States and Nicknames
The Nutmeg State
Connecticut
Reportedly good for lowering blood pressure and repelling vampires
Garlic
Hidden Collection of Money
A Cash Cache
To invent a new word or phrase is to do this--makes cents
To Coin
In 1962 this country swapped 1113 prisoners it captured in the Bay of Pigs invasion for $53 million in aid
Cuba
The Bee State
Utah
These dried flower buds are a must with baked ham
Cloves
Naked Ursine
Bare Bear
Meaning "false step" in French, it's a socially embarrassing act or remark
Faux Pas
This now-popular term for a situation with no solution was also the title of a 1961 novel
Catch-22
The Natural State
Arkansas
Spice made from the dried bark of a Ceylonese tree
Cinnamon
Follicle Bunny
Hair Hare
Term for the technical jargon of attorneys & their documents
Legalese
In October 1960 this world leader sat holding his shoe in the U.N. General Assembly
Kruschev
Flicker Tail State
North Dakota
This herb's name comes from belief that it will lengthen life and increase wisdom
Sage
"He who pays the piper holds the reins" is an example of this, incorrectly fusing 2 symbolic comparisons
A Mixed Metaphor
A Foot in the Door is the title of this brush salesman's 1960 autobiography
Fuller
The Beef State
Nebraska
A sharper Hungarian variety of this spice is made by grinding the plant's seeds with the pods
Paprika
End of the Week Treat
Sunday Sundae
From the Latin for "announce", this means to pronounce clearly & correctly
to Enunciate
In what 1960s movie did Bob Newhart play a character named Major Major Major
Catch-22