The following (excluding the word in brackets) are all anagrams linked by a common theme. What are the unscrambled versions, and how does the word in brackets link to it?
- I bone tree (beast)
- Lo! Farces (fresh)
- Zen market jam (wail)
- Suriname stripper (equals)
- Dull tie box (sweet)
- Cartoon ass (thing)
- Disrespect pro (body)
- Hundred faeces (harm)
- Animates ogre (household)
- Sidecar reptiles (staircase)
Answers below (scroll down)
- I bone tree (beast)
A: Bete noire – literal translation = black beast - Lo! Farces (fresh)
A: Al fresco – in the fresh - Zen market jam (wail)
A: Katzenjammer – cats wail - Suriname stripper (equals)
A: Primus inter pares – first among equals - Dull tie box (sweet)
A: Billet doux – sweet note - Cartoon ass (thing)
A: Cosa Nostra – our thing - Disrespect pro (body)
A: Esprit de corps – spirit of the body - Hundred faeces (harm)
A: Schadenfreude – harm joy - Animates ogre (household)
A: Menage a trois – household of three - Sidecar reptiles (staircase)
A: Esprit d’escalier – spirit of the staircase
Link: All foreign phrases used in English. The word in brackets is the literal English translation of one of the words in the foreign phrase.
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