英语脑筋急转弯
1. What will you break once you say it? （什么东西一说出来就打破？）
2. Will liars be honest after they die? （骗子死了之后会诚实吗？）
3. What always goes up and never goes down? （什么东西只升不降？）
4. Why did the boy make his dog sit in the sun? （男孩为什么让他的狗坐在阳光下？）
5. Why can a bride hide nothing? （为什么新娘子什么也藏不住？）
6. Why is the library the highest building? （为什么图书馆是最高的建筑物？）
7. What is the smallest bridge in the world? （世界上最小的桥梁是什么？）
8. What is the difference between the north pole and the south pole? （北极与南极的区别是什么？）
9. What makes naughty boys long to work in a clock factory? 淘气的男孩为什么想去钟表厂工作？）
10. What bird lifts heavy things? （什么鸟能举起重物？）
11. A ship can contain only fifty persons. Now there is already forty-nine persons in it. At this time,a pregnant woman comes on and boards the ship. The ship sinks. Why?(有一艘船只能容纳50人, 现在已有49人。这时一位孕妇上了船, 船就沉了。为什么?
12. Why is the comet like Mickey Mouse? (为什么是慧星像米老鼠?)
13. Who is closer to you, your mom or your dad? (谁跟你比较亲密, 你的妈妈或你的爸爸? )
14. What's the poorest bank in the world? (世界的最贫穷的银行是什么? )
15. What month do soldiers hate?(军人憎恨什么月? )
答案:1. silence. （沉默）
2. No, they won’t. They lie still after they die.（不会，他们依旧撒谎。lie, 有“撒谎”和“躺”两个意思。still ，有“仍然”和“静静地”两个意思。所以可以是躺着不动，也可以是依旧撒谎。
3. Your age. （你的年龄）
4. He wants to have a hot dog. （他想要一条热狗。）
5. Because someone will give her away. （因为有人会揭发她。give away 揭发，在婚礼上把新娘交给新郎）
6. It has the most stories. （它的楼层最多。story 故事，楼层，是storey 的另一种拼写方式。）
7. The bridge of a nose. （鼻梁）
8. A whole world. (整个世界。 a world of difference 天壤之别)
9. They want to make faces. (make face 做鬼脸，做钟表面)
10. Crane. (鹤。crane 鹤，举重机)
11. Because is a pigbot. (那是潜水艇。pigbot, 潜水艇)
12. Because it is a star with a tail..(为它尾部有一个星。)
13. Mom is closer, because dad is father(farther).(因为爸爸是父亲 , 所以妈妈比较靠近。) (更远的)
14. The river bank.(河岸。)
15. March.(行军/三月.)
What stays hot even if put in a fridge? 有什么东西即使放在冰箱里也还是热的?
Chili pepper. 辣椒。
解答：hot 在英语里，不仅有“热”的意思，也有“辣”的意思。
Why are film stars cool? 为什么电影明星们都这么酷?
Because they have so many fans! 因为他们有很多粉丝!
解答：在这里，被巧妙利用的是cool 和fan 两个单词。看起来问题是在问明星为什么这么酷，但回答者故意理解成“明星们为什么这么凉快”，于是便说“因为他们有很多风扇”。fan 也有风扇的意思。 What is the worst weather for a mouse? 老鼠最害怕的天气是什么?
when it rains cats and dogs. 倾盆大雨。
解答：老鼠是不是真的怕倾盘大雨其实我们不太清楚，但它一定害怕猫和狗。而rain cats and dogs这个词组在英语里是表示下暴雨的固定搭配。
What two words has thousands of letters in them?
什么词语里包含着成千上万个字母?
Post office. 邮局。
解答; 同样是一词多义，letter 既有“字母”的意思，也有“信件”的意思。
What is the longest word in the world? 世界上最长的单词是什么?
Smiles. 笑容。
解答：在smiles 的首字母和尾字母之间，有一mile 这么长，你说这是不是世界上最长的单词? Why don't women go bald as soon as men? 为什么女人不像男人那么快秃头?
Because women wear hair longer. 因为女人的头发更长。
解答：在这里，longer 是双关意思，字面意思是指女人头发比男人“更长”，实际是表示女人头发比男人留得“更久”，所以不容易秃头。
What question can you never answer "Yes" to?有什么问题你永远无法回答“是”?
Are you asleep? 你睡着了吗?
解答：这个如果你能回答，那一定是发生灵异事件了……
Which side is the left side of a pizza? 披萨的哪一边是左边?
The side that is not eaten. 还没吃的那一边。
解答：left 除了“左边”，还有“剩下”的意思。所以还没吃的，就是剩下的。
Why is an empty purse always the same?为什么空空如也的钱包总是一个样?
There is no change in it. 因为里面没有零钱。
解答：change 既有“变化”的意思，也有“零钱”的意思。
What room has no windows, no doors, no walls and no floors?
什么房间既没有门也没有窗，既没有墙也没有地板?
Mushroom 。 蘑菇。
解答：Mushroom 是蘑菇的意思，它词尾带有room ，但并不是真的房间。
Which can move faster, heat or cold? 冷和热，那个跑得更快?
Heat, because you can catch cold. 热跑得更快，因为你会感冒。
解答：catch cold一般是“感冒”的意思，但在这里，是被巧妙地用作“追上寒冷”的意思。所以，热跑得比较快，因为你能追上寒冷。
1. The more you take away, the bigger I become. What am I? A hole.
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) （instrument 还有“乐器”的意思）
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.
（黎明破晓，夜幕降临。Fall 还有摔碎的意思，break 有打破，打碎的意思）
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 glasses? They must prefer bottles to glasses.
（glasses 双关，眼镜，或玻璃杯）
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."
(Coat 双关，问题里指外套，答案里指刷两“层”漆)
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? 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.
（raise 双关。可以指提起，举起，也可以指饲养，养殖）
24. Why does time fly? To get away from all the people who are trying to kill it.
（to kill time: 消磨时间）
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.
（双关，bed 和mouth 指河床，河口）
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. （双关。Cap 既可以指帽子，又可以指瓶盖）
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. （In alphabet or in a dictionary of course.）
37. What starts with a T, ends with a T, and is full of T? Teapot (茶壶). (语音双关，T=tea)
38. What word can you make shorter by adding to it?
Short. （short 加上字母er 变成比较级，反而变成“更短”了）
39. What person does every man take his hat off to? A barber（理发师）.
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（双关。咽下）.
43. Why is it useless to send a letter to Washington（双关：美国首都/总统华盛顿）?
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 happiness 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.
（双关。Catch cold 指感冒）
60. What's the hardest thing about learning skating? The ice. （双关。Hard : 坚硬的/困难的。）
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 thickness? The temperature.
63. What makes the Tower of Pisa lean? It never eats.
（双关。Lean: 倾斜的/瘦消的）
64. Why is writing called handwriting?
If people wrote with their feet, we would have to call it footwriting.
65. If there were only three girls in the world, what do you think they would do?
Two of them would get together and talk about the other one.
66. How many great men have been born in London? None. Only babies.
（双关。Man ：伟人，人类/成年人，大人）
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 less it can be seen. What is it? Darkness.
英语脑筋急转弯
1. What will you break once you say it? （什么东西一说出来就打破？）
2. Will liars be honest after they die? （骗子死了之后会诚实吗？）
3. What always goes up and never goes down? （什么东西只升不降？）
4. Why did the boy make his dog sit in the sun? （男孩为什么让他的狗坐在阳光下？）
5. Why can a bride hide nothing? （为什么新娘子什么也藏不住？）
6. Why is the library the highest building? （为什么图书馆是最高的建筑物？）
7. What is the smallest bridge in the world? （世界上最小的桥梁是什么？）
8. What is the difference between the north pole and the south pole? （北极与南极的区别是什么？）
9. What makes naughty boys long to work in a clock factory? 淘气的男孩为什么想去钟表厂工作？）
10. What bird lifts heavy things? （什么鸟能举起重物？）
11. A ship can contain only fifty persons. Now there is already forty-nine persons in it. At this time,a pregnant woman comes on and boards the ship. The ship sinks. Why?(有一艘船只能容纳50人, 现在已有49人。这时一位孕妇上了船, 船就沉了。为什么?
12. Why is the comet like Mickey Mouse? (为什么是慧星像米老鼠?)
13. Who is closer to you, your mom or your dad? (谁跟你比较亲密, 你的妈妈或你的爸爸? )
14. What's the poorest bank in the world? (世界的最贫穷的银行是什么? )
15. What month do soldiers hate?(军人憎恨什么月? )
答案:1. silence. （沉默）
2. No, they won’t. They lie still after they die.（不会，他们依旧撒谎。lie, 有“撒谎”和“躺”两个意思。still ，有“仍然”和“静静地”两个意思。所以可以是躺着不动，也可以是依旧撒谎。
3. Your age. （你的年龄）
4. He wants to have a hot dog. （他想要一条热狗。）
5. Because someone will give her away. （因为有人会揭发她。give away 揭发，在婚礼上把新娘交给新郎）
6. It has the most stories. （它的楼层最多。story 故事，楼层，是storey 的另一种拼写方式。）
7. The bridge of a nose. （鼻梁）
8. A whole world. (整个世界。 a world of difference 天壤之别)
9. They want to make faces. (make face 做鬼脸，做钟表面)
10. Crane. (鹤。crane 鹤，举重机)
11. Because is a pigbot. (那是潜水艇。pigbot, 潜水艇)
12. Because it is a star with a tail..(为它尾部有一个星。)
13. Mom is closer, because dad is father(farther).(因为爸爸是父亲 , 所以妈妈比较靠近。) (更远的)
14. The river bank.(河岸。)
15. March.(行军/三月.)
What stays hot even if put in a fridge? 有什么东西即使放在冰箱里也还是热的?
Chili pepper. 辣椒。
解答：hot 在英语里，不仅有“热”的意思，也有“辣”的意思。
Why are film stars cool? 为什么电影明星们都这么酷?
Because they have so many fans! 因为他们有很多粉丝!
解答：在这里，被巧妙利用的是cool 和fan 两个单词。看起来问题是在问明星为什么这么酷，但回答者故意理解成“明星们为什么这么凉快”，于是便说“因为他们有很多风扇”。fan 也有风扇的意思。 What is the worst weather for a mouse? 老鼠最害怕的天气是什么?
when it rains cats and dogs. 倾盆大雨。
解答：老鼠是不是真的怕倾盘大雨其实我们不太清楚，但它一定害怕猫和狗。而rain cats and dogs这个词组在英语里是表示下暴雨的固定搭配。
What two words has thousands of letters in them?
什么词语里包含着成千上万个字母?
Post office. 邮局。
解答; 同样是一词多义，letter 既有“字母”的意思，也有“信件”的意思。
What is the longest word in the world? 世界上最长的单词是什么?
Smiles. 笑容。
解答：在smiles 的首字母和尾字母之间，有一mile 这么长，你说这是不是世界上最长的单词? Why don't women go bald as soon as men? 为什么女人不像男人那么快秃头?
Because women wear hair longer. 因为女人的头发更长。
解答：在这里，longer 是双关意思，字面意思是指女人头发比男人“更长”，实际是表示女人头发比男人留得“更久”，所以不容易秃头。
What question can you never answer "Yes" to?有什么问题你永远无法回答“是”?
Are you asleep? 你睡着了吗?
解答：这个如果你能回答，那一定是发生灵异事件了……
Which side is the left side of a pizza? 披萨的哪一边是左边?
The side that is not eaten. 还没吃的那一边。
解答：left 除了“左边”，还有“剩下”的意思。所以还没吃的，就是剩下的。
Why is an empty purse always the same?为什么空空如也的钱包总是一个样?
There is no change in it. 因为里面没有零钱。
解答：change 既有“变化”的意思，也有“零钱”的意思。
What room has no windows, no doors, no walls and no floors?
什么房间既没有门也没有窗，既没有墙也没有地板?
Mushroom 。 蘑菇。
解答：Mushroom 是蘑菇的意思，它词尾带有room ，但并不是真的房间。
Which can move faster, heat or cold? 冷和热，那个跑得更快?
Heat, because you can catch cold. 热跑得更快，因为你会感冒。
解答：catch cold一般是“感冒”的意思，但在这里，是被巧妙地用作“追上寒冷”的意思。所以，热跑得比较快，因为你能追上寒冷。
1. The more you take away, the bigger I become. What am I? A hole.
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) （instrument 还有“乐器”的意思）
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.
（黎明破晓，夜幕降临。Fall 还有摔碎的意思，break 有打破，打碎的意思）
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 glasses? They must prefer bottles to glasses.
（glasses 双关，眼镜，或玻璃杯）
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."
(Coat 双关，问题里指外套，答案里指刷两“层”漆)
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? 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.
（raise 双关。可以指提起，举起，也可以指饲养，养殖）
24. Why does time fly? To get away from all the people who are trying to kill it.
（to kill time: 消磨时间）
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.
（双关，bed 和mouth 指河床，河口）
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. （双关。Cap 既可以指帽子，又可以指瓶盖）
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. （In alphabet or in a dictionary of course.）
37. What starts with a T, ends with a T, and is full of T? Teapot (茶壶). (语音双关，T=tea)
38. What word can you make shorter by adding to it?
Short. （short 加上字母er 变成比较级，反而变成“更短”了）
39. What person does every man take his hat off to? A barber（理发师）.
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（双关。咽下）.
43. Why is it useless to send a letter to Washington（双关：美国首都/总统华盛顿）?
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 happiness 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.
（双关。Catch cold 指感冒）
60. What's the hardest thing about learning skating? The ice. （双关。Hard : 坚硬的/困难的。）
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 thickness? The temperature.
63. What makes the Tower of Pisa lean? It never eats.
（双关。Lean: 倾斜的/瘦消的）
64. Why is writing called handwriting?
If people wrote with their feet, we would have to call it footwriting.
65. If there were only three girls in the world, what do you think they would do?
Two of them would get together and talk about the other one.
66. How many great men have been born in London? None. Only babies.
（双关。Man ：伟人，人类/成年人，大人）
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 less it can be seen. What is it? Darkness.