Today’s puzzle was created by Mental Floss, which is an amazing website full of curiosities.
There are 54 cliches depicted in the image below. How many can you find? A larger image can be viewed here.
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Answer:
The upper left hallway:
1. Off one’s rocker
2. The long arm of the law
3. Spill the beans
The upper right room:
4. Out of the blue
5. Two peas in a pod
6. Bite the bullet
7. Handwriting on the wall
8. A square peg in a round hole
9. Chip off the block
The middle room:
10. Lame duck
11. Bury the hatchet
12. Eye on the ball
13. Kick the bucket
14. Back against the wall
15. You scratch my back, I’ll scratch yours
16. Looking at the world with rose-coloured glasses
17. A dog-eat-dog world
18. Toss one’s cookies
19. Bend over backwards
20. The grass is always greener on the other side
21. Like taking candy from a baby
22. An oldie but a goodie
23. The fifth wheel
The main hallway:
24. A piece of cake
25. Joined at the hip
26. Roll out the red carpet
27. A storm in a teacup
28. Don’t cry over spilled milk
29. Add insult to injury
30. Tooth and nail
The room on the right:
31. The light at the end of the tunnel
32. Don’t have a cow
33. Pie in the sky
34. Red herring
35. An albatross around one’s neck
36. Two left feet
37. With one hand tied behind the back
The front room:
38. A fish out of water
39. A can of worms
40. Egg on one’s face
41. An ace in the hole
42. A foot in the door
43. A horse of a different colour
44. The walls have ears
45. Monkey on one’s back
46. Hold down the fort
47. Wear your heart on your sleeve
The room that can just be seen on the right:
48. On cloud nine
49. The elephant in the room
The bottom right room:
50. Butterflies in the stomach
51. The pot calling the kettle black
52. Nothing up my sleeve
The bottom left room:
53. Let the cat out of the bag
54. As good as gold
Note: there may be multiple valid answers.
Being an elderly person, I have heard all of them. 😊
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