英语谜语集锦

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  英语谜语大全

  1、What is wind?

  【谜底:Air in a hurry】

  2、What's a skeleton?

  【谜底:It's a lot of bones without the person on them!】

  3、Which letter is a drink?

  【谜底:T(tea)】

  4、What table is in the field?

  【谜底:vegetable】

  5、Which letter is an animal?

  【谜底:B(bee)】

  6、What is an astronomer?

  【谜底:A nigh watchman with a college education.】

  7、Which letter is a question?

  【谜底:Y(why)】

  8、What always travels on foot?

  【谜底:A shoe】

  9、What has teeth but cannot eat?

  【谜底:A comb】

  10、What kind of dog never bite?

  【谜底:A hot dog】

  11、Where can milk be best stored?

  【谜底:In a cow】

  12、Which letter is around an island?

  【谜底:C(sea)】

  13、What is dark but made by light?

  【谜底:A shadow】

  14、Which letter is a part of your face?

  【谜底:I(eye)】

  15、What wears a cap but has no head?

  【谜底:A bottle】

  16、How many letters are in the alphabet?

  【谜底:eight】

  17、What is never used until it's broken?

  【谜底:An egg】

  18、Which letter is a kind of vegetable?

  【谜底:P(pea)】

  19、What is the biggest ant in the world?

  【谜底:an elephant】

  20、What is in the middle of the world?

  【谜底:the letter “r”】

  21、Where can happiness always be found?

  【谜底:In the dictionary】

  22、What comes after the letter “A”?

  【谜底:All the other letters】

  23、What makes the Tower of Pisa lean?

  【谜底:It never eats.】

  24、How many sides does a house have?

  【谜底:Two-inside and outside.】

  25、What is the smallest room in the world?

  【谜底:mushroom】

  26、Why don't you advertise for your lost dog?

  【谜底:He can't read.】

  27、What is smaller than an insect's mouth?

  【谜底:Anything it eats.】

  28、When do you go as fast as a racing car?

  【谜底:When you are in it.】

  29、What do workers do in a clock factory?

  【谜底:They make faces all day.】

  30、What can you break with only one word?

  【谜底:Silence】

  31、What question can you never answer “yes”。

  【谜底:Are you asleep】

  32、What is the best thing to keep in hot weather?

  【谜底:Cool】

  33、What do you know about the kings of France?

  【谜底:They are all dead】

  34、What rises in the morning and waves all day?

  【谜底:A flag】

  35、I am the tallest animal in the world.What am I?

  【谜底:a giraffe】

  36、What word can you make shorter by adding to it?

  【谜底:Short】

  37、How many great men have been born in London?

  【谜底:None. Only babies.】

  38、Why is it useless to send a letter to Washington?

  【谜底:Because he's dead.】

  39、What's the hardest thing about learning skating?

  【谜底:The ice】

  40、What person does every man take his hat off to?

  【谜底:A barber】

  41、What is higher without a head than with a head?

  【谜底:A pillow】

  42、I fly, but I have no wings.I cry, but I have no eyes.

  【谜底:cloud】

  43、What can you swallow that can also swallow you?

  【谜底:Water】

  44、What goes around the world but stays in a corner?

  【谜底:stamp】

  45、What starts with a T, ends with a T, and is full of T?

  【谜底:Teapot.】

  46、The greater it is, the less it can be seen. What is it?

  【谜底:Darkness】

  47、What do you call your father's father's only son?

  【谜底:father/daddy】

  48、What two words have thousands of letters in them?

  【谜底:Post office】

  49、What large instrument do you carry in your ears?

  【谜底:Drums, that is eardrums.】

  50、On which side does a bird have the most feathers?

  【谜底:The outside.】

  51、What is clean when it is black and dirty when it is white?

  【谜底:blackboard】

  52、What person tried to make you smile most of the time?

  【谜底:A photographer.】

  53、What kind of man can raise things without lifting them?

  【谜底:A farmer.】

  54、I am small I can fly I like singing in the sky.What am I?

  【谜底:a bird】

  55、Teachers write on me with chalk I can't talk.What am I?

  【谜底:a blackboard】

  56、The more you take away, the bigger I become. What am I?

  【谜底:A hole.】

  57、What never asks any questions but always gets answers?

  【谜底:A doorbell】

  58、Where did Columbus stand when he discovered America?

  【谜底:On his feet.】

  59、What 5-letter word has 6 left when you take 2 letters away?

  【谜底:Sixty.】

  60、Who may marry many a wife and stay single all of his life?

  【谜底:A priest.】

  61、What do you call your father-in-law's only child's mother-in-law?

  【谜底:mom】

  62、What stays indoors no matter how many times you put it out?

  【谜底:The light.】

  63、I live in the sea.I am the biggest animal in the sea.What am I?

  【谜底:the whale】

  64、What room has no walls, no doors, no windows, and no floors?

  【谜底:A mushroom.】

  65、What is big and bright during the day and we can't see it at night?

  【谜底:the sun】

  66、Give me food, and I will live; give me water, and I will die.What am I?

  【谜底:fire】

  67、Why does time fly?

  【谜底:To get away from all the people who are trying to kill it.】

  68、Which can move faster, heat or cold?

  【谜底:Heat, because you can catch cold easily.】

  69、Why do some old people never use glasses?

  【谜底:They must prefer bottles to glasses.】

  70、Why is writing called handwriting?

  【谜底:If people wrote with their feet, we would have to call it foot writing.】

  71、Which is the longest English word? Why?

  【谜底:smiles (There's a mile between the first and the last letter.)】

  72、How can you tell clocks and watches are shy?

  【谜底:Because they always have their hands in front of their faces.】

  73、Why does the boy carry a ladder to the school?

  【谜底:Because he wants to go to high school.】

  74、What surprising things happen every 24 hours?

  【谜底:Day breaks, but doesn't fall; night falls, but doesn't break.】

  75、What animal eats and drinks with its tail?

  【谜底:All do. No animal takes off its tail when eating and drinking.】

  76、What's the difference between a hill and a pill?

  【谜底:A hill is hard to get up and a pill is hard to get down.】

  77、What did one invisible man say to the other invisible man?

  【谜底:It's nice not to see you again.】

  78、Why does the Statue of Liberty stand in New York Harbor?

  【谜底:Because it can't sit down.】

  79、What can be measured but has no length, width or thickness?

  【谜底:The temperature.】

  80、I am very big and heavy I have a long nose and big ears.What am I ?

  【谜底:an elephant】

  81、What can hear you without ears and can answer you without a mouth?

  【谜底:An echo.】

  82、What has a soft bed but never sleeps, a big mouth but never speaks?

  【谜底:A river.】

  83、When the boy fell into the water, what's the first thing he did?

  【谜底:He got wet first of all.】

  84、What will you do if a man-eating tiger is running after you? Nothing.

  【谜底:Because I'm a woman.】

  85、Why is the person wearing two coats while painting the house?

  【谜底:Because the instructions on the paint can say “Put on two coats for best results.”】

  86、When can you have an empty pocket and still have something in it?

  【谜底:When you have a hole in your pocket.】

  87、What's too much for one, just right for two, but nothing at all for three?

  【谜底:A secret.】

  88、You have it,You read it,There are some words and pictures on it.What is it?

  【谜底:a book】

  89、What has a round face and two thin hands, one hand short, one hand long?

  【谜底:a clock】

  90、If there were only three girls in the world, what do you think they would do?

  【谜底:Two of them would get together and talk about the other one.】

  91、Name five days of the week without saying: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday.

  【谜底:The day before yesterday, yesterday, today, tomorrow, and the day after tomorrow.】

  92、What animal has a head like a cat, eyes like a cat, a tail like a cat, but isn't a cat?

  【谜底:A kitten.】

  93、What has cities with no houses, rivers without water and forests without trees?

  【谜底:A map.】

  94、Sometimes it looks like a boat,Sometimes it looks like a small white sun.What is it?

  【谜底:the moon】

  95、Who isn't your sister and isn't your brother, but is still a child of your mother and father?

  【谜底:Myself.】

  96、A policeman saw a truck driver going the wrong way down a one-way street, but didn't give him a ticket. Why?

  【谜底:Because the truck driver was walking.】

  97、I am always with you.Sometimes behind you, sometimes before you, sometimes by your side, but you can't see me in the dark.

  【谜底:shadow】

  98、What can run but never walks, has a mouth but never talks, has a head but never weeps, has a bed but never sleeps?

  【谜底:river】

  99、You throw away the outside and cook the inside.hen you eat the outside and throw away the inside.What did you eat?

  【谜底:chicken】

  100、A doctor and a lawyer loved the same girl. The lawyer went away for a week and gave the girl seven apples before he left. Why?

  【谜底:Because an apple a day keeps the doctor away】