katyjay 5,090 Posted August 10, 2007 Report Share Posted August 10, 2007 No googling now, you lot. Try working these out. I'm only doing 5 at a time, as my darn computer keeps dropping my connection when I least expect it. Example: Scintillate, scintillate, asteroid minific = Twinkle, twinkle, little star. 1 - Members of an avian species of identical plumage congregate. 2 - Surveillance should precede saltation. 3 - It is fruitless to become lachrymose over precipitately departed lacteal fluid. 4 - Freedom from incrustations of grime is contiguous to rectitude. 5 - Thy stylus is more potent than the claymore. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Frank 13 Posted August 10, 2007 Report Share Posted August 10, 2007 5 - The pen is mightier than the sword?? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
katyjay 5,090 Posted August 10, 2007 Author Report Share Posted August 10, 2007 Correct, Frank Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Beefsteak 305 Posted August 10, 2007 Report Share Posted August 10, 2007 1 birds of a feather 2 look before you leap 3 it's no use crying over spilt milk? 4. cleanliness is next to godliness? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
katyjay 5,090 Posted August 10, 2007 Author Report Share Posted August 10, 2007 Clever clogs. Next 5 6 - It is fruitless to indoctrinate a superannuated canine with innovative manouvers 7 - Eschew the implement of correction and vitiate the scion 8 - The temperature of the aqueous content of an unremittingly ogled saucepan does not read 212 degrees F 9 - All articles that coruscate with resplendence are not truly auriferous 10 - Where there are visible vapors in ignited carbonaceous materials, there is conflagration. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Frank 13 Posted August 10, 2007 Report Share Posted August 10, 2007 6..... Can't teach an old dog new tricks. 10 ... Where there's smoke there's fire Hey - I like this little conundrum Katy Quote Link to post Share on other sites
lynmee 38 Posted August 10, 2007 Report Share Posted August 10, 2007 9 All that glitters is not gold Quote Link to post Share on other sites
lynmee 38 Posted August 10, 2007 Report Share Posted August 10, 2007 8 A watched pan never boils Quote Link to post Share on other sites
lynmee 38 Posted August 10, 2007 Report Share Posted August 10, 2007 7 Spare the rod and not the child Quote Link to post Share on other sites
katyjay 5,090 Posted August 10, 2007 Author Report Share Posted August 10, 2007 Boom boom, that was quick. All correct [you missed out a word lyn, 'spoil' the child. Ok next lot. 11 - Sorting on the part of mendicants must be interdicted 12 - A plethora of individuals with expertise in culinary techniques vitiate the potable concoction produced by steeping certain caneatibles 13 - Eleemosynary deeds have their incipience intramurally 14 - Male cadavers are incapable of yielding any testimony 15 - Individuals who make their abode in vitreous edifices would be advised to refrain from catapulting petrous projectiles Quote Link to post Share on other sites
lynmee 38 Posted August 10, 2007 Report Share Posted August 10, 2007 12 Too many cooks spoil the broth 14 Dead men dont talk 15 People in glass houses shoudnt throw stones Quote Link to post Share on other sites
katyjay 5,090 Posted August 11, 2007 Author Report Share Posted August 11, 2007 Close enough lyn, 2 more left. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Beefsteak 305 Posted August 11, 2007 Report Share Posted August 11, 2007 13 charity begins at home Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Beefsteak 305 Posted August 11, 2007 Report Share Posted August 11, 2007 11 beggars can't be choosers Quote Link to post Share on other sites
katyjay 5,090 Posted August 11, 2007 Author Report Share Posted August 11, 2007 Correct bf, the last 7 coming up 16 - Neophyte's serendipity 17 - Exclusive dedications to necessitous egires without iterludes of hedonistic diversion. rendeers John a hebetudinous fellow. 18 - A revolving lithic conglomerate accumulates no congeries of a small green bryophitic plant 19 - The person presenting the ultimate cachinnation possesses thereby the optimal cachinnation 20 - Abstention from any aleatory undertakings preclude a potential escalation of lucrative nature 21 - Missiles of ligneous or petrous consistency have the potential of fracturing my osseaous structure, but appellations will eternally remain innocuous 22 - A piece totally lacks any semblance of validity if it fails to convey mood and meet standards of musical syncopation Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Beefsteak 305 Posted August 11, 2007 Report Share Posted August 11, 2007 18= A rolling stone gathers no moss 19= he who laughs last laughs longest Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Beefsteak 305 Posted August 11, 2007 Report Share Posted August 11, 2007 16=beginers luck 21=sticks and stones may break my bones but words will never harm me 22= It don't mean a thing if it ain't got that swing?????????? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
katyjay 5,090 Posted August 11, 2007 Author Report Share Posted August 11, 2007 You're too good at this, are you sure you're not googling? 5 out of 5 so far Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Beefsteak 305 Posted August 12, 2007 Report Share Posted August 12, 2007 No honest I just pick bits out that I know what they mean and work round them,for instance I know that 17 = all work and no play makes Jack a dull boy, now after remembering what the actual phrase was, thats the hardest bit for me 20= is some thing to do with not gambling and you will get /stay rich but I don't know of a phrase to go with it P.S. as I have said before all my search engines are not functioning at present as I have a virus messing them about at the moment and no matter what I do I can't seem to clear it out (I am going to have to wipe the hard drive and start again soon) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
katyjay 5,090 Posted August 12, 2007 Author Report Share Posted August 12, 2007 17 is correct and 20 is about gambling Quote Link to post Share on other sites
denshaw 2,871 Posted December 7, 2009 Report Share Posted December 7, 2009 If you don't buy a ticket you don't win a prize? I just spotted this thread. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mick2me 3,033 Posted December 8, 2009 Report Share Posted December 8, 2009 I did do a search on google for these after they had all been answered When searching for A plethora of individuals with expertise in culinary techniques vitiate the potable concoction produced by steeping certain caneatibles I only got one result, Nottstalgia. One of the best quizes I saw for a while. Some of these will be used at work in "Mick Christmas Trivia Quiz" Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Beefsteak 305 Posted December 8, 2009 Report Share Posted December 8, 2009 I'd forgotten all about this .....any more ?? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
denshaw 2,871 Posted February 19, 2011 Report Share Posted February 19, 2011 I just found out that i am colour blind. That was a real bolt out of the orange. !rotfl! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Fynger 841 Posted February 19, 2011 Report Share Posted February 19, 2011 GROAN !!! !tanning! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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