Hallucinating Expressions.

  Expressions that do not mean what they appear to mean. 
  Guess what they mean?

1} Dutch courage is not the courage of the Dutch.

2} Sleeping policeman is not a cop asleep.

3} Shot gun marriage is not the one celebrated at gun shot

4} Portuguese man-of-war is not a soldier from Portugal.

5] Wet blanket is not one drenched in water.

6} Black widow is not a woman in black, without her husband

7} Fruit cake is not a bakery product.

8} Wooden spoon is not a kitchen utensil.

9} Grass widow is not a widow selling grass.

10} A five-o-clock shadow is not one caused by the setting sun

Answers:-

1} Drunken courage.
2} A road hump
3} An emergency marriage necessitated by

the bride’s pregnancy. 4} A jelly fish 
5} one who takes out fun from a situation

6}  A North American poisonous spider 
7} An eccentric person 8} The last place in a race

 or competition. 
9}  A woman whose husband 
lives away most of the time.

10} A slight growth of hair on the skin of a man several hours after he had shaved.

                                                                                  P.Chandrasekaran