Alphabet Soup
A party in celebration of a new home.
A Housewarming
This is the largest living land animal.
The African Elephant
The FIRST word is the star at the center of our Solar System, the SECOND word is a male offspring.
SUN and SON
The original English phrase underscores the impression that other people's lives or situations always seem better than your own.
The translated phrase is: Envy their grass.
The Grass is Always Greener on the Other Side of the Fence
Their three hour tour turned into a three-season sitcom.
Gilligan's Island
This word describes someone who is able to use their right and left hands equally well.
Ambidextrous
This is the fastest land animal.
The Cheetah
The FIRST word grows on your head, the SECOND word is a relative of the rabbit.
HAIR and HARE
The original English phrase means to feel irritable or be grumpy for no particular reason, especially in the morning.
The translated phrase is: Sleep on your left side and die.
Woke Up on the Wrong Side of the Bed
This vaudevillian trio shared their comedic slapstick style through hundreds of short episodes - historically more appreciated by men than women.
The Three Stooges
A presentation based on or re-creating a real-life event, usually historical, that is factually accurate and focuses on education as opposed to entertainment.
A Documentary
This large, flightless bird may have a brain the size of a walnut, but it also has the largest eyes of any land animal, about the size of a billiard ball.
The Ostrich
The FIRST word is how we move on our feet, the SECOND word is a pan specially used in the preparation of Asian foods.
WALK and WOK
The original English phrase tells how the main characters of most fairytales spend the rest of their lives.
The translated phrase is: They're alive and we're doing better.
They All Lived Happily Ever After
You can take the Socialite out of Manhattan and put her on a farm, but you can't take Manhattan out of the Socialite.
Green Acres
This word describes someone in an unhealthy and weakened state due to a lack of food and proper nutrition.
Malnourished
This is the most numerous insect in the world. In fact, they outweigh all of the humans in the world.
Ants
The FIRST word is something frequently used in baking, the SECOND word can be found in a garden.
FLOUR and FLOWER
The original English phrase means someone who talks or behaves aggressively but is no actual threat.
The translated phrase is: His breath bites hard.
His Bark is Worse Than His Bite
Light on concentration and heavy on the camp.
Hogan's Heroes
The action or process of writing in shorthand or taking dictation.
Stenography
Soft and fluffy, Angora wool comes from this animal.
A Rabbit
The FIRST word is a type of fruit, the SECOND word is two of something.
PEAR and PAIR
The original English phrase refers to that last frustration in a long series of unpleasant events that finally makes you blow your top.
The translated phrase is: The betrayal of the camel.
The Straw That Broke the Camel's Back
Lessons in acceptance and tolerance were deeply woven through the zany misadventures of this sitcom's characters, and summed up beautifully by the main character's words to his son in 1965:
“The lesson I want you to learn is: It doesn’t matter what you look like. You can be tall or short or fat or thin, or ugly or handsome, like your father, or you can be black or yellow or white. It doesn’t matter. But what does matter is the size of your heart and the strength of your character.”
The Munsters