英语智力谜语-10_英语谜语
[how did the blotting paper manufacturer find his job?]
提示:吸水纸(blotting paper)的功能是吸水(absorbing),吸水纸制造商当然认为自己的行业是有吸引力的(absorbing)。这里的absorbing一词一语双关。
[how did the gangster get caught?]
提示:“穿的鞋太紧而挤脚”是pinch,“逮捕”也是pinch。知道这个情况,谜底就不难理解了。
[how do you make a fisherman's net?]
提示:渔网(a fisherman's net)有网绳和网眼,现实里当然是由网绳结出网眼,“把网眼缝在一起”(just sew a lot of holes together)这样的回答只不过是抬杠而已。