Braingle: 'Military Motion' Brain Teaser

Military Motion

Rebus brain teasers use words or letters in interesting orientations to represent common phrases.

Puzzle ID:	#42477
Fun:	(2.95)
Difficulty:	(1.21)
Category:	Rebus
Submitted By:	cnmne
Corrected By:	TRILLIONAIRE

What phrase is described by the following rebus?

serGeant
geNeral
ensIgn
priVate
colOnel
adMiral

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Comments

seanlandrews Jul 11, 2008	Fun teaser, good job.
MyLove4Life Jul 12, 2008	I'm surprised I got it. Great teaser! Very creative.
AlexRi3er Jul 14, 2008	I dont understand it
cecepeach83 Jul 15, 2008	I like :-)
4demo Jul 15, 2008	Easy but fun and clever! Nice rebus, cnmne!
thomas13 Jul 16, 2008	i got the answer but clever thinking
unklemyke Jul 17, 2008	Two thumbs up! Another good one, cnmne
luckylefty Jul 17, 2008	Good teaser but this ticks me off because I had a teaser rejected because "letters going up or down are now longer accepted"
sourdough Jul 20, 2008	uNCLE mICHAEL lIKES tHIS ONE??? tHEN SO DO i!!! TIO MIGUEL!
SandUtil Aug 16, 2008	good one
kiwikitty1995 Aug 21, 2008	WOW. bravo! JUST PLAIN AMAZING! LOVED IT.
kp52 Sep 27, 2008	Pretty easy for me ( the title gave me a hint). Good teaser though. Pretty creative to.
bradon182001 Sep 27, 2008	Nice rebus. I didn't get the correct answer, but still find it very clever. Thanks for posting.
FredS Sep 27, 2008	Well done. very clever!
doehead Sep 27, 2008	I can buy the word moving,but your rank category is completly out of wack.You went from Admiral down to Sargeant
emu77alu02 Sep 27, 2008	I agree with Doehead. If the rankings were in order, it would have been perfect!
avonma Sep 27, 2008	Very nice! I got "moving up" but I never did think of "ranks" Fun!
avonma Sep 27, 2008	doehead - I think the "MOVING" going up takes care of that. The ranks are just ranks, and the "MOVING" goes upward through them. At first, I was a little confused because there wasn't any order to the ranks, too.
elwxxxswimchick Sep 27, 2008	That's a cool teaser! I was waaaaay off on the answer though :I
auntiesis Sep 27, 2008	Very clever, and a little easy, but I enjoyed it all the same. Thanks.
NDYApeacock Sep 27, 2008	easy and fun!!! good!
UptheHill Sep 27, 2008	NICE!!
malogalee Sep 27, 2008	Easy!! And very clever!!
dogg6pound9 Sep 27, 2008	a fun and easy rebus... great job and keep up the good work!!!
abrain Sep 28, 2008	Good fun
composer Sep 29, 2008	Well done!
bigabbs Dec 05, 2008	Great!!! fun, tricky, and clever! Keep 'em coming!
mumbojumbo1234 Dec 26, 2008	Technically it's not really moving up, since each rank isn't successively higher...
Jimbo Jan 14, 2009	It's "moving" up - that's the first past and the second part refers to a list of officers i.e. 'the ranks'. It doesn't necessarily have to describe "the whole thing"! I liked it!
reggie57 Mar 30, 2009	I thought it was great!!! one of my favorites so far!
TallTimber Mar 10, 2010	Clever
dalfamnest Sep 27, 2010	One of the best for sure. The "moving up" is perfectly given; no need for ordered ranks. Great one to remember in Fav's Box.
HABS2933 Sep 27, 2011	While technically it is true that the teaser still works even though the ranks are out of order, it would just make more sense for them to be listed properly. I would say starting with the highest rank on the top so that the ranks also "move up". It works either way, but I personally like things to be neat and orderly.
elentir Sep 27, 2011	The ranks can't be put in order as they aren't all in the same branch. General and Admiral are equal ranks in different branches. Admiral and Ensign are Naval/Coast Guard ranks while the rest are Army/Air Force/Marines.
katamaster Sep 27, 2011	Excellent!!
gaylewolf Sep 27, 2011	That was a clever teaser. I saw MOVING up and different ranks. I agree with those who said it didn't matter that the ranks weren't listed in any order. It was easy for me and I enjoyed it. Let's not make it complicated! Thanks and hello old friends!
doehead Sep 27, 2011	AWOR and I stick with my original statement. And for all that don't know; I have a great wife and two ladyfriends(G&S).
teri12265 Sep 27, 2011	I've seen this before, although I hadn't already written on it, but it occurs to me that if the ranks were in any form of proper order, the word 'moving' would not be spelled out (ie: admiral is the only one with an 'm') and therefore would be near impossible to solve.
creecee Sep 27, 2011	The answer should be something like "breaking ranks" instead of moving up the ranks since they are out of order. Also, the ranks used are from more than one branch of service.
Chobuck Sep 27, 2011	It makes perfect sense to me. MOVING is going up, and it is in the middle of each word. Every word is a rank they don't have to be in order, the word MOVING is still going through them.
auntiesis Sep 27, 2011	Still easy, but fun. Hi to K & G.
westbrook1 Sep 27, 2011	That was an amazing, and I mean AMAZING, teaser! It was pretty easy, too!
Mandy7 Oct 18, 2011	not bad, not bad. that was awesome.