There are certain words and whole phrases that have more than one meaning. The first one comes to mind immediately. But in order to discover the hidden one, you need to read carefully, listen and, as they say, "think your brains out".
Some clever questions are built on this, they are called: riddles with double meanings.
In a haystack a trendsetter builds a nest
Try to find the answer to the question that the following poem poses.
1.
There is such a capital in the world, That she is not more famous.
Chefs in it and restaurants –
A standard for any kitchen.
There are beauties that naiads.
How to put on their outfits, Immediately fashionistas in different countries
I copy them all in droves.
Scents of this capital
Popular around the world, Be it Old and be it New, This country smells everywhere.
Here is the capital of the people of art, Here love is bornfeeling.
And on the three hundred meter tower
Tourists are chattering in a crowd.
How does it all fit together
With the location of the city
On dried cut grass, What do cows chew in winter?
Here, a riddle with a double meaning is obtained as a result of the fact that the words "hay" (dried grass used to feed livestock) and the Seine (river in France) in the prepositional case are absolutely indistinguishable from each other. And the answer to the question “what kind of capital of a state in Europe stands on dry grass?” there will be a phrase: "Paris stands on the Seine."
Ducks won't answer why they swim
2.
I'm coming here to rest.
But a little puzzled today
I came to the shore of the pond.
They gave me a task at home:
"Why do ducks swim?"
I was told: "You will decide in a minute!"
But I've been standing for an hour already.
Ducks swim and are silent, They don't want to help me.
And I ask you for tips.
This interesting riddle is based on a pun, that is, simply, a play on words. What is perceived by ear as an interrogative adverb “why” should be correctly written separately, as a preposition “from” with the pronoun “what” (genitive form, singular of “what”).
In that case, you don't need to rack your brains for a long time, inventing answers like this:
- because otherwise they will starve;
- because her feathers are covered with fat and do not let water through;
- from idleness or hopelessness.
You can, without straining too much, answer that the duck swims from the place where it stopped walking or flying. For example, from the shore.
Riddles 18+
There are, in addition, special, spicy puzzles that fall under the category "for adults". Now many thematic Internet resources claim that these riddles with a double meaning are Soviet. Repeatedly I had to deal with information, they say, such opuses were published by the Murzilka magazine, popular among children of the USSR.
Maybe some of them are. This is if we take into account the meaning of the questions, which for some reason slips away, releasing associations to the fore, as they say, "below the belt." Strictly speaking, this is what they are designed for (at least today). And the secret, hidden meaning here is, on the contrary, just quite a decent interpretation given in the answers.
3.
We offer now
Riddles to solve about us.
The guys are young, daring, We deftly climb into the crevices of the genitals.
(answer: cockroaches)
4.
Why are you looking at me?
Get undressed quickly!
Because you know I'm yours
For a thousand nights!
(answer: bed)
5.
That's how we learned the miracle!
This has never been seen before! –
Solid hair hanging around, A sausage is sticking out in the middle!
(answer: corn on the cob)
6.
A hair fell on the hair, The body clung tightly to the body.
Be quiet, don't give yourvoice, There's something dark going on here.
(answer: eyelashes, eyelids, sleep)
7.
I froze, looking at the saleswoman.
How dare she tell me:
"To stroke the front after, I'll have to lick from behind"!
Now think a lot:
What was she selling?
(answer: postage stamps)
It should be noted, in the presence of obvious obsceneness, there are interesting images and finds in these riddles. And despite the category "18+", mostly children are fond of them, flaunting in conversations on "forbidden topics".
Hello from Jamaica
Riddles with double meanings are sometimes called puzzling geography questions.
8.
Somehow in reality, not in a dream
I saw the map on the wall.
The island named itself there on it
What I wore under the sweater!
(Answer: Jamaica, that is, I am a T-shirt)
Children's riddles with double meanings are not uncommon. This, as already mentioned, is often associated with the ambiguity of the words used in them.
9.
I'm in the tree behind the fence, I'm in the book and in your notebook, I am a famous composer, I'm both glass and iron.
I am plywood and I am document.
Call me now!
(answer: leaf and leaf)
These are examples of various riddles with double meanings. Their regular solving broadens one's horizons and introduces one's native language more deeply.
