Idioms
This idiom means you are caught in the act of doing something wrong.
Caught red-handed.
The more you take, the more you leave behind.
What am I?
Footsteps
These two words sound the same: one is a fruit, and one means two items that go together.
What are pear and pair?
The number to divide to get the ingredients needed in a recipe for 6 to 3 serving.
2
To keep someone informed about a situation or process.
Keep me in the loop.
I can only live where there is light,
But I die if the light shines on me.
What am I?
A shadow.
One is what you do with flour to make dough, and the other means you require something.
What are knead and need?
The number of teaspoons that make up one tablespoon.
3
When the person we were just talking about showed up.
Speaking of the devil.
I am always hungry but never eat,
I always run but have no feet.
What am I?
A fire.
These two words sound the same: one means not heavy, and the other means what you use to illuminate.
Answer: light and light
Number of ounces in one pound.
16
What does "jump on the bandwagon" mean?
Follow a trend, do what everyone else is doing
I’m lighter than what I’m made of,
But the more you add to me, the heavier I become.
What am I?
A boat.
One refers to the part of your body, and the other means to use something poorly.
What are waist and waste?
To adjust a recipe that requires 3/4 cup of butter to make it double the batch size, you would now need this many cups of butter.
One and a half cups
What does "a storm in a teacup" mean?
A lot of unnecessary anger and worry about a small problem.
I have keys but open no locks,
I have space but no room,
You can enter, but you can’t go outside.
What am I?
A keyboard.
One means to agree, especially in writing, and the other means climbing upward.
What are assent and ascent?
This is the approximate number of grams in one pound
454