Riddles (Part 5) | 脑筋急转弯(5)

English Original

  1. Q: Who is closer to you, your mom or your dad?
    A: Mom is closer, because dad is farther.

  2. Q: Can you go to the cinema with your watch broken?
    A: Of course not, for I don't have the time.

  3. Q: Why is the comet like Micky Mouse?
    A: It's a star with a tail.

  4. Q: What's the largest room in the world?
    A: The room for improvement.

  5. Q: What's the poorest bank in the world?
    A: The river bank.

  6. Q: When is coffee like the surface of the earth?
    A: When it's ground.

  7. Q: What month do soldiers hate?
    A: March.

  8. Q: When is a person not a person?
    A: When he is a little cross.

  9. Q: When is a door not a door?
    A: When it's ajar.

  10. Q: When are boys not boys?
    A: When they are bare-footed.

  11. Q: When is a clock dangerous?
    A: When it runs down the stairs and strikes one.

  12. Q: Why is tennis so noisy?
    A: Each player raises a racket.

  13. Q: If a cabbage and a carrot raced, which one would win?
    A: The cabbage, because it's always ahead.

  14. Q: How many feet are there in a yard?
    A: It depends on how many people stand in the yard.

  15. Q: When are people like glasses?
    A: When they make spectacles of themselves.

  16. Q: What beam is lighter than all the other beams?
    A: Lightbeam.

  17. Q: What animal eats with its tail?
    A: All animals do. No one takes off its tail while eating.

  18. Q: How can you make a slow horse fast?
    A: Don't give it anything to eat for a while.

  19. Q: What is heavier in summer than in winter?
    A: Traffic to the beach.

  20. Q: What clothing is always sad?
    A: Blue jeans.

  21. Q: How many legs do horses have?
    A: Six legs--forelegs in front and two in back.

  22. Q: When are people smartest?
    A: When it's sunny, because everything's brighter then.

  23. Q: I have a tree in my hand. What kind of tree is it?
    A: It's a palm.

  24. Q: Can you explain what is free speech?
    A: Your talking on someone else's phone.

  25. Q: If the green house is on the right side of the road, and the red house is on the left side of the road, where is the white house?
    A: In Washington, D.C.


中文翻译

  1. 问: 谁离你更近,妈妈还是爸爸?
    答: 妈妈更近,因为爸爸更远(farther 音似 father)。

  2. 问: 你的手表坏了,还能去看电影吗?
    答: 当然不能,因为我没有时间(或:我没有表/不知道时间)。

  3. 问: 为什么彗星像米老鼠?
    答: 因为它是一条有尾巴(tail)的星星(star)。

  4. 问: 世界上最大的房间是什么?
    答: 改进的空间(room for improvement)。

  5. 问: 世界上最穷的银行是什么?
    答: 河岸(river bank)。

  6. 问: 咖啡什么时候像地球表面?
    答: 当它被研磨(ground)时(ground 也指地面)。

  7. 问: 士兵讨厌哪个月份?
    答: 三月(March,也指行军)。

  8. 问: 什么时候一个人不是人?
    答: 当他有点生气(cross,也指十字架)的时候。

  9. 问: 什么时候一扇门不是门?
    答: 当它虚掩(ajar,音似 a jar "一个罐子")的时候。

  10. 问: 什么时候男孩不是男孩?
    答: 当他们赤脚(bare-footed,音似 bear-footed "熊脚")的时候。

  11. 问: 什么时候时钟是危险的?
    答: 当它跑下楼梯并敲响一点钟(strikes one,也指击中一个人)的时候。

  12. 问: 为什么网球这么吵?
    答: 因为每个球员都举起一个球拍(racket,也指喧闹)。

  13. 问: 如果卷心菜和胡萝卜赛跑,谁会赢?
    答: 卷心菜,因为它总是领先(ahead,音似 a head "一颗")。

  14. 问: 一码(yard)有多少英尺(feet)?
    答: 这取决于有多少人站在院子(yard)里。

  15. 问: 什么时候人像眼镜?
    答: 当他们出洋相(make spectacles of themselves,spectacles 也指眼镜)的时候。

  16. 问: 什么梁(beam)比其他所有的梁都轻(lighter)?
    答: 光线(light beam)。

  17. 问: 什么动物用尾巴吃东西?
    答: 所有动物都这样。没有动物吃东西时会取下尾巴("with" 可表示"用"或"带有")。

  18. 问: 你如何让一匹慢马变快(fast)?
    答: 暂时不要给它任何东西吃(fast 也指绝食)。

  19. 问: 什么东西夏天比冬天更重(heavier)?
    答: 去海滩的交通(heavy traffic 指交通繁忙)。

  20. 问: 什么衣服总是悲伤的?
    答: 蓝色牛仔裤(blue 也指忧郁的)。

  21. 问: 马有多少条腿?
    答: 六条腿——前面是前腿(forelegs,音似 four legs "四条腿"),后面有两条。

  22. 问: 人们什么时候最聪明?
    答: 阳光明媚的时候,因为那时一切都更明亮(brighter,也指更聪明)。

  23. 问: 我手里有一棵树。它是什么树?
    答: 是棕榈树(palm,也指手掌)。

  24. 问: 你能解释什么是言论自由(free speech)吗?
    答: 你用别人的电话聊天(free 也指免费的)。

  25. 问: 如果绿房子在路的右边,红房子在路的左边,那么白房子在哪里?
    答: 在华盛顿特区(指美国总统官邸白宫)。

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