Idioms & tongue twisters in English
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Idioms & tongue twisters in English
This web has originated from my extreme love for English
Idioms-part two
Bury the hatchet
با هم کنار امدن
The 2 sisters buried the hatchet at last.
Better be safe than sorry
چرا عاقل کند کاری که باز آرد پشیمانی؟
For the wise man its better to be safe than sorry!
Better bend than break
احتیاط شرط عقل است
When I was driving carelessly my grandma told me that better bend than break!
Butter wouldn’t melt in his mouth
آزارش به یک مورچه هم نمی رسد
Can you guaranty that we will be safe if we steal what Sam has?!
Yes make you sure even Butter wouldn’t melt in his mouth!!
Break the ice
سر صحبت را باز کردن
We sat there without saying a word until I finally broke the ice by telling a joke
Catch once of that
چشمم آب نمی خوره
Will SAKHA be able to pass the term?
NO,I catch once of that!
Cut your coat according to your cloth
پا را به اندازه ی گلیم دراز کردن
If you don’t Cut your coat according to your cloth you will lose the game of the life!
comfortable he who doesn’t barley
آسوده کسی که خر ندارد
از کاه و جویش خبر ندارد
How is Tom, jack? You are so busy as I see!
Tom is relaxed .you know comfortable he who doesn’t barley.
Clean lines is next to God lines
النظافته من الایمان!
Clean lines is next to God lines.
Chicken out
تو زدن – جا خوردن
Jane was going to go to mountain climbing with us, but she chickened out at the last minute!!
Cant hold a candle to some one
به گرد کسی هم نرسیدن
You can't hold a candle to me when it comes to playing the piano
Cash cow
منبع خوبی از پول
This business is a cash cow
Cowards die many before their death
آدم ترسو هزار بار می میرد!
Cowards die many before their death
Catch some one red handed
مچ کسی را گرفتن
The hoodlums were tampering with the public phone when the police arrived and caught them red-handed
come alive
زنده شدن
When he arrived home, everyone came alive.
Cut corners
از سر و ته کاری زدن
Most contractors are always finding ways to cut corners.
Clothes make the man
احترام مرد به لباسش هم هست!
Why don’t you pay attention to your clothes? Clothes make the man.
cross my heart
به جون خودم!
I didn't break the glass, cross my heart!
Cross swords
سرشاخ شدن – جدل کردن
Whenever they see each other, they get along for the first few hours, but they finally end up crossing swords.
Cheating play never thrives.
بار کج به منزل نمی رسد!
Cheating play never thrives.
Children and fools tell the truth
حرف راست رو از بچه بشنو!
Children and fools tell the truth
Cattle do not die from the crows cursing
به حرف گربه ی سیاه باران نمی بارد!
Cattle do not die from the crows cursing
Chalk and cheese
اسمان و ریسمان به هم بافتن
Try not to chalk & cheese when you are not able to do something well.
Cock and bull story
چاخان گفتن – خالی بندی کردن
Who the hell do you expect to believe your cock and bull story?!
Clear the air
بر طرف کردن سو تفاهمات
I think now it is the best time to clear the air with SAKHA, don’t you?
Cut the crap
چرت و پرت نگو!چرند نگو!
Could you please cut the crap?
People are waiting for him with all their beings!
Cool ones heels
زیاد منتظر گذاشتن
We arrived on time, but the lawyer let us cool our heels outside of his office for hours
Cut from one end to the other
گوش تا گوش بریدن
SAKHAs dad has confined that if he doesn’t obey him, he will cut from one end to the other!
Charity begins at home
چراغی که به خانه رواست به مسجد حرام است!
Charity is the best but it begins at home!
Charity covers a multitude of sins
صدقه رفع بلاست
Franklins dad helps the poor because he believes that charity covers a multitude of sins
Come down to earth
واقع بین بودن
You should come down to earth; you can't become a runner with a lam leg.
Cat got your tongue?!
لالمونی گرفتی
Why did you come home so late last night? Answer me! Cat got your tongue!
Come off your high horse
پیاده شو با هم بریم
When SAKHA was showing off
His friend told him not to exaggerate and to come off his high horse!
Come hell or high water
هیچ فرقی نمی کنه چه اتفاقی بیفته!؟
Come hell or high water I will leave the country.
Down to the ground
از سیر تا پیاز گفتن
Dad told me to tell him the down to ground of things that they happened.
Damn it!
لعنتی!
I parked the car there but when I returned I didn’t found it. It was stoled. Damn it!
Deep water
مشکل سخت
Passing the terms in ILI is never a deep water!
Do a number on some one
کسی را خیانت کردن – نارو زدن
Doing a number on someone wont be acceptable near God.
Dress to the teeth
با سلیقه لباس پوشیدن
All the Moslems are ordered to dress to the teeth whenever they pray.
Dress to kill
بهترین لباس خود را پوشیدن
Im going to see my friend and I should dress to kill!!
Drag ones feet
لفت دادن
If you keep dragging your feet, you'll miss the train.
Don’t miss the bout
وقت را از دست ندادن
When SAKHA was joking during the examination, his friend told him not to miss the bout!
Do a number on some one
نارو زدن!
Parents never try to do a number on their children!
Don’t look a gift horse in the mouth
دندان اسب پیشکش را نمی شمارند
Don’t look a gift horse in the mouth
Draw fire
مورد هدف قرار دادن
Draw fire the red apple and shoot!
Do your best
حداکثر تلاشت را بکن
If you do your best & then couldn’t reach the goal, that’s no problem with you!
Depend on some one
روی کسی حساب کردن
If you depend on him you will lose the game!
Draw off
عقب نشینی کردن
We wont draw off even if we lose the war!
Don’t keep on me!
پیله نکن!
Don’t keep on me mom! Im not a child!
Die game
دلیرانه جان دادن
Die game is our propose.
Die the death
غزل خداحافظی خواندن
When I saw him I started to die the death.
Danger better face a danger once than be always in
مرگ یک بار- شیون یک بار!!
Danger better face a danger once than be always in
Doctor after die some one
نوش داروی پس از مرگ!
Marry was the doctor after die Sam.
Don’t buy everything that is cheap
ارزان خری انبان خریست!
Don’t buy everything that is cheap
Dog eat dog world!
دنیای هرکی هرکی
It's pretty tough to survive in this dog-eat-dog world.
Drive someone up a wall!
کلافه کردن کسی
Cut the noise, kids. You're driving me up the wall.
Drop ones teeth
از تعجّب شاخ در آورن
I dropped my teeth when I heard the news
Escape with life and limb
جان سالم به در بردن
We have to thank God that we could
escape with life & limb!
Easy money
پول باد آورده
Never do easy money can change the face of the life.
Escape narrowly
جان مفت به در بردن
They were bad killers and we could hardly escape narrowly!
Eat to live-not live to eat
خوردن برای زندگی نه زندگی برای خوردن
A good rule in life is this: Eat to live and try not to live to eat!
Eating some one
معذب بودن
Please tell me what has been eating you maybe we can work your problem out together!
Easy come-easy go
باد آورده را باد می برد گی برای خوردن
There is a very important sentence which is used in business which sais: Easy come- Easy go!
Every dog has his chance
هر کسی یک شانسی دارد
Every dog has his chance
Everything is good in its season
هر سخن جایی و هر نکته مکانی دارد!!؟
Everything is good in its season
Eat ones hat
اسم خود را عوض کردن
You're not studying hard enough. I'll eat my hat if you pass the test!!
Eat ones heart out
حسودی کردن
Do you like my new car? Well, eat your heart out! It's one of a kind.
For mad words defers
جواب ابلهان خاموشی است
For mad words defers
For the life of me
این تن بمیره!
For the life of me Im not kidding. why don’t you believe?!
Face the music
عواقب کار خود را پذیرفتن – خربزه خوردن و پای لغزش نشستن!
I told SAKHA not to spend all his money, but he did, and now he is going to have to face the music.
Face it out
جسورانه مقاومت کردن
If we don’t face it out, they will kill us.
Follow your nose
مستقیم برو
Excuse me, where is the nearest gas station?
Just follow your nose!
Feel like a million dollars
کوک کوک بودن
How're you doing, SAKHA?
I feel like a million dollars!
For a song
مفت و ارزان
My house's very expensive now, but I bought it for a song two years ago
Full of it
چرت و پرت گفتن
Oh, shut up, Roger! You'r full of it.
From now on
از همین لحظه به بعد
From now on no one is permitted to inter the room whit out permission.
Fill it out
پرش کن
The jet could easily fill the airplane up in the colorful sky.
Force a smile
تبسم کردن
Sometimes even forcing a small smile can solve a lot of problems.
From fame to infamy is a beaten road
ز هستی تا عدم موئی امید است
ولی آن موی خود موئی سفید است
From fame to infamy is a beaten road
Friends’ short reckoning makes long
حساب حساب ،کاکا برادر
When I was ignoring to get the money back from daddy, he said: Friends’ short reckoning makes long!
Fools tie knots and wise men loose them
یک دیوانه سنگی را به چاه می اندازد
صد عاقل نمی تواند آن را بیرون بیا ورد!
Fools tie knots and wise men loose them
Fly like a kite!
بزن به چاک!
You are annoying me a lot, hurry up, fly like a kite!
Feel under the water
دمق بودن – دل و دماق نداشتن
I don't feel like going to work today. I feel under the weather.
Feather in ones cap
مایه ی سر افرازی بودن
His last book was another feather in his cap.
Feed some one a line
فریب دادن و گول زدن.
Trust people around you, but don't let anyone feed you a line
Fall in love
عاشق شدن
When you fall in love, you don’t hear & see!
Fly off the handle
از کوره در رفتن
Every time we talk about money, my father flies off the handle!
Face the music
خربزه خوردن و پای لرزش نشستن
You have kicked the little boy, &you should face the music!
For the birds
به درد نخور بودن
Let's get out of here! What he's saying is for the birds
Give someone ones word
به کسی قول دادن
I give you my word that I will help you the next day.
Fishy
مشکوک زدن
When he saw the interance door open, he found something fishy!
Get the ax
اخراج شدن
I got the ax two months ago. I have been able to find a new job yet
Go escrow your self
برو کنار بزار باد بیاد!؟
When the little boy was speaking a lot, the old man said go escrow your self.
Good thing come in small package
فلفل نبین چه ریزه بشکن ببین چه تیزه
Good thing come in small package, why do you sell him short?!
God’s mill grids slow but sure
چوب خدا صدا ندارد-آنگه بزند دوا ندار
Try not to annoy the old man, God’s mill grids slow but sure.
God bless him
خدا رحمتش کند...
He was the salt of the earth. may god bless him!
Good fences make good neighbors
مالت را محکم بگیر-همسایه ات را دزد نگیر
Good fences make good neighbors
God helps those who help them selves
از تو حرکت از خدا برکت
God helps those who help them selves
Get the hang of some thing
قلق کاری را به دست آوردن - لم کاری را به دست آوردن
As soon as you get the hang of this computer, you'll be able to work much faster.
Idioms-part three
Great boast – little toast
پز عالی جیب خالی
SAKHA dressed to kill! But it was only great boast-little toast!
Go to rack and ruin
نتیجه ی بد حاصل کردن
I studied a lot but I went to rack & ruin!
Good heaven
عجب افتضاحی!!
When SAKHA saw the accident he cried: oh… good heaven!
God is the light of heaven and earth
الله نور السماوات و الارض
As Quran sais: God is the light of heaven and earth
God grant that…
خدا کند که...
God grant that it rains today.
Get out of my face
گورتو گم کن! – از جلوی چشمم دور شو!
Get out of my face if you know what's good for you!!
Gain ground
پیشرفت کردن
Step by step Im gaining ground
Group with other things
در زمّه ی چیز های دیگر قرار دادن
You cant group me with other students!
Go bananas
از شدت عصبانیت یا خوشحالی جو گیر شدن
The children will go bananas when you tell them that trip is cancelled.
Gain over
ربودن
The huge car was gained over!
Give a person the benefit of the doubt
کسی را بی گناه دانستن
The lawyer was trying to give her the benefit of the doubt!
Give somebody hell
دمار از روزگار کسی در آوردن!
I know you have crashed the car & I will give you hill.
Give someone the slip
جیم شدن
The street was really full of people that the thief managed to give them the slip
God speed
صفر بخیر!
God speed.
Grease ones palm
سبیل کسی چرب کردن
He would've signed the contract if I'd greased his palm!!
Grasp at some thing
مشتاقانه پذیرفت
Do you like to go to the park?
I grasp at it!
Go to the dog
به گند کشیده شدن!
Our neighborhood has really gone to the dogs since a bunch of drug addicts moved in.
Go to town
سنگ تمام گذاشتن
When they give parties, they really go to town.
and chew Go bricks
برو کشکت رو بساب!
What do you say?!
Go & bricks and chew!
Get the jump on some one
پیش دستی کردن
No one has ever been able to get the jump on Margie in swimming
Get up on the wrong side of the bed
از دنده چپ بلند شدن!
Why are you so grouchy today? Did you get up on the wrong side of the bed?
Go cold turkey
یک مرتبه عادتی را کنار گذاشتن
The doctor believes that if he opium addict had gone cold turkey, he might have not survived.
Get the short end of the stick
کلاه سر کسی رفتن
Martin's very unhappy because he's got the short end of the stick again.
Get ants in ones pants
دل شوره گرفتن
I always get ants in my pants before a lecture!!
Give something ones best shot
نهایت سعی خود را کردن
I gave the exam my best shot!
Get in some ones hair
کلافه کردن
I went home to get some rest, but the kids kept getting in my hair
Get something out of one s system
خود را از شر فکری خلاص کردن
Mrs. Abrams has not been able to get the memory of her husband's death out of her system yet.
Get a kick out of some thing
حظ کردن!
I always get a kick out of his jokes.
Get some ones goat!
کفر کسی را بالا آوردن – روی سگ کسی را بالا آوردن!
The way you treated me in front of other people got my goat.
Get cold feet
جا خوردن – دچار دو دلی شدن
I usually get cold feet when I have to speak in public
Get carried away
ذوق زده شدن
Calm down. Don't get carried away. We have to sit down and talk.
Get in to hot water
تو هچل افتادن
I really get into water whenever I play hooky.
Go to the dogs
به مخروبه تبدیل شدن
My old house has gone to the dogs!
Get the ball rolling
دست به کار شدن
Move it guys! If you wanna get the job done before dark, you gotta get the ball rolling now.
Get away clean
از مجازات فرار کردن
After robbing the bank, the robbers spend off in a waiting car and got away clean
Give me five
بزن قدش!
Hey, man, Give me five!
Get off some ones back
دست از سر کسی برداشتن
Please get off my back! I can't do it for you!
Go down the drain
به هدر دادن
All the money I invested in that damned business went down the drain.
Go to bat for some one
از کسی جانب داری کردن
I expect you to go to bat for me whenever you hear anyone gossip about me
Have at one’s fingers ends
فوت آب بودن
I have all the lessons at my fingers end!
Hit below the belt
نامردی کردن – نارو زدن
I'll never do any business with Peter again. He really hits below the belt.
Horses for courses
هر کسی را بهر کاری ساخته اند
You cant make me be a doctor dear!
Horses for courses!
He’s got a screw loose
یک تخته اش کم است!
Don’t get angry! He has got a screw loose.
Have in out with him
مورد حمله قرار دادن
The new president had in out with the old one!
Have a screw loose
یه تخته کم داشتن
He never talks sense. He seems to have a screw loose.
Hear over the grapevine
از زبان این و آن شنیدن
How do you know Mr. Smith is resigning?
I heard it over the grapevine.
He is bared his head in the sand
سر خود را زیر برف کردن
Don’t bared your head in the sand
Some thing is happening there!
Have a finger in every pie
نخود هر آش بودن
If you try to have a finger in every pie I will omit you from the group.
He is a dog in the manger
نه خود خورد نه کس دهد گنده کند به سگ دهد...!
Kathryn never gives away anything she herself has no use for. She is such a dog in the manger!!
His life failed him
عمرش وفا نکرد
His life failed him & he couldn’t see his lawyer son!
He's over the hill
کسی که دلش جوان است
He is not as old as he seems. he is over the hill.
His tongue on son wheels
زبانش را گنجشک خورده است
SAKHA can't answer the questions, it seems His tongue is on son wheels!!
Happy to you
خوش به حالت!
Oh…happy to you that you have a real good mom!
Hang in there
طاقت آوردن
If you hang in there I will save your life!
Have the last word
حرف خود را به کرسی نشاندن
Who has the last word in your family?!
He is as green as grass
صبر ایوب داشتن
They say, SAKHA is as green as grass in the field of studying!
Hold your horses
تند نرو- دست نگه دار!
Hey, don't get so mad! Hold your horses and let us explain.
Horse of a different color
وصله ی نا هماهنگ – نا مربوط
I was talking about trees, not bushes. Bushes are a horse of different color!
He puts his foot down
هر دو پا را در یک کفش کردن
The child put his foot down and said: I want the bicycle - want the bicycle.
Have ones cake and eat it too
هم خدا و هم خرما را خواستن!
George wants a regular income but doesn't want to work. He can't have his cake and eat it too!
He has not a penny to bless himself with
آه نداره که با ناله سودا کنه
He has not a penny to bless himself with
He led a dog’s life
آب خوش از گلویش پایین نرفت
As long as his life he led a dogs life!
His blood is up
خونش جوش آمده است
When she heard the bad news her blood got up!
He is no better than I am
خون او از من رنگین تر نیست!
He is no better than I am
He lets the cat
از دهنش دررفت!
Nobody was supposed to tell him about the surprise party, but my sister let the cat out of the bag!
He is not so black as he is painted
قلم در دست دشمن است!
He is not so black as he is painted
He has a good hand at some thing
کهنه کار بودن در کاری
SAKHA has a good hand at English.
He is in the prime of life
پایش لب گور است
He is in the prime of life
He has one foot in the grave
یکی از هزار گلش نشکفته است
He has one foot in the grave.
He has style
صاحب نظر بودن
Does SAKHA have style in English?!
He can make both ends meet
دستش به دهنش میرسد
He can make both ends meet
Hang on a person’s lips
چشم به دهان کسی دوختن
Don’t you have any idea with you yourself?!
You always hang on your moms lips!
He was near to tears
چیزی نمونده بود بزنه زیر گریه!
He was near to tears.
Hang it
به دَرَک!
Hang it
Hang a thief when he’s young and he’ll no steal when he is old
سر گرگ باید هم اول برید
نه چون گوسپندان مردم درید
Hang a thief when he’s young and he’ll no steal when he is old
He will marry them in an hour if he has seven blind daughters
اگه هفت تا دختر کور داشته باشه
یک ساعته شوهرشان میدهد
He will marry them in an hour if he has seven blind daughters
Human blood is all of a color
بنی آدم اعضا ی یکدیگرند
که در آفرینش ز یک گوهرند
Human blood is all of a color.
High places have their precipices
هر فرازی را نشیبی است
Don’t be sad dear, High places have their precipices!
Hit the hay
پریدن توی رختخواب
Okay guys, we have to get up early. I guess it's about time to hit the hay!
Hasty work double work
آدم عجول کار را دوباره میکنه!
Hasty work is a double work
Horse of a different color
بی ربط بودن
We are speaking about trees. grass is a horse of a different color!
Hot under the collar
جوش آوردن
Daddy was hot under the collar when we told him his car had been stolen.
Have a sweet tooth
به چیز های شیرین علاقه داشتن!
Daddy eats sweets and chocolate every day. He has a sweet tooth.
Honesty is the best police
صداقت بهترین سیاست زندگی است
Honesty is the best police
He has sown his wild oats
آرد خود را بیخته است!
He sown his wild when he opened his mouth!
Horse of a different color
از زمین تا آسمان فرق داشتن
Men & women are really horses of a different colors.
Hit the ceiling
حسابی از کوره در رفتن
SAKHA s father hit the ceiling when he heard that his son had got a speeding ticket.
Have a frog in ones throat
گرفته بودن صدای کسی – صدا از گلوی کسی در نیامدن
Excuse me, I can't talk clearly. I have a frog in my throat
Have some ones number
دست کسی را خواندن
Joe has been so friendly to me recently, but I have his number. He just needs my money.
Hit the nail on the head.
درست حدس زدن – درست به خال زدن
I guess we need a lot of money to carry out the plan
You're absolutely right. You've hit the nail right on the head
Have the world by the tail
دنیا به کام کسی بون
With the new car Daddy's bought me, I have the world by the tail!!
Hold ones tongue
جلوی زبان خود را گرفتن
Hold your tongue, Steve! You can't talk to your sister that way
Horse around
بازی گوشی کردن
Stop horsing around and get to work!
It is a knick knack
برگ سبزی است تحفه ی درویش
When SAKHA gave the gift, he said it is a knick knack.
Hen pecked husband
زن زلیل
I respect my wife's views, but I'm not a hen-pecked husband
in ones book
به عقیده ی کسی
In my book, you are the most generous person in the world
It rains cats and dogs
باران شدید باریدن
Yesterday it was raining cats & dogs!
It will pass without one single incident
آب از آب تکان نخورد
It will pass without one single incident
If gold rusts what then can iron do?
هرچه بگندد نمکش میزنند وای به روزی که بگندد نمک!
If gold rusts what then can iron do?
I’ll cook your goose
آشی برایت بپزم که یک وجب روغن داشته باشد...
You will see what happens; I will cook your goose!
In the same boat
همدرد بودن
I'm broke. Can you lend me a couple of bucks?
Sorry, I'm in the same boat.
I have little hope in it
چشمم آب نمی خورد!
I have a little hope in what he said!
It does not please god
خدا را خوش نمی آید
It doesn’t please god if you don’t help the poor.
in the hole
قرض بالا آوردن
I'm five thousand bucks in the hole. I don't know what to do!!
I congratulate you
چشم شما روشن...
I congratulated him when I saw him.
In the twinkling of an eye
در یک چشم به هم زدن
In the twinkling of an eye I will reach there!
It is never too late to learn
هرگز برای آموختن دیر نیست
It is never too late to learn
in the bag
100%
I've got the election in the bag. Everyone's gonna vote for me.
Idioms-part five
Play of the job
ماست مالی کردن
Sam always destroy everything and then try to Play of the job!
Pull string
پارتی بازی کردن!
In our town pull string is so usual , don’t get mad!
Pull some ones leg
کسی را دست انداختن
Come on, don't get mad; I'm just pulling your leg!
Play it cool
خونسرد بودن
The cops won't suspect anything if you play it cool
Piece of a cake
خیلی آسان و قابل فهم
Oh…dear , why don’t you understand it , it’s a piece of a cake!
Pain the town red
حسابی خوش بودن
Let's go out tonight and paint the town red!
People who live in glass houses should not throw stones
رطب خورده منع رطب کی کند؟!
She always criticized her friends for driving too fast but she herself used to did it. At last I told her: "People who live in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.."
poor you…
آخِی...
Oh poor you. Poor baby!
Pay lip service
شعار دادن
Don't sit and pay lip service to human rights. Get busy
Pardon my French
ببخشید که بد دهنی می کنم!
He is really a bastard, if you'll pardon my French.
Put heads together
هم فکری کردن
If we put our heads together, we may be able to settle the problem.
Play it by ears
بدون تدارک کاری کردن
What are we gonna do after the movie tonight?
We'll play it by ear!
Pay through the nose
مبلغ گزافی پرداختن
We paid through the nose to get the car fixed and it still doesn't go properly.
Put ones cards on the table
رک بودن
If you don’t put your cards on the table I wont be able to help you!
Paper tiger
پهلوان پنبه
My uncle was a pepper tiger!
Quick on the trigger
حاضر جواب فرز – هفت تیر کش فرز
SAKHA is really quick on the trigger. He has a ready answer to almost every question.
Rome was not built in a day
راه صد ساله را یک روزه نمی توان رفت...
When SAKHA wanted to build up this site in a day, his teacher told him that Rome is not built in a day!!
Rome- do as the Romans do when in
خواهی نشوی رسوا هم رنگ جماعت شو
There was a very big meting in Tabriz university and every one were managed to wear on White shirts but SAKHA wore a black one , then his master said to him :Rome do as the Romans do when in!
Rub it in
سرکوفت زدن
Never try to rub it in someone who couldn’t full fill a job correctly and try to help him in a brotherly maner.
Rabbit on
ورّاجی کردن
How much do you like to rabbit on!
Ring a bell
به نظر کسی اشنا امدن
I've never met him, but his name rings a bell.
Raise a stink
قشقرق به راه انداختن
Oh dear dad! try not to raise a stink
My love in my heart wont be deleted!
Rain or shine
هر طوریکه شده – به هر قیمتی
I wont listen to you, rain or shine I will marry her!
Rain cats and dogs
باران شدید آمدن
It's raining cats and dogs. You'll get all soaked the minute you step out.
Refresh some
نفسی تازه کردن
Lets refresh some now and then continue our trip!
Rock the boat
موجبات درد سر را فراهم کردن
Everyone is living in peace and quiet here. Don't rock the boat, please
Spin a yarn
قصه بافتن
The thief tried to spin a yarn to ignore the sediment.
Right off the bat
فورا – بی معطلی
The police nabbed the burglars and locked them up in jail right off the bat.
See eye to eye
تفاهم داشتن
How do you see eye to eye dear son with Sera?
Sell like hot cakes
مثل برق به فروش رفتن
The new cordless phones are selling like hot cakes
Screw money out of a person
پول زور گرفتن
The black stone group wanted to screw money out of us but we didn’t let them do so!
Set two men at variance
تضریب میان دو کس
Setting two men at variance was one of his old habits!
Sweet talk
ستایش کسی
The beginning of his speech was the sweet talk of his mom.
Strike while the iron is hot
تا زمانی که تنور داغ است باید نان را پخت-از فرصت باید بهره برد.
The boss is in a good mood today. Go and talk to him about your salary increase now. You've got to strike while iron is hot!!
Show off
پز دادن
How much do you like to show off ?!
Sometimes money talks
گاهی پول حرف اول را می زند
Don't worry. I have a way of getting things done. Money talks
Silence is golden
سکوت طلاست
Silence is golden
Set the pace
پیش قدم شدن
My dad usually set the pace in + works!
Save some ones neck
به داد کسی رسیدن
I will save your neck if you do so!
Set one’s teeth
مصمّم شدن
He had set his teeth to help the poor in 1995.
Sitting pretty
در بهترین شرایط به سر بردن
He won the lottery and now he is really sitting pretty
String someone along
به بازی گرفتن
Bob doesn't wanna marry your sister. He's just stringing her along.
Silence gives consent
سکوت علامت رضاست
Silence gives consent
Serve one out
تلافی کردن
I will serve your helps out the next term.
Serve at table
پیشخدمتی کردن
Serving at the table in here won't help you be rich.
Straight from the horse s mouth
از منبع موثق
I've heard straight from the horse's mouth that he's going to be the next president of the company.
Shot in the arm
محرک و مشوق چیزی بودن
The good test grade was a shot in the arm for john.
Start something from scratch
از صفر شروع کردن
I have started studying in ILI from scratch!
Sod off
گورت را گم کن!
Sod off!!
Shift one’s ground
عقیده ی خود را تغییر دادن
He will shift his ground to help him get the degree!
See the light
چشم به دنیا گشودن
He saw the light in 1996.
Something is better than no thing
کاچی به از هیچ چیز
Peters motto is this: Something is better than no thing.
sell short
دست کم گرفتن
Don't sell him short; he is a very smart lawyer.
Shake your leg
عجله کن
It's getting late. Come on, shake a leg
Smell a rat
بو بردن از چیزی- مشکوک بودن!
I smelled a rat as soon as I saw a strange man walking on our farm.
Sell some one short
ارزش قائل نشدن
You shouldn’t sell that lazy student short.
See stars
برق از چشم کسی پریدن
I saw stars when I hit my head against the door
Shape up or ship out
درست رفتار کن و یا بزن به چاک!
He always went to his work late, at last his boss told him to shape up or ship out
Scratch ones back
پشت کسی بودن – هواشو داشتن
If you lend me the money I need, I'll help you paint your house. You scratch my back and I'll scratch yours.
Sell some one down the river
به کسی رو دست زدن!
The police raided the gangsters' den and arrested them all. Apparently, someone had sold them down the river.
Snow job
زبان بازی کردن- بازار گرمی کردن
That car dealer did a snow job on me by selling me a car that was a piece of junk
Split hairs
مته به خشخاش گذاشتن – مو را از ماست کشیدن
Let's stop splitting hairs. We should look at the problem as a whole
Shoot the breeze
گپ زدن – اختلاط کردن
We sat around at home, shooting the breeze for hours…
Stick ones neck out
ریسک کردن – خو را به خطر انداختن
Why should I stick my neck out to help him? What's he ever done for me?
Stich to ones guns
پای حرف خود ایستادن
Many people tried to change his mind, but he stuck to his guns
Sleep on it
به چیزی فکر کرن – در بهر چیزی رفتن
I have slept on my final exam.
Take breath
نفسی تازه کردن
I want to take the breath then continue the road!
Teach ones grandmother to suck eggs
به لقمان حکمت اموختن
Never try to Teach ones grandmother to suck eggs!!
Throw off all disguise
رودربایستی نکردن
Okay children, throw off all disguise and say what you want to eat.
To pay a lip service
وعده ی سر خرمن دادن
Never try to pay a lip service to your children.
Twist ones arm
کسی را مجبور کردن – تحت فشار قرار دادن
Daddy won't buy me the car unless I twist his arm.
To have a big mouth
دهن لقی کردن
Don't tell him any secrets. He's a big mouth!
Two cooks spoil the broth
آشپز که دو تا شد آش یا شور می شه یا بی نمک!
Two cooks spoil the broth!!
Talk turkey
بی پرده حرف زدن
Let's stop joking around. We've got to sit down and talk turkey.
There is something under the wind
کاسه ای زیر نیم کاسه است
There is something under the wind
Take refuge in god
پناه بر خدا
Take refuge in god
Take some one for a ride
سر کسی کلاه گذاشتن
Jack, if you're not careful, the mechanic will definitely take you for a ride!!
The cat dreams of mice
شتر در خواب بیند پنبه دانه
The cat dreams of mice
The fat is in the fire
دیگه کار از کار گذشته – آب ریخته جمع نمیشه
The fat's in the fire! There's 10,000$ missing from the office safe!
The full don’t believe the hungry
سیر از دل گرسنه خبر ندارد
The full don’t believe the hungry
There is a truth in wine
پستی و راستی
You like it or not, you have to believe that there is a truth in wine!
Truth will out
همیشه ماه پشت ابر نمی ماند
Sam is always lying but he doesn’t know that truth will out one day!
There is no garden whit out weeds
هر جا گل هست خار هم هست
Franklin cant choose a car which he likes more so he doesn’t know that there is no garden whit out weeds!
The die is cast
کار از کار گذشته است
Being sad wont help to solve the problem the die is cast!!
The bitter is sometimes bit
دست بالای دست بسیار است
You are so proud my old friend
But you have forgotten that the bitter is sometimes bit!
The searcher is the finder
جوینده یابنده بود
Don’t be tired from searching dear young man , make you sure that at last the searcher is the finder!
To change for the better
تبدیل به احسن کردن
Oh mom why do you put the bottle in the trash can we can change it for the better!
To moan with pain
آخ و واخ کردن
Jack always moan with pain when dealing even an small problem!
To die frustrated
آرزو به گور بردن
Sams mom tried a lot to help him be a good doctor but she died frustrated!
To put on airs
باد درآستین انداختن
Don’t try to put on airs you are that blind Asgars son!
Toot ones own horn
لاف زدن – منم منم کردن
Unfortunately she toot her own horn a lot but at last she failed the term!
To turn up one’s sleeve
آستین بالا زدن
Don’t you want to turn up your sleeve to get marry?!
To suffer the evil consequences
چوب چیزی را خوردن
Let me make you sure that if you annoy the parents you will suffer the evil consequences!
To show off
پز دادن
Never try to show off in public places!
To flatter oneself
دل خود را خوش کردن
Oh…Sam don’t try to flatter yourself, at least you will fail in three lessons!
To eat one’s heart out
خون جگر خوردن
Parents usually eat their hearts out up to their children grow up.
To make rigs round a person
دست کسی را از پشت بستن
I thought I was driving in the best manner ,
But Jim made rigs round me!!
The walls have ears
دیوار موش داره موش هم گوش داره
Dear Sam you are speaking so loud.
Remember that the walls have ears!
To get rid of some one
کلک کسی را کندن
You are annoying me a lot , how can I get rid of you?!
To fish in troubled waters
از آب گل آلود ماهی گرفتن!
Some of the countries have the habit to fish in troubled waters!
To bury alive
زنده به گور شدن
Some of the miners bury alive and wont be found never!
To be refused burial in any graveyard
گور به گور شدن
You have made me so sad and I hope you to be refused burial in any graveyard!!
To be all ears
سر و پا گوش بودن
Well, tell me the story. I'm all ears
To consolidate with some one
با کسی یکی به دو کردن
Consolidating with the boss wont help you progress.
To break a lance
دست و پنجه نرم کردن
Im breaking a lance with the new teacher.
To flog a dead horse
آب در هاون کوبیدن
Oh you wont get an increase in your salary
You are flogging a dead horse.
To play foul
ناجوانمردی کردن
The team played foul & then lost the game badly.
There is no alternative
چاره ای نیست
There is no alternative we have to accept the reality.
tongue twisters-part one
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1 Peter Piper picked a peck of
pickled peppers. |
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2 I saw Susie sitting in a shoe
shine shop. |
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3 How many boards from the comic Calvin & Hobbes, by Bill Waterson |
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4 How can a clam cram in a clean cream can? |
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5 Send toast to ten tense stout saints' ten tall tents. by Raymond Weisling |
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6 Denise sees the fleece, |
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7 Coy knows pseudonoise codes. by Pierre Abbat |
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8 Sheena leads, Sheila needs. |
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9 The thirty-three thieves thought that they thrilled the throne throughout Thursday. |
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10 Something in a thirty-acre thermal thicket of thorns and thistles thumped and thundered threatening the three-D thoughts of Matthew the thug - although, theatrically, it was only the thirteen-thousand thistles and thorns through the underneath of his thigh that the thirty year old thug thought of that morning. by Meaghan Desbiens |
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11 Can you can a can as a canner can can a can? |
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12 Seth at Sainsbury's sells thick socks. |
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13 You cuss, I cuss, we all cuss, for asparagus! from a Far Side cartoon by Gary Larson |
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14 Roberta ran rings around the Roman ruins. |
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15 Clean clams crammed in clean cans. |
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16 Six sick hicks nick six slick bricks with picks and sticks. |
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17 I wish to wish the wish you wish to wish, but if you wish the wish the witch wishes, I won't wish the wish you wish to wish. |
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18 Stupid superstition! |
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19 There was a fisherman named
Fisher |
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20 World Wide Web |
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21 To sit in solemn silence in a
dull, dark dock, by W.S. Gilbert of Gilbert and Sullivan from The Mikado |
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22 Picky people pick Peter Pan Peanut-Butter, 'tis the peanut-butter picky people pick. from a commercial |
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23 If Stu chews shoes, should Stu choose the shoes he chews? |
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24 Luke Luck likes lakes. from Dr. Seuss' Fox in Socks |
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25 Seventy seven benevolent elephants harder than it seems |
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26 There those thousand thinkers were thinking how did the other three thieves go through. |
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27 Santa's Short Suit Shrunk name of a children's book |
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28 I was born on a pirate ship Hold your tounge while saying it. |
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29 I scream, you scream, we all scream for icecream! |
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30 Wayne went to Wales to watch walruses. |
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31 In 'ertford, 'ereford and 'ampshire, 'urricanes 'ardly Hever 'appen. from the film "My Fair Lady" |
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32 One-one was a race horse. |
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33 Eleven benevolent elephants |
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34 Celibate celebrant, celibate celebrant, celibate celebrant, ... |
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35 Willy's real rear wheel David Bowser in Harrisburg, PA |
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36 If Pickford's packers packed a packet of crisps would the packet of crisps that Pickford's packers packed survive for two and a half years? from Naomi Fletcher's real life |
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37 Six sleek swans swam swiftly southwards |
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38 Gobbling gorgoyles gobbled gobbling goblins. |
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39 Did Dick Pickens prick his pinkie pickling cheap cling peaches in an inch of Pinch or framing his famed French finch photos? |
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40 Pirates Private Property |
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41 What a terrible tongue twister, |
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42 When you write copy you have the right to copyright the copy you write. ... |
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43 A big black bug bit a big black dog on his big black nose! by Kitty Morrow |
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44 Elizabeth's birthday is on the third Thursday of this month. |
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45 Ann and Andy's anniversary is in April. |
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46 Flash message! |
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47 Frogfeet, flippers, swimfins. |
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48 Hassock hassock, black spotted hassock. Black spot on a black back of a black spotted hassock. |
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49 How many cookies could a good cook cook If a good cook could cook cookies? A good cook could cook as much cookies as a good cook who could cook cookies. |
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50 How much ground would a groundhog hog, if a groundhog could hog ground? A groundhog would hog all the ground he could hog, if a groundhog could hog ground. |
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51 How much pot, could a pot roast roast, if a pot roast could roast pot. |
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52 How much wood could Chuck Woods' woodchuck chuck, if Chuck Woods' woodchuck could and would chuck wood? If Chuck Woods' woodchuck could and would chuck wood, how much wood could and would Chuck Woods' woodchuck chuck? Chuck Woods' woodchuck would chuck, he would, as much as he could, and chuck as much wood as any woodchuck would, if a woodchuck could and would chuck wood. |
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53 Mary Mac's mother's making Mary
Mac marry me. from a song by Carbon Leaf |
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54 Mr. Tongue Twister tried to train his tongue to twist and turn, and twit an twat, to learn the letter "T". |
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55 Pete's pa pete poked to the pea patch to pick a peck of peas for the poor pink pig in the pine hole pig-pen. |
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56 She saw Sherif's shoes on the sofa. But was she so sure she saw Sherif's shoes on the sofa? |
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57 Through three cheese trees
three free fleas flew. from Fox in Sox by Dr. Seuss |
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58 Two tried and true tridents |
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59 rudder valve reversals the cause of some plane crashes |
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60 Birdie birdie in the sky laid a
turdie in my eye. |
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61 How many cans can a cannibal
nibble |
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62 Thirty-three thirsty, thundering thoroughbreds thumped Mr. Thurber on Thursday. |
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63 Four furious friends fought for the phone. |
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64 Plymouth sleuths thwart Luther's slithering. |
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65 Bobby Bippy bought a bat. from mid-Willamette Valley theater |
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66 Black background, brown background. |
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67 Why do you cry, Willy? |
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68 Very well, very well, very well ... |
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69 Tie twine to three tree twigs. |
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70 Rory the warrior and Roger the worrier were reared wrongly in a rural brewery. |
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71 Mares eat oats and does eat
oats, |
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72 Three short sword sheaths. |
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73 Caution: Wide Right Turns seen on semi-tractor trailers |
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74 Rolling red wagons |
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75 Green glass globes glow greenly. |
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76 Robert Wayne Rutter personal name |
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77 I stood sadly on the silver steps of Burgess's fish sauce shop, mimicking him hiccuping, and wildly welcoming him within. |
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78 As I was in Arkansas I saw a saw that could out saw any saw I ever saw saw. If you happen to be in Arkansas and see a saw that can out saw the saw I saw saw I'd like to see the saw you saw saw. |
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79 black back bat |
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80 The queen in green screamed. |
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81 How many berries could a bare
berry carry, |
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82 What did you have for
breakfast? |
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83 Snap Crackel pop, |
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84 Six slimy snails sailed silently. |
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85 I thought, I thought of thinking of thanking you. |
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86 Seven slick slimey snakes slowly sliding southward. |
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87 Red Buick, blue Buick |
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88 Roofs of mushrooms rarely mush too much. by Matt Duchnowski |
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89 He threw three balls. |
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90 The great Greek grape growers grow great Greek grapes. |
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91 Singing Sammy sung songs on sinking sand. |
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92 We're real rear wheels. |
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93 Rhys watched Ross switch his Irish wristwatch for a Swiss wristwatch. |
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94 I wish to wash my Irish wristwatch. |
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95 Near an ear, a nearer ear, a nearly eerie ear. |
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96 On a lazy laser raiser lies a laser ray eraser. |
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97 Scissors sizzle, thistles sizzle. |
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98 Tom threw Tim three thumbtacks. |
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99 How much caramel can a canny canonball cram in a camel if a canny canonball can cram caramel in a camel? |
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100 He threw three free throws. |
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101 Fresh French fried fly fritters |
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102 Gig whip, gig whip, gig whip, ... |
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103 I was born on a pirate ship. Say it while holding your tongue. |
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105 Little Mike left his bike like Tike at Spike's. |
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106 Eddie edited it. |
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107 Yellow butter, purple jelly,
red jam, black bread. |
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108 Wow, race winners really want red wine right away! |
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109 The ruddy widow really wants ripe watermelon and red roses when winter arrives. |
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110 I'll chew and chew until my jaws drop. |
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111 Triple Dickle a strong drink |
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112 How many sheets could a sheet slitter slit if a sheet slitter could slit sheets? |
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113 Supposed to be pistachio, by Diane Estep |
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114 Chester Cheetah chews a chunk of cheep cheddar cheese. from a high school singing class |
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115 Real rock wall, real rock wall, real rock wall |
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116 Argyle Gargoyle |
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117 Peggy Babcock, Peggy Babcock, Peggy Babcock, ... personal name |
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118 If you're keen on stunning
kites and cunning stunts, |
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119 Two tiny tigers take two taxis to town. |
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120 Sounding by sound is a sound method of sounding sounds. by Pierre Abbat |
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121 Willie's really weary. |
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122 Yally Bally had a jolly golliwog. Feeling folly, Yally Bally Bought his jolly golli' a dollie made of holly! The golli', feeling jolly, named the holly dollie, Polly. So Yally Bally's jolly golli's holly dollie Polly's also jolly! by Mistah Twistah, Tony Valuch |
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123 Out in the pasture the nature watcher watches the catcher. While the catcher watches the pitcher who pitches the balls. Whether the temperature's up or whether the temperature's down, the nature watcher, the catcher and the pitcher are always around. The pitcher pitches, the catcher catches and the watcher watches. So whether the temperature's rises or whether the temperature falls the nature watcher just watches the catcher who's watching the pitcher who's watching the balls. by Sharon Johnson |
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124 Tommy Tucker tried to tie Tammy's Turtles tie. |
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125 John, where Peter had had
"had had", had had "had"; |
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126 Excited executioner exercising his excising powers excessively. |
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127 Pail of ale aiding ailing Al's travails. from India |
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128 Double bubble gum, bubbles double. |
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129 If you can't can any candy can, |
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130 Octopus ocular optics. by Pierre Abbat |
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131 This is the sixth zebra snoozing thoroughly. |
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132 Salty broccoli, salty broccoli, salty broccoli .... |
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133 I saw Esau kissing Kate. |
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134 A slimey snake slithered down the sandy sahara. |
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135 Suzie Seaword's fish-sauce shop sells unsifted thistles for thistle-sifters to sift. |
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136 I eat eel while you peel eel |
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137 Nothing is worth thousands of deaths. |
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138 Casual clothes are provisional for leisurely trips across Asia. |
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139 East Fife Four, Forfar Five an actual football result from the Scottish third division |
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140 Roy Wayne personal names |
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141 11 was a racehorse, Wunwun was a racehorse, Tutu was one too. Wunwun won one race, Tutu won one too. |
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142 It's not the cough that carries
you off, |
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143 She said she should sit. |
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144 Mo mi mo me send me a toe, |
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145 Will you, William? Will you,
William? Will you, William? |
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146 I wish you were a fish in my dish |
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147 She stood on the balcony, inexplicably mimicking him hiccuping, and amicably welcoming him in. an actor's vocal warmup for lips and tongue |
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148 The big black bug bit the big
black bear, |
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149 Dust is a disk's worst enemy. |
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150 I see a sea down by the
seashore. |
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151 Old Mr. Hunt |
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152 As one black bug, bled blue, black blood. The other black bug bled blue. |
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153 Mommy made me eat my M&Ms. |
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154 I'm not the fig plucker, |
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155 A gazillion gigantic grapes
gushed |
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156 Aluminum, linoleum, molybdenum, aluminum, linoleum, molybdenum, aluminum, linoleum, molybdenum |
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157 Thin grippy thick slippery. |
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158 A tree toad loved a she-toad, |
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159 The owner of the inside inn was inside his inside inn with his inside outside his inside inn. |
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160 If you notice this notice, |
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161 If you understand, say
"understand". |
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162 She sees cheese. |
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163 Brent Spence Bridge places in Ohio |
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164 Chukotko-Kamchatkan pertaining to the Siberian people living in Kamchatka |
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165 There those thousand thinkers
were thinking |
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166 Five frantic frogs fled from fifty fierce fishes. |
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167 One smart fellow, he felt
smart. |
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168 Seven sleazy shysters in sharkskin suits sold sheared sealskins to seasick sailors. |
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169 I would if I could! But I can't, so I won't! |
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170 But a harder thing still to do. What a to do to die today from a college drama class |
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171 Love's a feeling you feel when
you feel |
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172 Silly sheep weep and sleep. |
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173 Truly rural, truly rural, truly rural, ... |
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174 A turbot's not a burbot, for a turbot's a butt, but a burbot's not. |
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175 I know a boy named Tate |
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176 The seething sea ceaseth; thus the seething sea sufficeth us. |
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177 Real weird rear wheels by Michael Dworkin and Bill Harvey |
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178 I slit a sheet, a sheet I slit, upon a slitted sheet I sit. |
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179 A pessimistic pest exists amidst us. |
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180 Knife and a fork bottle and a
cork Chicken in the car and the car
can go, |
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181 Five fuzzy French frogs Frolicked through the fields in France. |
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182 Two to two to Toulouse? |
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183 Swatch watch |
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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. |
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185 Round and round the rugged rock the ragged rascal ran. |
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186 Buckets of bug blood, buckets of bug blood, buckets of bug blood |
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187 I'm a sock cutter and I cut
socks. |
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188 If coloured caterpillars could change their colours constantly could they keep their coloured coat coloured properly? |
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189 We won, we won, we won, we won, ... |
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190 Thirty-three thousand people think that Thursday is their thirtieth birthday. by Julia Dicum |
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191 How much ground could a grounghog grind if a groundhog could grind ground? |
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192 How may saws could a see-saw saw if a see-saw could saw saws? by Jillian Goetz |
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193 As he gobbled the cakes on his
plate, from Dr. Seuss's O Say Can You Say? |
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194 How much myrtle would a wood
turtle hurdle if a wood turtle could hurdle myrtle? |
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195 Shut up the shutters and sit in the shop. |
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196 Rattle your bottles in Rollocks' van. |
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197 A fly and flea flew into a
flue, |
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198 How much dew does a dewdrop
drop |
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199 If Kantie can tie a tie and
untie a tie, |
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200 Bake big batches of bitter brown bread. |
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201 But she as far surpasseth
Sycorax, Caliban describing Miranda's beauty in "The Tempest", by William Shakespeare |
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202 Bake big batches of brown blueberry bread. |
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203 She sits in her slip and sips Schlitz. |
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204 Which wristwatch is a Swiss wristwatch? |
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205 Whoever slit the sheets is a good sheet slitter. |
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206 Mummies make money. |
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207 Crush grapes, grapes crush, crush grapes. |
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208 An elephant was asphyxiated in the asphalt. |
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209 A black bloke's back brake-block broke. |
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210 This is a zither. |
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211 Fresh fried fish, |
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212 There was a minimum of cinnamon in the aluminum pan. |
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213 Really leery, rarely Larry. |
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214 Big black bugs bleed blue black blood but baby black bugs bleed blue blood. |
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215 Elizabeth has eleven elves in her elm tree. |
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216 Her whole right hand really hurts. difficult in Brazil |
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217 Come, come, |
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218 Tie a knot, tie a knot. |
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219 Red blood, green blood |
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220 I'm a sheet slitter. |
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221 Busy buzzing bumble bees. |
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222 A lump of red leather, a red leather lump |
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223 Nat the bat swat at Matt the gnat. |
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224 I shot the city sheriff. |
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225 A lady sees a pot-mender at
work at his barrow in the street. |
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226 I am not a pheasant plucker, |
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227 Suzie, Suzie, working in a
shoeshine shop. Tommy, Tommy, toiling in a
tailor's shop. sung by Ian Mackintosh |
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228 Preshrunk silk shirts. |
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229 Craig Quinn's quick trip to Crabtree Creek. |
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230 Six shining cities, six shining cities, six shining cities. |
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231 While we were walking, we were watching window washers wash Washington's windows with warm washing water. |
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232 A big black bear sat on a big black bug. |
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233 A bloke's bike back brake block broke. |
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234 Sweet sagacious Sally Sanders said she sure saw seven segregated seaplanes sailing swiftly southward Saturday. |
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235 Betty Botter bought some butter
but, said she, the butter's bitter. |
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236 How much oil boil can a gum boil boil if a gum boil can boil oil? |
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237 Good blood, bad blood, good blood, bad blood, good blood, bad blood. |
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238 No nose knows like a gnome's nose knows. by the Hofman family |
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239 Freshly fried fresh flesh |
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240 There are two minutes difference from four to two to two to two, from two to two to two, too. |
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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! |
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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? |
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243 She stood on the steps of Burgess's Fish Sauce Shop, mimicking him hiccuping and amicably welcoming him in. |
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244 Swan swam over the sea. |
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245 Sally is a sheet slitter, she slits sheets. |
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246 She sells sea shells on the sea
shore; |
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247 You know New York. |
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248 What noise annoys an oyster
most? |
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249 Ripe white wheat reapers reap ripe white wheat right. |
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250 Blake's black bike's back brake bracket block broke. |
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251 Each Easter Eddie eats eighty Easter eggs. |
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252 She slits the sheet she sits on. |
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253 A rough-coated, dough-faced, thoughtful ploughman strode through the streets of Scarborough; after falling into a slough, he coughed and hiccoughed. |
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254 A twister of twists once
twisted a twist. |
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255 Red lolly, yellow lolly. |
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256 Mrs Hunt had a country cut
front |
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257 Knapsack strap. |
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258 John, where Molly had had "had", had had "had had". "Had had " had had the teachers approval |
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259 Miss Smith's fish-sauce shop seldom sells shellfish. |
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260 Great gray goats |
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261 Whether the weather be fine |
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262 Sunshine city, sunshine city, sunshine city, ... |
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263 The batter with the butter is the batter that is better! |
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264 There's a sandwich on the sand which was sent by a sane witch. |
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265 How many yaks could a yak pack pack if a yak pack could pack yaks? |
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266 Twelve twins twirled twelve twigs. |
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267 If you stick a stock of liquor
in your locker |
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268 Clowns grow glowing crowns. |
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269 Can you imagine an imaginary
menagerie manager |
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270 Sister Suzie sewing shirts for
soldiers |
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274 Richard's wretched ratchet wrench. |
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275 Rugged rubber baby buggy bumpers. |
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276 A box of biscuits, |
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277 When a doctor doctors a doctor, |
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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? |
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279 If two witches would watch two watches, which witch would watch which watch? |
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280 The soldier's shoulder surely hurts! |
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281 She sees seas slapping shores. |
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282 A loyal warrior will rarely worry why we rule. by Ray Weisling |
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283 Greek grapes. |
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284 Mr. See owned a saw and Mr Soar
owned a seesaw. |
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285 Six sick sea-serpents swam the seven seas. |
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286 There was a little witch which switched from Chichester to Ipswich. |
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287 A proper cup of coffee from a proper copper coffee pot. |
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288 Don't trouble trouble, until trouble troubles you! If you trouble trouble, triple trouble troubles you! |
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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. |
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290 Shoe section, shoe section, shoe section, ... |
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291 A smart fella, a fella smart. |
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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. |