The answers to the clues below will have something in common that reverses a common expression. Can you figure out what it is?

1. Bad dream

2. Capital of the Netherlands

3. Predecessor of the ballpoint

4. Male name used when there is no known name

 

Answers:

 

1. Nightmare

2. Amsterdam

3. Fountain pen

4. John Doe

 

What the answers have in common:

 

The last syllable or word of each answer names a female animal.

 

What expression is reversed:

 

LADIES FIRST becomes LADIES LAST.

 

Credit:

Fred Piscop

LADIES LAST