Braingle: 'Hidden Time & Again III' Brain Teaser

Hidden Time & Again III

Language brain teasers are those that involve the English language. You need to think about and manipulate words and letters.

Puzzle ID:	#17985
Fun:	(3.07)
Difficulty:	(1.96)
Category:	Language
Submitted By:	fishmed
Corrected By:	schatzy228

Inside each set of the following words, there is a pair of smaller words. By putting & between them, lo & behold, you'll make a familiar phrase. For example, "Thighbone/Swallowtail" conceals "High & Low."

1. Firecracker/Misconstruing
2. Blockbuster/Doohickey
3. Shunting/Bespeckled
4. Proliferation/Climbable
5. Heartstrings/Consciences

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thegermangemini Jun 23, 2004	I just guessed on the hunt and peck, never heard that before, but I like these kind of teasers. FUN!
mosoh Jun 24, 2004	Terrific. I only got a few then had to cheat and look at the answers.
doggyxp Jun 24, 2004	Nice job!
fishmed Jun 24, 2004	@ germangemini, it refers to a method of typing where you literally have to 'hunt' for where the letters are and then 'peck' with only one or two fingers. Glad you guys liked it though.
snippet Jun 25, 2004	I got them all except for the first. After checking the answer, I was glad I didn't spend so much time, as I never heard of that one. Good one.
trytoshutmeup Jul 28, 2004	ya, i didnt really understand the concept of these...but thats just me
deadeye823 Apr 30, 2005	i read and like all three teasers of these, i just have never heard of some expressions used on 2 and 3
fishmed Apr 30, 2005	That's okay. It happens. There are phrases on other teasers that I did not know either. It evens out.
MissLadyBug Jul 23, 2005	Thought it was great. Had a bit of a time with 5 but that is what makes they so fun to do. Have not heard "rack & ruin" in a while. The other two like this were also good. Keep em comming.
humancalclator9 Jul 25, 2005	i got all except the first but all three are still fun......keep up the good work!
smarty_blondy Jul 26, 2005	Nice no III ! You made a fine trio fishmed ! now... um... should we expect more
(user deleted) Jul 28, 2005	Did not get the first one but somehow managed to figure the rest out! Keep em' comin'!!
monkeydavis05 Jul 28, 2005	i thought the 1st one was "fire and ruin"! what is rack and ruin? great teaser
ceeyaaa Jul 28, 2005	got all but the first one...these are fun to do..not too hard to work out
Tracey2209 Jul 28, 2005	Nice teaser.....got them all!! Keep 'em coming!!
Kukmiester Jul 28, 2005	Great teser... I got all except "rack & ruin" threw me....
tamjp Jul 28, 2005	Wow! I actually got all the answers right in one of fish's teasers! Another good one fish!
laura0489 Jul 28, 2005	Would someone plaes explain # 1 to me? I got the rest, I have never heard this one before...
tazng00se Jul 28, 2005	Got all but the first one. Maybe my grandpa would have used that phrase - before they invented the supermarket. Sounds like what you hunted went bad on the rack.
tazng00se Jul 28, 2005	laura0489...it just means if something or someone goes to rack and ruin, they are utterly destroyed or wrecked.
riddlelover Jul 28, 2005	Got it this time, but i didn't figure it out. Good job!
MTK_90 Jul 28, 2005	IM LOVIN THESE!
smartypants501 Jul 28, 2005	awesome job!!!!!! it was a little confusing but very clever!!!
scorpio24 Jul 28, 2005	i thought it was stupid i like different type of teasers
Araldite Jul 28, 2005	I saw the words rack and ruin but I didn't put them together because I've never heard of rack & ruin. The rest were easy.
redneck_woman Jul 28, 2005	Good job, again fish. Missed the first one!
jabdr Jul 28, 2005	Very easy one but I've always loved word puzzles. Fish, is there a lV coming?
candyjazz02 Jul 28, 2005	it was okAY......just a little boring.....nothing that needed real brain work
brain_dead Jul 28, 2005	good one
karma48 Aug 04, 2005	Great.--Hard for me to admit; but I have never heard of rack and ruin.I am old and have heard almost all sayings but this one not. Anyway enjoyed it. Thanks!
rac76 Aug 15, 2005	This was fun. I got 4 out of 5. I just didn't get the first one. I had fun with it!
FulanitoGM Aug 29, 2005	That first one gave me a little trouble, too. I wrote down 3 possibilites for it, and it ended being the first one I wrote down, even though, like everyone else, I didn't know what it meant. But, hey, I'm 3 for 3 on the "Hidden Time & Again" series! WHO DA MAN?!?! Way to go, Fishmed!
schatzy228 Mar 04, 2006	Hidden in each there "is" a pair. I was surprised to catch that in one of your teasers. It was a good one though.
schatzy228 Mar 04, 2006	At least I wasn't the only one to miss the first one. Nicely done.
kashby May 24, 2006	I only got hunt an peck
lmurray Jul 29, 2006	I'M WITH SCORPIO, THESE ARE NOT MY CUP OF TEA (HA HA COMING FROM CHINA) AND TOO TOO EASY. GIVE ME SOMETHING I CAN SINK MY TEETH INTO BESIDES EVERBODY'S HIDE.
GebbieRose Jul 29, 2006	Hey, lmurray, do all teasers have to be something you can "sink your teeth into"? I like a challenge, too, but give credit where it's due, please - this one was fun, if easy. Keep up the good work, Mr. Fish!
GebbieRose Jul 29, 2006	Besides, I see you have yet to go out on a limb & submit a teaser. Ok, then?
OldChinaHand Jul 29, 2006	Good on you Gebbie Rose, but Imurray just does a Georgie Porgie and runs away. Teasers like these are most useful for learning expressions and word play, great for teaching and skill building. Thank Fishmed.
bluehawk Jul 29, 2006	Okay, 1. I got RACK(didn't get RUIN). 2. Got LOCK, KEY. 3.Got HUNT, PECK. 4Got LIFE (not LIMB). 5. Got ART, SCIENCE. Thanx fishmed, that was a nice wake me up.
utnative Jul 29, 2006	i think i'm getting the hang of these now. a very good teaser. i got them all right boy was i surprised. first time ever. keep up the good work.
starnz Jul 29, 2006	These are fun! Thanks!
Badger Jul 29, 2006	I'm with the "struggled with number one" club... So I cheated and came up with two possibles before looking at the answer! I got "rack & ruin" and "fire & ruin"... Eliminated "crack & con" as a possible because this is a family oriented site! I'm calling it a win (lol)... Helps keep my streak alive. Also learned a new phrase that's apparently been around for about a zillion years! Geat fun. Keep 'em coming!
feste Jul 29, 2006	The singular form for no. 5 has a better alliterative sound, and dispenses with the sibilation of the plural
jabdr Jul 29, 2006	This sort of teaser is easy for me (unlike rebus and science & others). And who doesn't feel brilliant doing something easily? Great fun, thanks Fish.
bradon182001 Jul 29, 2006	I like this kind of teaser. Didn't get #1, but the rest were easy after some thought. Fun teaser.
Pizzazz2u Jul 29, 2006	A little too easy, today. But they are still enjoyable. Keep it up, Fish. As long as others can enjoy these type of puzzles, keep them coming.
marschie Jul 29, 2006	I once visited Tara, but 'rack & ruin' never occurred to me. I got the rest, though.
Neek Jul 29, 2006	I didn't get "rack and ruin", but got the rest. I enjoyed these, Fishmed. Good job!
Scitchr Jul 29, 2006	Rack & Ruin is in the song Thoroughly Modern Millie from the musical of the same name. That's where I heard it first, a LOOOONG time ago.
Trishgal Jul 29, 2006	Enjoyed it 1st one had to look waiting for another.loved it.thanks
Scitchr Jul 29, 2006	Link to song lyrics. The show was in 1967.
Qrystal Jul 29, 2006	I too have fallen victim to #1. And I'm glad I didn't keep looking, as I've also never heard of "rack & ruin". I also didn't get #5, oops? I wrote down "Heart & Science?" on my note paper... I did do a google search on the term, and it did come up about 13,500 times, so I stopped trying to look harder. Like I said, "oops."
Stuff1 Jul 29, 2006	What's rack and ruin? Still like this teasers!
rhmaustin Jul 29, 2006	"Rack" is a variant spelling of "wrack" which first appeared in Old English in the 14th century and is derived ultimately from a word meaning "something washed up by the sea." It came to refer to any sort of "wreck," then more broadly to any kind of ruin or destruction. The alternate spelling "rack" is first attested in 1599. So "rack and ruin" means "destruction and ruin."
syracuse945 Jul 29, 2006	yay... anothr 1... good job!
heyman Jul 29, 2006	It was fun. I got all of them except the Rack and Ruin.
RRAMMOHAN Jul 29, 2006	Easy for those who had heard the expressions earlier, but as the comments of many show, some of our friends have now learnt a few new set of words. Good job done by the composer. Keep it up.
tdbrsun Jul 29, 2006	A good one thanks.
coachpisco Jul 29, 2006	Nice job and fun too.
somnambulist Jul 29, 2006	I really like these! They're easy but you still have to think, and they're fun!
Nellem Jul 29, 2006	Got them all except number three, I haven't ever heard the term hunt and peck so I guessed hunt and led. I like these teasers - probably because I can do them - unlike most of the other teasers
FeaerFactorY666 Jul 29, 2006	Nice!
weatherkari Jul 29, 2006	I don't get it!
labsmith Jul 29, 2006	I love this kind of teaser. However,wrack as used in "wrack & ruin" really does need that "w".
speedqueenkmw Jul 29, 2006	Love, love, love these...probably cuz they're easy for me. It's a boost to the ego to find at least ONE type of teaser I can regularly solve. So, for my ego, keep 'em comin'.
patm Jul 29, 2006	These teasers are so much fun! It's true about wrack & ruin, but the idea was a good one. If one is familiar with American figures of speech, they are easy. Let's have more!
vlerma Jul 29, 2006	Fishmed, neat job, didn't do too badly. Of course I didn't get them all, but practice helps. More please?
c_rae Jul 29, 2006	Another good one! Like many beofre me, I got all but #1 (I haven't heard the phrase before either!). On a side note: Just because you can't solve the teaser or it's not your favorite style , doesn't give you the right to call it "stupid" or make other negative remarks about it. If you don't like it, write your own!
bhssoccer23 Jul 30, 2006	I didn't get the first one. I've never heard of that phrase before. I love these though, and I thought this one was GRRRREAT!!!
scallio Jul 30, 2006	I have never heard of rack and ruin. I enjoy these teasers. Thanks.
shawneeo Jul 30, 2006	i got them all! also, very exciting, i discovered that in the example,"thighbone and swallowtail", another pair: "one and all"! very good teasers thanks!
shawneeo Jul 31, 2006	By the way, just to be Mr. Smarty-pants for the day, I'm surprised that so many of you haven't heard of rack and ruin. I mean, (here he goes!), doesn't anyone READ books anymore? And, how about fairy tales? Doesn't anyone read fairytales anymore? Even in old CARTOONS, you will find that phrase! OK, enough already, Mr. Smanty-parts!
luvdoritos706 Sep 05, 2006	not tooo bad...never heard of some of them
CountdownCrispy Nov 18, 2006	This series of teasers rank up there with Birbal as being some of the best on this site.
lkp68 Jun 06, 2007	fun once I got the hang of it!
nerdyiscool Jun 26, 2007	I love these sooo much! Never heard of Rack & Ruin b4, but got all except that and Hunt & Peck. Keep 'em coming! (Pretty please?)
claudia7950 Feb 08, 2008	I find hard to be a champion in solving teasers, so when I find one I succeed I jump with joy!! thnks
craniac Jul 29, 2009	5/5, yay! I'm surprised so many never heard of "rack & ruin" (same destination as "hell in a handbasket") and "hunt & peck". Maybe everyone knows how to type these days, so no one hunts and pecks anymore.
jimbooth019 Jul 29, 2009	couldn't get the first one, I do know about rack and ruin I was sure the second word was 'string' got all the others. Great teaser!
doehead Jul 29, 2009	Maybe I've seen to many of these, they fell into place pretty easy.
patiencewithaP Jul 29, 2009	Good one! 5/5!
Elios Jul 29, 2009	That was fun! Not too familiar with "Rack & Ruin", so I had to give up on the first one... But I got the rest.
mattstoc Jul 29, 2009	A good site with a good description of the phrase "rack and ruin" www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/rack-and-ruin.html
Jimmymo Jul 29, 2009	Never heard of rack and ruin so I missed that one. The rest were EZ PZ but fun!!
UptheHill Jul 29, 2009
avonma Aug 06, 2009	I should have been able to get them all, but, I gave up on #1. I got the rest of them, though. Very good! Thanks!
MarcM1098 Jul 06, 2010	Great teaser fishmed! Fitting that I take your teaser for my 100,000th point.
Babe Jul 29, 2012	I love being the first in 2012. Nice teaser! Igot 4 and one half of the first one. These are easy, but lots of fun!
gaylewolf Jul 29, 2012	I love these! Thanks for posting!