Nile Rebus
What does this represent?
NILE
HO HO HO
Nylon hose (literally nile on ho’s)
Can’t Keep It Until You’ve Given It
You can’t keep this until you have given it.
A promise (or your word).
The Thinner It Grows
You use me from your head to your toes.
The more you use the thinner it grows.
For years I was not often used,
Not using me now is not excused.
Soap.
I Know of Word of Letters Three
I know a word of letters three. Add two, and fewer there will be
Few.
Only Useful When Full
I am only useful when I’m full,
Yet I am always full of holes.
What am I?
A sieve, used for straining food like pasta.
I Can Kill People
I can kill people, or cause great pain.
You eat me.
I can mean you’re crazy.
I hold things together.
I help climbers stay safe.
I can replace a swear.
And I’m on a violin.
What am I?
Nuts.
People with nut allergies can die from eating nuts. Being hit in the nuts hurts (I speak from experience. Painful, painful experience). You eat nuts (unless you’re allergic, in which case you should run away). If someone says you’re nuts, it doesn’t mean you’re a peanut or an almond. Nuts and bolts hold things together. A climber’s nut or chock wedges into a rock. Instead of swearing, you can say, “Aww nuts!”. And finally, the nut on a violin is a small piece of hard material that supports the strings.
Until I Am Measured
Until I am measured
I am not known,
Yet how you miss me
When I have flown.
Time.
Loses Its Head Every Morning
What loses its head every morning only to get it back every night?
A pillow.
Part Of The Bird
The part of the bird
that is not in the sky,
which can swim in the ocean
and always stay dry.
What is it?
The bird’s shadow.