- Arbitrator ar’-bi-tray-ter:
A cook that leaves Arby’s to work at McDonald’s - Avoidable uh-voy’-duh-buhl:
What a bullfighter tries to do - Baloney buh-lo’-nee:
Where some hemlines fall - Bernadette burn’-a-det:
The act of torching a mortgage - Burglarize bur’-gler-ize:
What a crook sees with - Control kon-trol’:
A short, ugly inmate - Counterfeiters kown-ter-fit-ers:
Workers who put together kitchen cabinets - Eclipse i-klips’:
what an English barber does for a living - Eyedropper i’-drop-ur:
a clumsy ophthalmologist - Heroes hee’-rhos:
what a guy in a boat does - Left Bank left’ bangk’:
what the robber did when his bag was full of loot - Misty mis’-tee:
How golfers create divots - Paradox par’-uh-doks:
two physicians - Parasites par’-uh-sites:
what you see from the top of the Eiffel Tower - Pharmacist farm’-uh-sist:
a helper on the farm - Polarize po’-lur-ize:
what penguins see with - Primate pri’-mat:
removing your spouse from in front of the TV - Relief ree-leef’:
what trees do in the spring - Rubberneck rub’-er-nek:
what you do to relax your wife - Seamstress seem’-stres:
describes 250 pounds in a size six - Selfish sel’-fish:
what the owner of a seafood store does - Subdued sub-dood’:
like, a guy, like, works on one of those, like, submarines, man - Sudafed sood’-a-fed:
bringing litigation against a government official
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Foreign Phrases with a Twist
Winners of a New York Magazine contest who were asked to take a well known expression in a foreign language, change a single letter and provide a definition for the new expression:
- Rigor Morris:
The cat is dead. - Respondez S’il Vois Plaid:
Honk if you’re Scottish - Harlez-vous Francais?:
Can you drive a French motorcycle? - Veni, Vipi, Vici:
I came, I’m a very important person, I conquered - Veni, Vidi, Visa:
I came, I saw, I shopped. - Cogito Eggo Sum:
I think, therefore I am … a waffle - Que Sera Serf:
Life is feudal - Leroi est Mort. Jive Leroi:
The king is dead. No kidding - Post Mortem:
Death styles of the rich and famous - Pro Bozo Publico:
Support your local clown - Monage a Trois:
I am three years old - Haste Cuisine:
Fast French food - Quip Pro Quo:
A fast retort - Aloha Oy:
Love; greetings; farewell; and from such a pain you should never know - Mazel Ton:
Tons of luck - Visa la France:
Don’t leave your chateau without it - Carne Diem:
Seize the meat