Idioms & tongue twisters in English

Idioms & tongue twisters in English

This web has originated from my extreme love for English
Idioms & tongue twisters in English

Idioms & tongue twisters in English

This web has originated from my extreme love for English

tongue twisters-part two

147

She stood on the balcony, inexplicably mimicking him hiccuping, and amicably welcoming him in.

an actor's vocal warmup for lips and tongue

 

148

The big black bug bit the big black bear,
but the big black bear bit the big black bug back!

 

149

Dust is a disk's worst enemy.

 

150

I see a sea down by the seashore.
But which sea do you see down by the seashore?

 

151

Old Mr. Hunt
had a cuddy punt
Not a cuddy punt
but a hunt punt cuddy.

 

152

As one black bug, bled blue, black blood. The other black bug bled blue.

 

153

Mommy made me eat my M&Ms.

 

154

I'm not the fig plucker,
nor the fig plucker's son,
but I'll pluck figs
till the fig plucker comes.

 

155

A gazillion gigantic grapes gushed
gradually giving gophers gooey guts.

 

156

Aluminum, linoleum, molybdenum, aluminum, linoleum, molybdenum, aluminum, linoleum, molybdenum

 

157

Thin grippy thick slippery.

 

158

A tree toad loved a she-toad,
Who lived up in a tree.
He was a three-toed tree toad,
But a two-toed toad was she.
The three-toed tree toad tried to win,
The two-toed she-toad's heart,
For the three-toed tree toad loved the ground,
That the two-toed tree toad trod.
But the three-toed tree toad tried in vain.
He couldn't please her whim.
From her tree toad bower,
With her two-toed power,
The she-toad vetoed him.

 

159

The owner of the inside inn was inside his inside inn with his inside outside his inside inn.

 

160

If you notice this notice,
you will notice that this notice is not worth noticing.

 

161

If you understand, say "understand".
If you don't understand, say "don't understand".
But if you understand and say "don't understand".
how do I understand that you understand. Understand!?

 

162

She sees cheese.

 

163

Brent Spence Bridge
Clay Wade Bailey Bridge

places in Ohio

 

164

Chukotko-Kamchatkan

pertaining to the Siberian people living in Kamchatka

 

165

There those thousand thinkers were thinking
where did those other three thieves go through.

 

166

Five frantic frogs fled from fifty fierce fishes.

 

167

One smart fellow, he felt smart.
Two smart fellows, they felt smart.
Three smart fellows, they felt smart.
Four smart fellows, they felt smart.
Five smart fellows, they felt smart.
Six smart fellows, they felt smart.

 

168

Seven sleazy shysters in sharkskin suits sold sheared sealskins to seasick sailors.

 

169

I would if I could! But I can't, so I won't!

 

170

But a harder thing still to do.

What a to do to die today
At a quarter or two to two.
A terrible difficult thing to say
But a harder thing still to do.
The dragon will come at the beat of the drum
With a rat-a-tat-tat a-tat-tat a-tat-to
At a quarter or two to two today,
At a quarter or two to two.

from a college drama class

 

171

Love's a feeling you feel when you feel
you're going to feel the feeling you've never felt before.

 

172

Silly sheep weep and sleep.

 

173

Truly rural, truly rural, truly rural, ...

 

174

A turbot's not a burbot, for a turbot's a butt, but a burbot's not.

 

175

I know a boy named Tate
who dined with his girl at eight eight.
I'm unable to state what Tate ate at eight eight
or what Tate's tête à tête ate at eight eight.

 

176

The seething sea ceaseth; thus the seething sea sufficeth us.

 

177

Real weird rear wheels

by Michael Dworkin and Bill Harvey

 

178

I slit a sheet, a sheet I slit, upon a slitted sheet I sit.

 

179

A pessimistic pest exists amidst us.

 

180

Knife and a fork bottle and a cork
that is the way you spell New York.

Chicken in the car and the car can go,
that is the way you spell Chicago.

 

181

Five fuzzy French frogs Frolicked through the fields in France.

 

182

Two to two to Toulouse?

 

183

Swatch watch

 

184

Dr. Johnson and Mr. Johnson, after great consideration, came to the conclusion that the Indian nation beyond the Indian Ocean is back in education because the chief occupation is cultivation.

 

185

Round and round the rugged rock the ragged rascal ran.

 

186

Buckets of bug blood, buckets of bug blood, buckets of bug blood

 

187

I'm a sock cutter and I cut socks.
I'm a sock cutter and I cut socks.
I'm a sock cutter and I cut socks.

 

188

If coloured caterpillars could change their colours constantly could they keep their coloured coat coloured properly?

 

189

We won, we won, we won, we won, ...

 

190

Thirty-three thousand people think that Thursday is their thirtieth birthday.

by Julia Dicum

 

191

How much ground could a grounghog grind if a groundhog could grind ground?

 

192

How may saws could a see-saw saw if a see-saw could saw saws?

by Jillian Goetz

 

193

As he gobbled the cakes on his plate,
the greedy ape said as he ate,
the greener green grapes are,
the keener keen apes are
to gobble green grape cakes,
they're great!

from Dr. Seuss's O Say Can You Say?

 

194

How much myrtle would a wood turtle hurdle if a wood turtle could hurdle myrtle?
A wood turtle would hurdle as much myrtle as a wood turtle could hurdle if a wood turtle could hurdle myrtle.

 

195

Shut up the shutters and sit in the shop.

 

196

Rattle your bottles in Rollocks' van.

 

197

A fly and flea flew into a flue,
said the fly to the flea 'what shall we do?'
'let us fly' said the flea
said the fly 'shall we flee'
so they flew through a flaw in the flue.

 

198

How much dew does a dewdrop drop
If dewdrops do drop dew?
They do drop, they do
As do dewdrops drop
If dewdrops do drop dew.

 

199

If Kantie can tie a tie and untie a tie,
why can't I tie a tie and untie a tie like Kantie can.

 

200

Bake big batches of bitter brown bread.

 

201

But she as far surpasseth Sycorax,
As great'st does least.

Caliban describing Miranda's beauty in "The Tempest", by William Shakespeare

 

202

Bake big batches of brown blueberry bread.

 

203

She sits in her slip and sips Schlitz.

 

204

Which wristwatch is a Swiss wristwatch?

 

205

Whoever slit the sheets is a good sheet slitter.

 

206

Mummies make money.

 

207

Crush grapes, grapes crush, crush grapes.

 

208

An elephant was asphyxiated in the asphalt.

 

209

A black bloke's back brake-block broke.

 

210

This is a zither.

 

211

Fresh fried fish,
Fish fresh fried,
Fried fish fresh,
Fish fried fresh.

 

212

There was a minimum of cinnamon in the aluminum pan.

 

213

Really leery, rarely Larry.

 

214

Big black bugs bleed blue black blood but baby black bugs bleed blue blood.

 

215

Elizabeth has eleven elves in her elm tree.

 

216

Her whole right hand really hurts.

difficult in Brazil

 

217

Come, come,
Stay calm, stay calm,
No need for alarm,
It only hums,
It doesn't harm.

 

218

Tie a knot, tie a knot.
Tie a tight, tight knot.
Tie a knot in the shape of a nought.

 

219

Red blood, green blood

 

220

I'm a sheet slitter.
I slit sheets.
I'm the sleekest sheet slitter
that ever slit sheets.

 

221

Busy buzzing bumble bees.

 

222

A lump of red leather, a red leather lump

 

223

Nat the bat swat at Matt the gnat.

 

224

I shot the city sheriff.
I shot the city sheriff.
I shot the city sheriff.

 

225

A lady sees a pot-mender at work at his barrow in the street.
"Are you copper-bottoming 'em, man?"
"No, I'm aluminiuming 'em, Mam."

 

226

I am not a pheasant plucker,
I'm a pheasant plucker's son
but I'll be plucking pheasants
When the pheasant plucker's gone.

 

227

Suzie, Suzie, working in a shoeshine shop.
All day long she sits and shines,
all day long she shines and sits,
and sits and shines, and shines and sits,
and sits and shines, and shines and sits.
Suzie, Suzie, working in a shoeshine shop.

Tommy, Tommy, toiling in a tailor's shop.
All day long he fits and tucks,
all day long he tucks and fits,
and fits and tucks, and tucks and fits,
and fits and tucks, and tucks and fits.
Tommy, Tommy, toiling in a tailor's shop.

sung by Ian Mackintosh

 

228

Preshrunk silk shirts.

 

229

Craig Quinn's quick trip to Crabtree Creek.

 

230

Six shining cities, six shining cities, six shining cities.

 

231

While we were walking, we were watching window washers wash Washington's windows with warm washing water.

 

232

A big black bear sat on a big black bug.

 

233

A bloke's bike back brake block broke.

 

234

Sweet sagacious Sally Sanders said she sure saw seven segregated seaplanes sailing swiftly southward Saturday.

 

235

Betty Botter bought some butter but, said she, the butter's bitter.
If I put it in my batter, it will make my batter bitter.
But a bit of better butter will make my bitter batter better.
So she bought some better butter, better than the bitter butter,
put it in her bitter batter, made her bitter batter better.
So 't was better Betty Botter bought some better butter.

 

236

How much oil boil can a gum boil boil if a gum boil can boil oil?

 

237

Good blood, bad blood, good blood, bad blood, good blood, bad blood.

 

238

No nose knows like a gnome's nose knows.

by the Hofman family

 

239

Freshly fried fresh flesh

 

240

There are two minutes difference from four to two to two to two, from two to two to two, too.

 

241

There once was a man who had a sister, his name was Mr. Fister. Mr. Fister's sister sold sea shells by the sea shore. Mr. Fister didn't sell sea shells, he sold silk sheets. Mr. Fister told his sister that he sold six silk sheets to six shieks. The sister of Mr. Fister said I sold six shells to six shieks too!

 

242

Sally sells sea shells by the sea shore. But if Sally sells sea shells by the sea shore then where are the sea shells Sally sells?

 

243

She stood on the steps of Burgess's Fish Sauce Shop, mimicking him hiccuping and amicably welcoming him in.

 

244

Swan swam over the sea.
Swim, swan, swim!
Swan swam back again.
Well swum swan!

 

245

Sally is a sheet slitter, she slits sheets.

 

246

She sells sea shells on the sea shore;
The shells that she sells are sea shells I'm sure.
So if she sells sea shells on the sea shore,
I'm sure that the shells are sea shore shells.

 

247

You know New York.
You need New York.
You know you need unique New York.

 

248

What noise annoys an oyster most?
A noisy noise annoys an oyster most.

 

249

Ripe white wheat reapers reap ripe white wheat right.

 

250

Blake's black bike's back brake bracket block broke.

 

251

Each Easter Eddie eats eighty Easter eggs.

 

252

She slits the sheet she sits on.

 

253

A rough-coated, dough-faced, thoughtful ploughman strode through the streets of Scarborough; after falling into a slough, he coughed and hiccoughed.

 

254

A twister of twists once twisted a twist.
and the twist that he twisted was a three-twisted twist.
now in twisting this twist,
if a twist should untwist,
would the twist that untwisted untwist the twists?

 

255

Red lolly, yellow lolly.

 

256

Mrs Hunt had a country cut front
in the front of her country cut pettycoat.

 

257

Knapsack strap.

 

258

John, where Molly had had "had", had had "had had". "Had had " had had the teachers approval

 

259

Miss Smith's fish-sauce shop seldom sells shellfish.

 

260

Great gray goats

 

261

Whether the weather be fine
or whether the weather be not.
Whether the weather be cold
or whether the weather be hot.
We'll weather the weather
whether we like it or not.

 

262

Sunshine city, sunshine city, sunshine city, ...

 

263

The batter with the butter is the batter that is better!

 

264

There's a sandwich on the sand which was sent by a sane witch.

 

265

How many yaks could a yak pack pack if a yak pack could pack yaks?

 

266

Twelve twins twirled twelve twigs.

 

267

If you stick a stock of liquor in your locker
it is slick to stick a lock upon your stock
or some joker who is slicker
is going to trick you of your liquor
if you fail to lock your liquor with a lock.

 

268

Clowns grow glowing crowns.

 

269

Can you imagine an imaginary menagerie manager
imagining managing an imaginary menagerie?

 

270

Sister Suzie sewing shirts for soldiers
Such skill as sewing shirts
Our shy young sister Suzie shows
Some soldiers send epistles
Say they'd rather sleep in thistles
Than the saucy, soft short shirts for soldiers Sister Suzie sews.

 

 

274

Richard's wretched ratchet wrench.

 

275

Rugged rubber baby buggy bumpers.

 

276

A box of biscuits,
a box of mixed biscuits,
and a biscuit mixer.

 

277

When a doctor doctors a doctor,
does the doctor doing the doctoring
doctor as the doctor being doctored wants to be doctored or
does the doctor doing the doctoring doctor as he wants to doctor?

 

278

What to do to die today at a minute or two to two. A terribly difficult thing to say and a harder thing to do. A dragon will come and beat his drum Ra-ta-ta-ta-ta-ta-ta-ta-too at a minute or two to two today. At a minute or two to two.

Who is the author?

 

279

If two witches would watch two watches, which witch would watch which watch?

 

280

The soldier's shoulder surely hurts!

 

281

She sees seas slapping shores.

 

282

A loyal warrior will rarely worry why we rule.

by Ray Weisling

 

283

Greek grapes.

 

284

Mr. See owned a saw and Mr Soar owned a seesaw.
Now See's saw sawed Soar's seesaw before Soar saw See.

 

285

Six sick sea-serpents swam the seven seas.

 

286

There was a little witch which switched from Chichester to Ipswich.

 

287

A proper cup of coffee from a proper copper coffee pot.

 

288

Don't trouble trouble, until trouble troubles you! If you trouble trouble, triple trouble troubles you!

 

289

Theophilus Thadeus Thistledown, the succesful thistle-sifter, while sifting a sieve-full of unsifted thistles, thrust three thousand thistles through the thick of his thumb. Now, if Theophilus Thadeus Thistledown, the succesful thistle-sifter, thrust three thousand thistles through the thick of his thumb, see that thou, while sifting a sieve-full of unsifted thistles, thrust not three thousand thistles through the thick of thy thumb.

 

290

Shoe section, shoe section, shoe section, ...

 

291

A smart fella, a fella smart.
It takes a smart fella to say a fella smart.

 

292

She is a thistle-sifter. She has a sieve of unsifted thistles and a sieve of sifted thistles and the sieve of unsifted thistles she sifts into the sieve of sifted thistles because she is a thistle-sifter.

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