Thursday, April 28, 2011

Opposites Attract

Q:

Take the opposite meanings of these words:

Yeah             Asset                 Abundance             Key     



One result is two letters long and the other three are four letters long.  Rearrange the fourteen letters to get a common phrase relating to hard hitting or heavy lifting.

A:

The picture is a 'black locket'.  The opposites are Na, Debt, Lack and Lock.  Anagramming these gives you the solution.

Block and Tackle




7 comments:

  1. Working with the most obvious antonyms, I came up with "cobalt knuckled", hardly a common phrase!

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  2. Sorry, Lorenzo. I replaced misfortune with key. I hope you didn't waste too much time the first time around on a broken puzzle.

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  3. If "lock" is the opposite of "key", I guess I still need the help of a heavy hitter to solve this one.

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  4. I feel I owe you with all the help I can. You are right on three, I think. Don't think yes, think yeah. And how about 'hard' hitting and heavy lifting?

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  5. Thanks, but I still seem to be having trouble with the 2-letter word. Could it be an abbreviation?

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  6. This was hard to tackle. Must have had a mental block.

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