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In Other Words XII Trivia Quiz

Here are more sayings, clichés, and idioms put in other words. Have fun!

A multiple-choice quiz by bigjohnsludge. Estimated time: 4 mins.

Author
bigjohnsludge

Time
4 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
383,126

Updated
Oct 04 23

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Very Easy

Avg Score
10 / 10

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Question 1 of 10

1. An adult male is recognized by the clique he associates with. Hint

Two's company and three's a crowd.

A man is known by the company he keeps.

Two wrongs don't make a right.

Company and fish start to smell after three days.

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Question 2 of 10

2. A bashful feline produces a supercilious swaggering small mammal of the order Rodentia and genus Mus. Hint

Cats choose us; we don't own them.

You can not look at a sleeping cat and feel tense.

Cats will outsmart dogs every time.

A shy cat makes a proud mouse.

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Question 3 of 10

3. A sagacious adult male transforms his cognizance, a buffoon refrains from doing so. Hint

A wise man changes his mind, a fool never will.

A fool's paradise is a wise man's hell.

A quick temper will make a fool of you soon enough.

Honor is a fool's prize.

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Question 4 of 10

4. In the terra firma of those who are without the ability to see, the adult male having a single sight organ happens to be potentate. Hint

I'm blind without my glasses.

I've been on so many blind dates, I should get a free dog.

In the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is king.

Hatred is blind, as well as love.

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Question 5 of 10

5. It is more desirable to have complete control of the realm of Beelzebub than conscribe in the joyous paradise of the hereafter. Hint

In the absence of light, only darkness is left.

There is no boundary between heaven and earth unless we believe in one.

Hell will be Heaven with Friends, Heaven will be Hell without them.

Better to reign in Hell, than serve in Heaven.

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Question 6 of 10

6. Bedeviling hexes are similar to adolescent domesticated egg laying fowl in that they unalterably return to their abode to rest on a perch. Hint

A chicken in every pot.

I don't know which is more discouraging, literature or chickens.

Chicken soup for the soul.

Curses are like young chickens: They always come home to roost.

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Question 7 of 10

7. Retiring to one's bunk precipitately, along with precipitous ascension from said bunk, produces a male adult who is physically fit, financially prosperous, and knowledgeable.

Hint

Don't stay in bed, unless you can make money in bed.

I don't have dinner parties - I eat my dinner in bed.

Early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise.

Never go to bed mad. Stay up and fight.

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Question 8 of 10

8. Prohibited seed-bearing structures of flowering plants formed from the plants ovary after flowering, is the most luscious. Hint

Beware of those who are bitter.

Why not go out on a limb. That's where the fruit is.

A bad tree does not yield good apples.

Forbidden fruit is sweetest.

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Question 9 of 10

9. A single adult male's edible flesh from an animal happens to be a different adult male's toxic elixir. Hint

Anxiety is the poison of human life.

One man's meat is another man's poison.

Never take the antidote before the poison.

Expect poison from the standing water.

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Question 10 of 10

10. The panacea happens to be more disadvantageous than the affliction. Hint

The remedy is worse than the disease.

Disease is the biggest money maker in our economy.

Love is a disease, but curable.

Diseased socks go with my pants?

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. An adult male is recognized by the clique he associates with.

Answer: A man is known by the company he keeps.

"A man is known by the company he keeps" means that you can learn what a person is like by finding out what his friends are like. People tend to hang around other people that have similar likes and attributes.

2. A bashful feline produces a supercilious swaggering small mammal of the order Rodentia and genus Mus.

Answer: A shy cat makes a proud mouse.

"A shy cat makes a proud mouse" means that if a foe or enemy is timid or weak in some fashion then that makes them an enemy not to be feared.

3. A sagacious adult male transforms his cognizance, a buffoon refrains from doing so.

Answer: A wise man changes his mind, a fool never will.

"A wise man changes his mind, a fool never will" means that it is wiser to change your plans or ideas if new information comes to light, rather than to make mistakes by blindly continuing on with an earlier decision.

4. In the terra firma of those who are without the ability to see, the adult male having a single sight organ happens to be potentate.

Answer: In the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is king.

"In the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is king" means that of a group of people, the person with the least disadvantage or the least disability would be the top dog.

5. It is more desirable to have complete control of the realm of Beelzebub than conscribe in the joyous paradise of the hereafter.

Answer: Better to reign in Hell, than serve in Heaven.

"Better to reign in Hell, than serve in Heaven" is a line in a poem that Lucifer spoke to himself after being kicked out of heaven. It comes from Milton's "Paradise Lost". The poem is as follows:
"Here at least
we shall be free; the Almighty hath not built
Here for his envy, will not drive us hence:
Here we may reign secure, and in my choice
to reign is worth ambition though in Hell:
Better to reign in Hell, than serve in Heaven."

6. Bedeviling hexes are similar to adolescent domesticated egg laying fowl in that they unalterably return to their abode to rest on a perch.

Answer: Curses are like young chickens: They always come home to roost.

"Curses are like young chickens: They always come home to roost" means pretty much what the saying "What goes around comes around" means. Doing wrong to someone always seems to come back and do harm to the perpetrator.

7. Retiring to one's bunk precipitately, along with precipitous ascension from said bunk, produces a male adult who is physically fit, financially prosperous, and knowledgeable.

Answer: Early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise.

The phrase "Early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise" has always been attributed to Ben Franklin in a line from the book "Poor Richard's Almanac" in 1735. The proverb actually has been dated back to 1496 in a piece called "The Treatise of Fishing with an Angle." The last line of the piece reads: "Whoever will rise early shall be holy, healthy, and happy." The wording is slightly different but basically means the same thing.

8. Prohibited seed-bearing structures of flowering plants formed from the plants ovary after flowering, is the most luscious.

Answer: Forbidden fruit is sweetest.

"Forbidden fruit is sweetest" means that we want things more when we aren't allowed to have them.

9. A single adult male's edible flesh from an animal happens to be a different adult male's toxic elixir.

Answer: One man's meat is another man's poison.

"One man's meat is another man's poison" simply means that what is good for, or pleasing to one person, could be bad or unpleasing to another. It is somewhat similar to the saying "Beauty is in the eye of the beholder."

10. The panacea happens to be more disadvantageous than the affliction.

Answer: The remedy is worse than the disease.

"The remedy is worse than the disease" means it is possible that more harm could be done by trying to fix a problem than there would be if you tried nothing at all.

Source: Author bigjohnsludge

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