Could you, if you tried, come up with the more common form of the following phrases?
- Hemoglobin is more viscous than H2O
- Perambulate in moccasins, and shoulder a gargantuan wooden rail.
- Allow somnolent quadrupeds that are homo sapien's greatest comrades to remain reclining.
- Lack of what is required is the matriarch of inspiration.
- A maximum amount of purposeful activity and a minimum amount of disport and dalliance cause Jack to become a dim-witted, stagnant dunce of the male species.
1. Blood is thicker than water
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3. Let sleeping dogs lie
4. Necessity is the mother of invention
5. All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy
Thanks for posting this! It was lots of fun to decipher :)
#2- Walk softly and carry a big stick.
ReplyDeleteLooks like you got them all.
ReplyDelete1. Blood is thicker than water
2. Walk softly and carry a big stick
3. Let sleeping dogs lie
4. Necessity is the mother of invention
5. All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy (I think I've heard this differently phrased, but it works).
Well I got number 1 easy got completely confused by number 2, it took me a long LONG time to figure out number 3, then I promptly gave up and read the answers :)
ReplyDeleteI got 2 out of the 4. This is good brain food.
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