Common Phrases

These are all unusual representations of words, phrases or things. Can you figure them out? One posted answer per person, please.

2. chocolate chips

1. White Lie

7. coffee break

4 - Greenpeace

Marian and curly

L4L, I need a bit more for the common phrase

OB, try again.

8. Orange Peel?

4 - black eyed peas

6.) Yellow Mustard

3. bolt from the blue

This is a particularly difficult batch.

Only Sherlock got my answer although I like “orange peel” as an alternate for #8.

8. navel orange

5. Yellow fever

That’s two good ones!

6. cut the mustard

You got it'

4. split pea soup

1. a little white lie

Both good!

It’s nice to see you, Annette!

I'll try it...

9. royalty

9. Casualty or maybe Frosty

Good tries but no luck.

Hmmm....

Well you’re all putting the T at the end of the phrase.

True blue?

9. T square?

That’s a good alternate

Tinderbox?

No but I like it.

9. Tea box, perhaps

Hmm.... maybe loyalty?

True blue? Oops, I didn't see that this was answered already. How about the color purple?

Textbox or maybe a Tin Box or maybe a Safety Box

Whaaat? Somebody said True blue already? *scrolls back*

My sincere apologies to Demosthenes and anyone who lost sleep over the last puzzle.

Well now, that's the way to keep us all on our toes for almost a full 24 hours after the right answer was posted! Love it!

I think Demosthenes's tinderbox was actually the most apt answer for that one, ignoring the colour, so

This is a great puzzle 'every' week

With many creative solutions