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Tricky Riddles

Hi everyone! Here are five 'word' riddles to make you wrack your brains. Do share the answers in the comments section below. Let's see how may you get right. I will post the answers tomorrow. Happy thinking!

1. Which 8 letter word can have a letter taken away and still make a word. Take another letter away and it still makes a word. Keep on doing that until you have one letter left. What is the word?

2. What 4-letter word can be written forward, backward or upside down, and can still be read from left to right?

3. We hurt without moving. We poison without touching. We bear the truth and the lies. We are not to be judged by our size. What are we?

4. One word in this sentence is misspelled. What word is it?

5. I have one, you have one. Take away a letter and a bit remains. If you remove the second, bit still remains. After much trying, you might be able to remove the first one also, but it remains. What's the word?

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Interesting Idioms

Here are five interesting 'number' idioms. Read and enjoy!

One in a million- a person or thing that is very unusual, special, or admired

Thanks for all the help you've given me. You're one in a million.

On cloud nine- Very happy

The grandmother was on cloud nine to see her grandson after a long time.

All in one piece- entirely safe or unharmed

She was relieved when he returned from the trip in one piece.

Back to square one- back to the start

The project failed; we are back to square one.

Ten to one- something very likely

Ten to one he will not be here tonight.