谜语笑话
1.What room has no walls， no doors， no windows， and no floors? A mushroom.(蘑菇) 2.What is smaller than an insect’s mouth? Anything it eats.3.What large instrument do you carry in your ears? Drums， that is eardrums.(鼓膜) 4.What’s too much for one， just right for two， but nothing at all for three? A secret.5.What person tried to make you smile most of the time? A photographer.6.What animal has a head like a cat， eyes like a cat， a tail like a cat， but isn’t a cat? A kitten.(小猫) 7.What surprising things happen every 24 hours? Day breaks， but doesn’t fall; night falls， but doesn’t break.8.What can hear you without ears and can answer you without a mouth? An echo.(回声) 9.What do you know about the kings of France? They are all dead.10.What question can you never answer ’yes\" to\" Are you asleep? 11.Why do some old people never use glaes? They must prefer bottles to glaes.12.Why is the person wearing two coats while painting the house? Because the instructions on the paint can say \"Put on two coats for best results.\" 13.What two words have thousands of letters in them? Post office.14.What do workers do in a clock factory? They make faces all day.15.What 5-letter word has 6 left when you take 2 letters away? Sixty.16.When do you go as fast as a racing car? When you are in it.17.How many sides does a house have? Two - inside and outside.18.What never asks any questions but always gets answers? A doorbell.19.Where did Columbus stand when he discovered America?
1 On his feet.20.When the boy fell into the water， what’s the first thing he did? He got wet first of all.21.Who isn’t your sister and isn’t your brother， but is still a child of your mother and father? I myself.22.What has teeth but cannot eat? A comb.23.What kind of man can raise things without lifting them? A farmer.24.Why does time fly? To get away from all the people who are trying to kill it.25.Name five days of the week without saying: Monday， Tuesday， Wednesday， Thursday， Friday.The day before yesterday， yesterday， today， tomorrow， and the day after tomorrow.26.What animal eats and drinks with its tail? All do.No animal takes off its tail when eating and drinking.27.What has a soft bed but never sleeps， a big mouth but never speaks? A river.28.What kind of dog never bite? A hot dog.29.Why does the Statue of Liberty stand in New York Harbor? Because it can’t sit down.
30.What did one invisible man say to the other invisible man? It’s nice not to see you again.
31.What wears a cap but has no head? A bottle.32.What rises in the morning and waves all day? A flag.33.What is an astronomer?(天文学家)? A night watchman with a college education.34.How can you tell clocks and watches are shy? Because they always have their hands in front of their faces.35.What is wind? Air in a hurry.36.What comes after the letter \"A\"? All the other letters.37.What starts with a T， ends with a T， and is full of T? Teapot.38.What word can you make shorter by adding to it? Short.39.What person does every man take his hat off to?
2 A barber.40.Why does the boy carry a ladder to the school? Because he wants to go to high school.41.What can you swallow that can also swallow you? Water.42.What’s the difference between a hill and a pill? A hill is hard to get up and a pill is hard to get down.43.Why is it usele to send a letter to Washington? Because he’s dead.
44.A doctor and a lawyer loved the same girl.The lawyer went away for a week and gave the girl seven apples before he left.Why? Because an apple a day keeps the doctor away.45.What will you do if a man-eating tiger is running after you? Nothing.Because I’m a woman.46.What always travels on foot? A shoe.47.Where can happine always be found? In the dictionary.48.What is higher without a head than with a head? A pillow.(枕头) 49.Why don’t you advertise for your lost dog? He can’t read.
50.On which side does a bird have the most feathers? The outside.51.What is the best thing to keep in hot weather? Cool! 52.What is never used until it’s broken? An egg.53.What’s a skeleton?(骨架) It’s a lot of bones without the person on them! 54.What is dark but made by light? A shadow.55.What can you break with only one word? Silence.56.What stays indoors no matter how many times you put it out? The light.57.A policeman saw a truck driver going the wrong way down a one-way street， but didn’t give him a ticket.Why? Because the truck driver was walking.58.Where can milk be best stored? In a cow.59.Which can move faster， heat or cold? Heat， because you can catch cold easily.60.What’s the hardest thing about learning skating?
3 The ice.61.What has cities with no houses， rivers without water and forests without trees? A map.62.What can be measured but has no length， width or thickne? The temperature.63.What makes the Tower of Pisa lean? It never eats.64.Why is writing called handwriting? If people wrote with their feet， we would have to call it footwriting.65.If there were only thre girls in the world， what do you think they would do? Two of them would get together ans talk about the other one.66.How many great men have been born in London? None.Only babies.67.When can you have an empty pocket and still have something in it? When you have a hole in your pocket.68.The greater it is， the le it can be seen.What is it? Darkne.69.The more you take away， the bigger I become.What am I? A hole.70.Who may marry many a wife and stay single all of his life? A priest.(牧师)
4 1.What two words contain thousands of letters? 那两个单词包含了所有的字母?
答案(Key) Post Office 邮局
注解： letter n.信件；字母
2.Why is the airplane pilot like the escaping prisoner? 为什么说飞机驾驶员与在逃犯相似? 答案(Key) They both want safe flights.因为他们都希望飞行安全。
注解： flight n.飞行；逃亡，逃跑 safe flight 安全飞行；安全出逃 3.What do elephants use to communicate with each other? 大象用什么交谈？
答案(Key) Big words.大个的词。 4.What will you break once you say it? 什么东西说出来就碎了? 答案(Key) Silence:沉默
注解： break the silence 打破沉默
5.What makes fish the smartest animal in the world? 鱼我什么是世界上最聪明的动物？
答案(Key) No one can pull its leg.它没有腿给人拉。
注解： pull one\'s leg真正的涵义是：是…上当受骗
6.What kind of running meads walking? 什么样的跑步意味着走路?
答案(Key) Running out of gas 汽油用完了
7.What do girls find the easiest to part with? 女孩子们发现什么东西最舍得放弃?
答案(Key) A comb.梳子
注解： part with放弃（尤指不自愿地）； 用…分头路或发缝
8.什么东西有脚却不会走路？ What has a foot but can\'t walk?
答案(Key) A bed 一张床
9.Mary kied her aunt good-bye but her aunt didn’t ki her back.Why? 玛莉问了吻了姑姑再见，可是姑姑却没有吻玛莉，为什么？
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答案(Key)
Her aunt kied her face.她姑姑亲了她的脸。
Ki her back 回吻她；吻她的背
10.What is the longest word in the English language? 英语里最长的单词是什么？
答案(Key)
“Smiles”,because there’s a maile between the beginning and the end of it.
What two things can\'t you have for breakfast?
早饭时不能吃哪两样东西？
Lunch and dinner 午饭和晚饭。
What kind of umbrella does a Ruian carry when it\'s raining? 当下雨时一个俄国人带着什么样的伞？ A wet one 一把湿的伞。
（1） ---- Who is closer to you， your mom or your dad ? (爸爸和妈妈谁和你更近？）
—— Mom is closer because dad is father.（2）---- What fruit is never found singly ? (什么水果永远不会是单个的？）
—— A pear.（3）---- Why are young men unwilling to date the daughter of the Fortunes ? (年轻人为什么不愿意和福琼家女儿约会？）
—— Because she is Mi Fortune.
注: 以上脑筋急转弯泛采用了同音词（homonyms）: （1）“father”（父亲）与“farther”（更远） （2）“pear”（梨）音同“pair”（一对）， （3）“Mi Fortune”音同“misfortune”（不幸）
（4）Why is an empty matchbox the best thing to have in the world ?(为什么空火柴盒是世界上最好的东西？）
——Because it is matchle.
（5）Why did little Tom put his brother\'s guitar in the refrigerator ?(小汤姆为什么把哥哥的吉他放在冰箱里？）
——Because he enjoyed cool music.
（6）What stays hot even if put it in a fridge?(什么东西即使放在冰箱里也热？） ——Pepper.
6 注: 以上脑筋急转弯大量运用了双关语（puns）：
（4）“matchle”既可理解为“没有火柴的”，又可理解为“举世无双的，无可匹敌的”； （5）“cool”可表示“冷的、凉的”，也可指“棒、时髦、美妙的”； （6）“hot”有两个意思：热、辣。
（7）What kind of table has no legs? —A timetable.（8）What month do soldiers hate？—March.（9）Why is a peacock the best story teller? —Because it always has a beautiful tail.（10）Which runs faster， heat or cold? —Heat，because you can catch a cold.（11）Why does time fly? —Because many people are trying to kill it.（12）What eight-letter word has only one letter in it? —Envelope.（13）What word is pronounced wrong， even by the best of scholars? —The word“wrong”.（14）Where does harvest come before work? —In a dictionary.（15）Why is the letter E so important? —Because it is the beginning of everything.Answer
1.How much dirt is there in a hole exactly one foot deep and one foot feet wide? (Answer: None.A hole is empty.)
2.What can you hold in your left hand, but not in your right hand?
(Answer: Your right elbow.)
so Jonathan is right!
3.How do you spell \"mousetrap\" with only three letters?
(Answer: C-A-T)
4.How many books can you put in an empty schoolbag?
(Answer: None.If you put a book in it, it is no longer empty.)
Vagabond, Sunny and wormwarning got the correct answer.
5.What street does a ghost live on? (Answer: Dead end.)
6.What is a vampire\'s favorite animal?
(Answer: A giraffe.因为长颈鹿的脖子长！) 1> If you drop a white hat into the Red Sea, what does it become? Who earns a living by driving his customers away?
7 What starts with E, ends with E and only has one letter? Where do you find giant snails?
What two things can\'t you have for breakfast? ANSWER Wet Taxi driver An envelope On the ends of their fingers Lunch and breakfast
1.Why are girls afraid of the letter C ? 2.Why is the letter E so important? 3.Why are the letter G and letter S in \"gloves\" close to each other?
4.What letter is an animal ? 5.What letter is a question? 6.Why is U the jolliest letter?
7.How do you feel today? 8.How can you make a rope shorter without cutting or winding it? 9.Why do people wish for something they haven\'t got?
10.What can you tell from Peter\'s record card with extremely poor grades? 11.What does everybody do at the same time? 12.What resembles half a pie?
13.Who works only one day in a year but never gets fired? 14.When do people have two mouth? 15.Why do lions eat raw meat?
8 16.How many sides does a circle have? 17.What animal can jump as high as a tree? 18.How can you be completely sleeple for seven days and still lack no rest?
19.Where was the Declaration of Independence signed? 20.If you throw a stone into the Red Sea,what will it become? 21.If two\'s company and three\'s crowd,what\'s four and five?
22.The farmers in this village used modern methods but harvested no apples this year ,why? 23.The injured dog had some difficulty going home.Every step he took, he slipped back two.However,he still managed to get home.How did he do it?If you throw a stone into the Red Sea,what will it become? 24.What falls often but never gts hurt?
25.How did the pick-pocket spot the plain-clothes cop in his woman\'s disguise? 26.Which month has 28 days? 27.What is it that everyone wants to have and get rid of too?
28.where did the egg floating down the Miiippi River come from? 29.Lucky Mouse fell off a 1000-step stair and was not hurt.why? 30.Why do giraffes have long neck?
31.How can you make 6 out of three 7\'s? 32.How can you make 6 out of three 5\'s? 33.how can you make 1000 out of eight 8\'s?
34.Can you name the captital of every state in the U.S.in ten seconds? 35.A police officer had a brother ,but the brother had no brother.How could that be?
9 36.Why does a cat look first to one side and then to the other side when it enters a room?
37.How do you know policemen are strong ? 38.With which hand do you write? 39.What must you do before you return a book to the library?
Answers: 1.Because it makes fat fact! 2.Because it\'s the begining of everything! 3.Because there is love between them! 4.It\'s the letter B! 5.It\'s the letter Y! 6.Because it\'s in the midst of fun! 7.With my hands ,of course! 8.Take a longer rope and compare with it! 9.What else is there to wish for? You cease to wish for it once you get it! 10.He didn\'t cheat! 11.Grow old! 12.The other half! 13.Santa Claus 圣诞老人
14.When there\'s two of them 有两个人时! 15.They don\'t know how to cook 他们不知道如何烹饪! 16.Two.The inside and the outside! 17.All animals,for trees can\'t jump! 18.Sleep at night! 19.At the bottom! 20.Wet! 21.Nine! 22.They planted peech trees!
10 23.He walked in the other direction! 24.Snowflakes! 25.He paed by a cosmetics store without looking in the window! 26.Every month has at least 28 days! 27.One\'s appetite! 28.From a hen! 29.He fell off the last step! 30.Because their heads are far from their bodies! 31.easy .7- 7/7=6! 32.easy.5+5/5=6! 33.easy.8+8+8+8+88+888=1000! 34.Washinton,D.C.! 35.The police officer was a lady! 36.Because it can\'t see both sides at once.37.Because they can hold up traffic with just one hand! 38.Neither.I use a pen! 39.Borrow the book from library.
1) What month do soldiers hate? 2) How many feet are there in a yard? 3) Why is an empty purse always the same? 4) What book has the most stirring chapters? 5) What kind of dog doesn\'t bite or bark? 6) What is the smallest room in the world? 7) What kind of water should people drink in order to be healthy? 8) How do we know the ocean is friendly? 9) Which can move faster, heat or cold? 10) Why is the library the highest building?
Keys:
11 1)March (三月，行军) 2) It depends on how many people stand in the yard.(码，院子) 3) There is no change in it.(零钱，变化) 4) A cook book.(动人的，搅拌的) 5) Hot dog.(热狗) 6) Mushroom.(蘑菇) 7) Drink well water.(井水，健康的) 8) It waves.(起波浪，招手致意) 9) Heat, because you can catch cold.(追上冷，患感冒) 10) It has the most stories.(故事，（楼）层)
（1） ---- Who is closer to you， your mom or your dad ? (爸爸和妈妈谁和你更近？）
—— Mom is closer because dad is father.
（2）---- What fruit is never found singly ? (什么水果永远不会是单个的？）
—— A pear.
（3）---- Why are young men unwilling to date the daughter of the Fortunes ? (年轻人为什么不愿意和福琼家女儿约会？）
—— Because she is Mi Fortune. 注: 以上脑筋急转弯泛采用了同音词（homonyms）: （1）“father”（父亲）与“farther”（更远） （2）“pear”（梨）音同“pair”（一对）， （3）“Mi Fortune”音同“misfortune”（不幸）
（4）Why is an empty matchbox the best thing to have in the world ?(为什么空火柴盒是世界上最好的东西？） ——Because it is matchle.
（5）Why did little Tom put his brother\'s guitar in the refrigerator ?(小汤姆为什么把哥哥的吉他放在冰箱里？）
12 ——Because he enjoyed cool music.
（6）What stays hot even if put it in a fridge?(什么东西即使放在冰箱里也热？） ——Pepper.
注: 以上脑筋急转弯大量运用了双关语（puns）：
（4）“matchle”既可理解为“没有火柴的”，又可理解为“举世无双的，无可匹敌的”； （5）“cool”可表示“冷的、凉的”，也可指“棒、时髦、美妙的”； （6）“hot”有两个意思：\"热\"、\"辣\"。
（7）What kind of table has no legs?—A timetable. （8）What month do soldiers hate？ —March.
（9）Why is a peacock the best story teller? —Because it always has a beautiful tail.
（10）Which runs faster， heat or cold?—Heat，because you can catch a cold.
（11）Why does time fly? —Because many people are trying to kill it. （12）What eight-letter word has only one letter in it? —Envelope. （13）What word is pronounced wrong， even by the best of scholars? —The word“wrong”.
（14）Where does harvest come before work?—In a dictionary.
（15）Why is the letter E so important?—Because it is the beginning of everything.
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