Brain Teasers
Hand in Hand
Language
Language brain teasers are those that involve the English language. You need to think about and manipulate words and letters.Language
Can you figure out a meaning for the following sentence?
Hand a hand a hand a hand and hand a hand a hand a hand.
Hand a hand a hand a hand and hand a hand a hand a hand.
Hint
Hand has many meanings.Answer
One possible meaning is:Pass a hired worker your fingered appendage four inches and pass him a poker hand the same distance.
Did you find any others?
Hide Hint Show Hint Hide Answer Show Answer
What Next?
View a Similar Brain Teaser...
If you become a registered user you can vote on this brain teaser, keep track of which ones you have seen, and even make your own.
Solve a Puzzle
Comments
can someone clarify that? I am compeeetely lost
it doesn't make sense
OK let me try to explain it better. ‘Hand’ can mean pass as in ‘hand me that pen’(call this meaning hand1). ‘Hand’ can also mean a hired worker (the answer has a typo, hire should be “hired”, sorry) as in ‘the rancher hired five more hands to round up the cattle’ (call this meaning hand2). ‘Hand’ can also mean a fingered appendage as in ‘I have two feet and two hands’ (call this meaning hand3). ‘Hand’ is also a unit of measure equal to four inches as in ‘the large black horse was 18 hands tall’(call this meaning hand4). ‘Hand’ can also mean the five cards a poker player is dealt as in ‘when playing poker the player with the best hand wins’(call this meaning hand5).
So if we add the right meanings to the sentence we get the following; Hand1 a hand2 a hand3 a hand4 and hand1 a hand2 a hand5 a hand4. In other words it is saying move your hand (hand3) a short distance to the hired worker and pass him a poker hand (hand5) that same distance. Clear as day. Hand a hand a hand a hand and hand a hand a hand a hand.
So if we add the right meanings to the sentence we get the following; Hand1 a hand2 a hand3 a hand4 and hand1 a hand2 a hand5 a hand4. In other words it is saying move your hand (hand3) a short distance to the hired worker and pass him a poker hand (hand5) that same distance. Clear as day. Hand a hand a hand a hand and hand a hand a hand a hand.
oooohhh.... pass a hired worker a hand four inches and pass a hired worker a poker hand four inches. I get it..... thanx a lot. its all clear. (btw, good riddle)
Perplexed as I don't know what. But you gotta love it. It's why we visit.
Whatever you ingested or inhaled to think this one up, Can I have some? Fun teaser.
Uhhh! Wow!! Huh!!!
Uh... *drool*
To post a comment, please create an account and sign in.
Follow Braingle!