

   1. C

   2. E

   3. M

   4. C

   5. F

   6. S

   7. E

 

Answers:

 

1. CHAMBER

2. ENFORCE

3. MANAGER

4. CONCERT

5. FLANNEL

6. SWEETEN

7. EMBRACE  

ANIMAL PHRASES IV

Answer each clue with a compound word or two-word phrase in which one of the words is the name of an animal.

Ex. Complex, time-consuming distraction

Ans. RABBIT HOLE

 

1. Imitator

2. 40 winks 

3. Type of tournament 

4. Dangerous, hostile place 

5. Reliable source of income 

6. Extremely stubborn, inflexible 

7. Test or new experience subject 

8. High school or college diploma 

9. Teenage romantic crush, perhaps 

10. Unlikely, but successful candidate

11. One who is different from other in a family 

12. Frantic, disorganized activity on a very small scale 

13. Theoretical tunnel through space and time, shortcut 

14. Suddenly volatile situation marked by anger and controversy 

Answers:

 

1. Copy cat

2. Cat nap

3. Round robin

4. Lion's den

5. Cash cow or golden goose

6. Bull-headed 

7. Guinea pig 

8. Sheepskin

9. Puppy love

10. Dark horse

11. Black sheep

12. Flea circus 

13. Worm hole

14. Hornet's nest