AmberLee (aka My Puzzle Buddy)

[zippy-kat]

Want to try your hand at some of these? Any other takers?

The following are common everyday sayings. Can you figure out what they are?

1. Members of an avian species of identical plumage congregate.

2. Surveillance should precede saltation.

3. Pulchritude possesses solely cutaneous profundity.

4. It is fruitless to become lachrymose over precipitantly departed lactic fluid.

5. Freedom from incrustations of grim is contiguous to rectitude.

6. The stylus is more potent than the claymore.

7. It is fruitless to attempt to indoctrinate a superannuated canine with innovative maneuvers.

8. Eschew the implement of correction an vitiate the scion.

9. The temperature of the aqueous content of an unremittingly ogled saucepan does not reach 212 degrees Fahrenheit.

10. All articles that coruscate with resplendence are not truly auriferous.

11. Where there are visible vapors having their prevnarce in ignited carbonaceous material there is conflagration.

12. Sorting on the part of mendicants must be interdicted.

13. A plethora of individuals with expertise in culinary techniques vitiate the potable concotion produced by steeping certain soupestibles.

14. Eleemosynary deeds have their incipience intramurally.

15. Male cadavers are incapable of yielding any testimony.

16. Indviduals who make their abode in vitreous edifices would be advised to refrain from catapulting petrous projectiles.

17. Neophyte's serendipity.

18. Exclusive dedication of necessitous chores without interludes of hedonistic diversion renders John a hebetudinous fellow.

19. A revolving lithic conglomerate accumulates congeries of a small green oryophitic plane.

20. A person presenting the ultimate cachinnation possessed therby optimal cachinnation.

21. Desist from enumerating your fowl prior to their emergence from the shell.

22. A chronic disposition to inquiry deprived the domestic feline carnivorous quadruped of its vital quality.

23. Amorous disposition is bereft of optical function.

24. Persons deficient in the faculty of determining values move with impetuosity into places which the purely spiritual beings view with trepidatioin.

25. Immediately upon the absence of the domesticated carnivorous feline, the common rodent proceeds to engage in a sportive fashion.

26. A round bulging vessel made of staves bound with hoops is destitute of contents productive of the most deafening sound.

27. Products of ingenuity are the offspring of exigency.

28. It is in the realm of possibility to entice an equine member of the animal kingdon to a source of oxidized hydrogen, however, it is not possible to force him to imbibe.

29. An ornithological specimen within the terminal extremity of the human arm is of equal value compared to twice as many such specimens located in or behind a vegetational greenery.

30. The members of the species Aves which arrives first acquires the invertebrate neamatode.

31. It is not possible to retain possession of certain bakery products while simultaneously consuming them.

32. To ignite a tape is perferable to obscenities oaths directed toward a lack of it.

(And my personal favorite...)
33. The violent rage of the nether regions is in no way comparable to the uncontrollable temper of a member of the female species held in disdain.

Number 26 is the only one I don't know...If anyone wants help, just ask!

[AmberLee]

What fun!!!

My best guesses sent via PM. (I tried to have the statements, followed by mt guesses/comments, but it was too long for personal mail. Oh well! It was lots of fun anyway. I made a stab at all of them, the ones with ???s after were guesses.

[aly]

This was fun! I knew a lot of them and guessed at the rest. I won't post my answers though so more people can have fun figuring it out

[zippy-kat]

AmberLee ~ All were correct!!! And your version of 26 sounds good to me!

Aly ~ Hope Reece-meister has a good vet visit! If you want answers to the ones you didn't get, just ask!


Any other takers??

[Phred]

Hey Zipp ~ How do you want us to answer?

PM, post here, e-mail ???

[zippy-kat]

Donut matta 2 me! However you guyz wanna answerz!

[michelene]

Bless you, Zippy-Kat! This is great fun.
1. Birds of a feather flock together.
2. Look before you leap.
3. Beauty is only skin deep.
4. Don't cry over spilt milk.
5. Cleanliness is next to godliness.(?)
6. The pen is more powerful than the sword.
7. You can't teach an old dog new tricks.
8. Spare the rod and spoil the child.
9. A watched pot never boils.
10. All that glitters (originally "glisters") is not gold.
11. Where there's smoke there's fire.
12. Beggars can't be choosers.
13. Too many cooks spoil the broth.
14. Charity begins at home.
15. Dead men tell no tales.
16. People who live in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.
17. Beginner's luck.
18. Too much work makes John a dull boy.
19. A rolling stone gathers moss.
20. Invisibility is the best disguise.
21. Don't count your chickens before they are hatched.
22. Curiosity killed the cat.
23. Love is blind.
24. Fools go where angels fear to tread.
25. When the cat's away, the mice play.
26. Empty barrels make the loudest noise.
27. Necessity is the mother of invention.
28. You can lead a horse to water, but you can't make him drink.
29. A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.
30. The early bird gets the worm.
31. You can't have your cake and eat it too.
32. Light a candle rather than curse the darkness.
33. Hell is no match for the fury of a woman scorned.
34.

[zippy-kat]

Thanks! Glad you had fun with it!

Didn't know #10 was originally "glisters"

And I had always heard #18 as "...Jack a dull boy" (someone suggested "John" was reminscient of The Shining...)lol

Number 26-- Sounds good to me!!

[AdoreMyDogs]

Way too many big words for me I did get the first one, but all the rest were sort of blurry It's fun, though!

[AmberLee]

I challenge your answer on # 20. Look up cachinnation in the dictionary...

[zippy-kat]

I didn't even notice #20--glanced right over it!

My answer was different as well!

[michelene]

So sorry. He who laughs best laughs last.

[zippy-kat]

There ya go!