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By Your Breath I Die
Riddle
Riddles are little poems or phrases that pose a question that needs answering. Riddles frequently rhyme, but this is not a requirement.Riddle
I am tall when I am young.
I am short when I am old.
When I live I glow.
From your breath I die.
What am I?
I am short when I am old.
When I live I glow.
From your breath I die.
What am I?
Answer
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Easy, but fun.
easy but,fun
Guess I'm a dope when it comes to riddles! Didn't get it, but liked it
fun! I had to actually blow to think of what my breath could possibly KILL!! cute teaser!
Good one.
How cute!
Good one, i had to think for a minute there!
Sep 10, 2005
cool and smart, it got me
i di9g riddles and that was pretty cool
doesn't the fire die instead of the candle? o well, i still loved it.
Good job!
really fun.....and easy!!!! great job!!
Sep 11, 2005
i thought a candle doesn't die by your breath, its flame does. still good of course.
Great job. Lol i thought it was a virus
i see you a lot royaltrecords. how long have you been here? are you friends with i-am-hated- because you are both high in ranks
That's a good one. Scary thing is, I actually got it
good one. easy but keep 'em cummin
I liked it alot, even though i got it quickly, keep em coming
Great job, I got it, keep them coming
I thought it was very cool.
Good one! I was thinking ice. Guess I should have thought harder. And I have 9 candles lit in my living room right now!
good effort
very good, first thought was a match
I thought so. Too easy but fun
Nov 04, 2005
Very fun! I liked that I could figure one out for a change!
In reality, an inanimate object cannot die, so it threw me off. I was actually thinking of living plant or animal.
I don't know why, but I was thinking of a daffodil. Call me silly, but it kind of made since to me since the act of blowing the bulb on the daffodil "kills" its beauty.
I liked it though. You got me on this one. Good Job!
I don't know why, but I was thinking of a daffodil. Call me silly, but it kind of made since to me since the act of blowing the bulb on the daffodil "kills" its beauty.
I liked it though. You got me on this one. Good Job!
Well I thought it was fire, but close enough. Good job.
I thought this one was a little bit TOO easy, but because I'm not good at these riddles, I'm glad I was finally able to get one right without having to look up the answer. I would rate this one, on a scale of 1-5... a 2.
TOO EASY!!!! I knew it from the title that it had something to do with a candle. To all saying that a candle can't die but the flame does, the flame is the the heart of the candle. If there was no flame it would just be a piece of wax with some string (wick) going through it. When you light the candle it becomes when you blow is out it dies. Think About It!!! This was a good teaser but still very easy. Keep them coming.
Very easy, but very fun!
Easy but it's nice to start my day with a success.
Note to Bware0313: alot is not a word...it's 2 words: a lot. Sorry, but it's my major pet peeve.
Note to Bware0313: alot is not a word...it's 2 words: a lot. Sorry, but it's my major pet peeve.
I thought it was a cigar
Loved it!
very easy, but good
I thouhgt flame right off. It was very poetic though, thank you
Nov 04, 2005
wouldnt cigarette work as well? although i guess if you are inhaling its not really your breath, but given that not blowing out a candle will likely do more damage that extinguishing it...wow, i think too much.
Williams 5, my first thought was cigarette, also. In fact, I said it aloud - "Oh, it's a cigarette." When I saw that it was a candle, I realized that I got the dying inside-out. It is by a cigarette's "breath" that I would die. (If I ever smoked, which I haven't.)
Easy but fun way enjoyable
You guys talk too much.
Great teaser!
Great teaser!
Good and easy! I dont ever spend time on trying to figure any teaser out, and this time I didnt even have to. I said flame, not candle..which I think the correct answer would be flame. Its the flame you are blowing out. You can blow on a candle all day, its gonna stay there..LOL. Ok im done, that was a fun one. I liked it
Ignore the negative comments. It was a very good riddle.
I thought it was warm air, but i just had my second cup of ~O).
I guess the hidden symbols don't work here.*coffee
I got it And i think that was a cute one !
It is good that there is an easy one now & then so I don't self-destruct. [btw...How do you access the hidden symbols?]
Well I got that one. Great Teaser!
Yeah, I thought it was a cigarette... Oh well, still a nice teaser!
Took a couple of read-throughs, but on the third time, I went slow on each line, and when I got to the "dying by your breath" part, I instinctively went through the motion of blowing out a candle, and then it hit me. I went over the other clues, saw that they fit, and clicked on "Show Answer" with confidence!
nice teaser though i thought it was a spark keep um' coming
Easy-peasey-lemon-squeezey!
seen this before, although worded a little differently
but still liked it
but still liked it
Got it!!!!! ,easy but fun Nice job A favorite for my bank
hey well dat was pretty kool...idk get it but im slo..so wat da hey...lol
Cool
Thought flame right away...I loved getting one for a change. Nice one
hahaha omg i am such an idiot. i had to think about it, then i was like is it a firefly? Then i was like no its a glow stick! CANDLE????? why didnt i think of that? oh my you had me there, dude. good job.
I got it. Yay me! I thought it was easy, but well written and very cute. Good job!
well it got me, but it was a good one.
I also thought a match was an equal answer. Fun teaser thanks.
Southerngirl13
There is absolutely no need to attack people on this site. This is a family friendly site and you need to be more constructive in your criticisms. There will be teasers, from time to time, that you don't get....does that mean you are dense???? There are a lot of teenagers and children that use this site and they may not always get it or understand it, but they have fun coming here and learning new information, and they should not be made to feel inferior with comments such as these. I learn from this site as well, and I can assure you that I AM NOT DENSE just because the answers may not always come to me. I will report comments of this nature as offensive anytime I see them and you will be removed as a user. Just try to be nice and play fair. We are all just here to have fun. Have a nice weekend!
There is absolutely no need to attack people on this site. This is a family friendly site and you need to be more constructive in your criticisms. There will be teasers, from time to time, that you don't get....does that mean you are dense???? There are a lot of teenagers and children that use this site and they may not always get it or understand it, but they have fun coming here and learning new information, and they should not be made to feel inferior with comments such as these. I learn from this site as well, and I can assure you that I AM NOT DENSE just because the answers may not always come to me. I will report comments of this nature as offensive anytime I see them and you will be removed as a user. Just try to be nice and play fair. We are all just here to have fun. Have a nice weekend!
Good one. Easy, but good.
Way to put it straight to southerngirl, kimberly. I agree with you 100%.
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I thought it was cute,and easy. Nice one Yoda.
I was thinking of something that dies from carbon dioxide or and old lady with astioperosis or however you spell that!
Super easy, but still cute! I liked it! Keep it up!
You got me right there, I thought it was a dwarf!
i liked it, i got it, i loved it. oh yea!!!!
Good job. I too believe that cigarette is a very viable answer also. (:-Q)
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Cool- first thought was a Mountain- then you blew me out!!!!
It seems cool to find such tricky teasers in the mailbox. Still it was great fun solving it. Keep the good work going guys!
It seems cool to find such tricky teasers in the mailbox. Still it was great fun solving it. Keep the good work going guys!
Fun and easy. I liked it.
Pretty easy, but well written.
Kudos!
Kudos!
Simple but good
YAY! What a good teaser-of-the-day to have on my BIRTHDAY!!! What incredible luck that I was actually able to solve it too! ;)
Yay to candles! Especially birthday candles!! Yay to this riddle!!!
Yay to candles! Especially birthday candles!! Yay to this riddle!!!
That was really easy. Well written, poetic and enjoyable.
Very poetic. Loved It!
Fun teaser, it "blew" me away!
way to easy
Very good, I liked it a lot.
Well, I must be off today because I did NOT get it!
This was an awesome teaser! Thanks!
This was an awesome teaser! Thanks!
Southerngirl3 Apparently you never heard of Southern manners. If you can't say something nice.....
They don't all have to be hard.
They don't all have to be hard.
hehe... nice... really easy though... thought of the answer in a second exactly
Got it. Enjoyeded getting it right away, it was cute and I hope you will send us more. thx
Got it Short and sweet ,no time wasted on this one. It was fun .
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not bad, i liked it though it was 2 ez.
not bad, i liked it though it was 2 ez.
I liked, very fun. I thought of fire- led to candle
i've seen it so many times, no matter how many way you phrase it, it's the same riddle
Liked it-I stink at riddles, but it was easy!
loved it!!!!!!!!!
I got it! Nice riddle, easy but fun!
I hope my kids never see this or they would tell you this old Grayma tried to blow out a candle with her oxygen. Makes a beautiful flame and could have made a new door way. Great riddle tho.
Once you've seen one candle riddle, you've seen them all. Pretty easy. Nice wording, though.
I've seen this before. Perhaps a little too poetic as blowing out a candle doesn't "kill" the candle. In fact, it saves the candle because the flame is the true "murderer."
I was expecting an answer a tad more nuanced
I was expecting an answer a tad more nuanced
I'm 9 and I got it in 1 second flat.
To easy.
To easy.
i guessed snowman because i read glow as grow. very dislexic, but good Riddle!
Very easy I always burn mine on both ends.
Easy.
I have heard TOO MANY candle riddles to get this one wrong. nice one though.
Easy but fun!
I read one just like the in Eragon.
I'd said match as well... it would work just as well as candle
Did not take long to figure out. I don't think a match works because it does not get old. You blow it out quickly before it burns your fingers, but good effort for getting close.
I also thought it was easy and got it in a few seconds. Match came to me after candle but as babe said a match never really gets old, as it used up very quickly after its first (and only) lighting.
Extremely easy. This teaser has been around too long. Time to burn it out.
Got it right away. I usually don't so it was very easy but as usual I think most of them a fun or I wouldn't come to Briangle to play these. Thx
IF you scrunch youe eyes enough.... the answer could be a cigarette...and then you die (lol... NOT)
Much too easy. We used to have something like this as a riddle when I was a child - it went like this:
Little Nancy Etticoat
In a white petticoat,
And a red nose;
She has not feet or hands
The longer she stands
The shorter she grows.
and of course the answer was A Candle.
Little Nancy Etticoat
In a white petticoat,
And a red nose;
She has not feet or hands
The longer she stands
The shorter she grows.
and of course the answer was A Candle.
nice n' easy
I thought of a cigarette. That works much better for the "by your breath I die" line.
Another teaser for the kiddies it is, me thinks: Master_Yoda !
Good fun for a Sunday morning-
I got victim
People grow when they are young & Shrink when they are old
People have a slight glow
And if the attacker didn't breath they wouldn't die
People grow when they are young & Shrink when they are old
People have a slight glow
And if the attacker didn't breath they wouldn't die
I was thinking of ice and bubbles before I figured it out. This one was fairly easy, but fun, and a good self-esteem booster!
wow Rove
Fun and entertaining teaser; I came close but did not get it. I thought it was fire.
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