Lost in Translation
The Y's Have It
Before and After
Fuzzy Wuzzy
Was a What?
Was a What?
Vintage Doohickeys
100
He's an idiot and soon he's out of money.
A Fool and His Money are Soon Parted
100
A mythical creature with the head of a man and the body of a lion.
Sphynx
100
Graph _______ Trail
Paper
100
This sweet creature followed Mary to school.
A Little Lamb
100
This handy kitchen gizmo helped make summer pies.
Cherry Stoner
200
Regarding the wisdom of frugality:
As for the penny which is rescued, it is the penny which is obtained.
A Penny Saved is a Penny Earned
200
A mythological spirit of nature imagined as a beautiful maiden inhabiting rivers, woods, or other locations.
Nymph
200
Work ______ Press
Bench
200
These sightless critters lost their tails to the farmer's wife.
The Three Blind Mice
200
Another useful summer thingamajig, it helped make sweet summer treats.
Ice Shaver
300
To tease or deceive someone playfully:
Stretch their legs.
Pull Their Leg
300
A person or thing that brings bad luck.
Jynx
300
Venture _______ Punishment
Capital
300
The first of these went to market, the next stayed at home.
Little Piggies
300
This time saving whatchamacallit took some of the work out of laundry day.
Washing Dolly
400
A warning that you should never acrimoniously or irrevocably sever personal connections:
Don't set your feet on fire.
Don't Burn Your Bridges
400
A member of certain peoples of very short stature in equatorial Africa and parts of Southeast Asia.
Pygmy
400
Borrowing _______ Maker
Trouble
400
This rather cruel creature made a game of picking up field mice and bopping them on the head.
Little Bunny Foo Foo
400
This torturous-looking gadget kept men in style.
Hair Clippers
500
A simile meaning 'quite dead' and referencing common household hardware:
Die like a nail
Dead As a Doornail
500
A private romantic rendezvous between lovers.
Tryst
500
Green _______ Harted
Light
500
This barnyard fowl laid eggs for the gentlemen who came to collect them every day.
Hickety Pickety the Little Black Hen
500
This old thingamabob helped folks in general, and couldn't, presumably, be easily misplaced.
Ear Trumpet