關於英語的謎語
1. 有關英語單詞的謎語
1. What room has no walls, no doors, no windows, and no floors?
A mushroom.(蘑菇)
2. What is smaller than an insect's mouth?
Anything it eats.
3. What large instrument do you carry in your ears?
Drums, that is eardrums.(鼓膜)
4. What's too much for one, just right for two, but nothing at all for three?
A secret.
5. What person tried to make you smile most of the time?
A photographer.
6. What animal has a head like a cat, eyes like a cat, a tail like a cat, but isn't a cat?
A kitten.(小貓)
7. What surprising things happen every 24 hours?
Day breaks, but doesn't fall; night falls, but doesn't break.
8. What can hear you without ears and can answer you without a mouth?
An echo.(回聲)
9. What do you know about the kings of France?
They are all dead.
10. What question can you never answer 'yes" to"
Are you asleep?
11. Why do some old people never use glasses?
They must prefer bottles to glasses.
12. Why is the person wearing two coats while painting the house?
Because the instructions on the paint can say "Put on two coats for best results."
13. What two words have thousands of letters in them?
Post office.
14. What do workers do in a clock factory?
They make faces all day.
15. What 5-letter word has 6 left when you take 2 letters away?
Sixty.
16. When do you go as fast as a racing car?
When you are in it.
17. How many sides does a house have?
Two - inside and outside.
18. What never asks any questions but always gets answers?
A doorbell.
19. Where did Columbus stand when he discovered America?
On his feet.
20. When the boy fell into the water, what's the first thing he did?
He got wet first of all.
21. Who isn't your sister and isn't your brother, but is still a child of your mother and father?
I myself.
22. What has teeth but cannot eat?
A comb.
23. What kind of man can raise things without lifting them?
A farmer.
24. Why does time fly?
To get away from all the people who are trying to kill it.
25. Name five days of the week without saying: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday.
The day before yesterday, yesterday, today, tomorrow, and the day after tomorrow.
26. What animal eats and drinks with its tail?
All do. No animal takes off its tail when eating and drinking.
27. What has a soft bed but never sleeps, a big mouth but never speaks?
A river.
28. What kind of dog never bite?
A hot dog.
29. Why does the Statue of Liberty stand in New York Harbor?
Because it can't sit down.
30. What did one invisible man say to the other invisible man?
It's nice not to see you again.
31. What wears a cap but has no head?
A bottle.
32. What rises in the morning and waves all day?
A flag.
33. What is an astronomer?(天文學家)?
A night watchman with a college ecation.
34. How can you tell clocks and watches are shy?
Because they always have their hands in front of their faces.
35. What is wind?
Air in a hurry.
36. What comes after the letter "A"?
All the other letters.
37. What starts with a T, ends with a T, and is full of T?
Teapot.
38. What word can you make shorter by adding to it?
Short.
39. What person does every man take his hat off to?
A barber.
40. Why does the boy carry a ladder to the school?
Because he wants to go to high school.
41. What can you swallow that can also swallow you?
Water.
42. What's the difference between a hill and a pill?
A hill is hard to get up and a pill is hard to get down.
43. Why is it useless to send a letter to Washington?
Because he's dead.
44. A doctor and a lawyer loved the same girl. The lawyer went away for a week and gave the girl seven apples before he left. Why?
Because an apple a day keeps the doctor away.
45. What will you do if a man-eating tiger is running after you?
Nothing. Because I'm a woman.
46. What always travels on foot?
A shoe.
47. Where can happiness always be found?
In the dictionary.
48. What is higher without a head than with a head?
A pillow.(枕頭)
49. Why don't you advertise for your lost dog?
He can't read.
50. On which side does a bird have the most feathers?
The outside.
51. What is the best thing to keep in hot weather?
Cool!
52. What is never used until it's broken?
An egg.
53. What's a skeleton?(骨架)
It's a lot of bones without the person on them!
54. What is dark but made by light?
A shadow.
55. What can you break with only one word?
Silence.
56. What stays indoors no matter how many times you put it out?
The light.
57. A policeman saw a truck driver going the wrong way down a one-way street, but didn't give him a ticket. Why?
Because the truck driver was walking.
58. Where can milk be best stored?
In a cow.
59. Which can move faster, heat or cold?
Heat, because you can catch cold easily.
60. What's the hardest thing about learning skating?
The ice.
61. What has cities with no houses, rivers without water and forests without trees?
A map.
62. What can be measured but has no length, width or thickness?
The temperature.
63. What makes the Tower of Pisa lean?
It never eats.
64. Why is writing called handwriting?
If people wrote with their feet, we would have to call it footwriting.
65. If there were only thre girls in the world, what do you think they would do?
Two of them would get together ans talk about the other one.
66. How many great men have been born in London?
None. Only babies.
67. When can you have an empty pocket and still have something in it?
When you have a hole in your pocket.
68. The greater it is, the less it can be seen. What is it?
Darkness.
69. The more you take away, the bigger I become. What am I?
A hole.
70. Who may marry many a wife and stay single all of his life?
A priest.(牧師)
2. 關於動物的英語謎語
2.I'm
almost
white,
but
the
fur
of
my
ears,
eye
pits
are
black.
I
live
in
the
wild
forests,I
like
eating
bamboos!
Who
am
I
?
我幾乎是白的，但耳朵、眼窩是黑的。我生活在森林裡，喜歡吃竹子。我是誰？
（Panda
熊貓）
3.a
cat,eyes
like
a
cat,a
tail
like
a
cat
,but
isn't
a
cat?
眼睛尾巴像只貓,但又不是貓?
（Tiger
老虎）
3. 經典英語謎語大全
What month do soldiers hate? --March (行軍)
釋義：當兵的不喜歡幾月份？
How many feet are there in a yard? --It depends on how many people stand in the yard. (碼，院子)
釋義：院子里有多少只腳？
Why is an empty purse always the same? --There is change in it. (零錢，變化)
釋義：為什麼空錢包永遠是一樣的?
What book has the most stirring chapters? --A cook book. (動人的，攪拌的）
釋義：什麼書有最動人的章節？
What kind of dog doesn't bite or bark? --Hot dog. (熱狗)
釋義：什麼狗不咬人、不吠叫?
What is the smallest room in the world? --Mushroom. (蘑菇)
釋義：世界上最小的房間是什麼？
4. 有關英語的謎語
英文謎語同中國謎語一樣有著極其悠久的歷史，其中最為有名的大概是斯芬克司之「謎」了。「斯芬克司」一詞源自希臘語Sphinx，是希臘神話中一個可怕的怪物，它長著女人的頭、獅子的身軀，身上還有兩只翅膀。傳說中，獅身人面的女怪斯芬克司生性殘酷無比，常常守在大路口，讓過往的行人猜一個謎，猜錯了就要被吃掉。有一次，一位國王的兒子被斯芬克司吃掉了，國王一怒之下，發出懸賞：「誰能把它制服，就給他王位。」青年俄狄浦斯(Oedipus)應召前去，很快就道破謎底，斯芬克司便自殺了。這個世界著名的謎語是：What goes on four feet, on two feet, and three, but the more feet it goes on, the weaker it will be.其謎底是Man. Because he crawls first, then walks on two feet, uses a cane when old.因為人在嬰兒時用四肢在地上爬行，成人後兩腿行走，年老後拄拐杖走路，所以謎底是「人」。這個謎語還可以這樣說：What goes on four legs at dawn, two at noon, and three at sk?
在《聖經·士師記》中有這樣一個故事，大力士參孫殺死了一頭獅子，後來在獅子的屍體里發現了一群蜜蜂和蜂蜜，於是他就這件事編了一則謎語：Out of the eater came something to eat；/ Out of the strong came something sweet.他讓菲利士人猜這個謎語，並允諾如果他們在七天之內給出謎底，就送給他們三十套亞麻布長袍和三十套衣服；如果給不出答案，他們就要送給他這些東西。狡猾的菲利士人讓參孫的妻子哄騙參孫說出謎底。在第七天日落之前，菲利士人把答案告訴了參孫：What is sweeter than honey? / What is stronger than a lion?
上面兩則有趣的謎語中，謎面的構成方法十分類似，都是採用了描寫其特徵的方法，英語中這種謎語被稱為事物謎，也叫做描述性謎語(descriptive riddles)。事物謎的謎面通常是用比喻、暗示或其他方法來描繪所猜謎底的特徵，和漢語中物謎的謎面構成及猜測方法基本相同。舉例說明一下：
My fatherland is Arabia,
Though in England they roast me brown.
I'm ground up inside a mill,
And tortured with scalding water,
And then they pour milk over me,
And drink me at their leisure.
謎底是「Coffee」。這個謎語用第一人稱自述的手法道出謎面，最後一句則是點睛之筆，使人一下就猜出謎底是某種飲料。
另外一種人們經常見到的英文謎語是字謎(charades)，字謎經常在字母、音節或是整個詞的離合上做文章。字謎的謎面通常是前面幾句描述謎底單詞的某個或某些字母在哪些單詞中出現或是不出現，最後一句點出詞義，或是為猜謎提供一些暗示和猜測的方向，有點像中文裡的謎目。猜英文字謎的關鍵是不要被謎面的含義或是寓意所迷惑，否則的話，很可能誤入它途，不得要領。例如：
1) The beginning of eternity,
The end of time and space.
The beginning of every end,
And the end of every place.
將句中提到的單詞「eternity, time, space, end, place」按照字面意思進行拆分，即可得到謎底：「The letter E」。
2)What starts with T，ends with T and full of T？謎底是「A teapot」。teapot(茶壺)一詞以字母T開頭和結尾，而茶壺里裝的自然是茶(tea)，所以是full of T。
3)The longest word in the world.謎底是「smiles」。這個單詞的首字母和尾字母之間是單詞「mile」(英里)，可以理解為首尾間有一英里長，自然就是世界上最長的單詞了。猜這個字謎時，千萬不要去翻詞典去找一個字母最多的單詞。
英文謎語中一個重要的類型是智力謎語，主要涉及一些機智與詼諧的問題(shrewd and witty questions)，謎底通常是語義雙關，和漢語中腦筋急轉彎的問題極為類似，在英語中被稱作「conundrums」。在莎士比亞悲劇《哈姆雷特》第五幕第一場中，兩個專門為死人挖墓穴的工人出了一則智力謎語：What is he that builds stronger than either the mason，the shipwright or the carpenter？意思是誰造出來的東西比泥水匠、船匠或是木匠造的更堅固？謎底是：The gallows-maker，for that frame outlives a thousand tenants.因為絞架比任何一個被弔死其上的死刑犯都存在得長久，所以謎底是「造絞架的人」。莎士比亞用這則謎語告訴人們今日的輝煌遲早會成為過去。
猜智力謎語很有意思，也很有挑戰性。破解智力謎語首先要有對語言的悟性及靈活運用的能力，其次是豐富的語言知識，二者缺一不可。
英文中，有些智力謎語貌似嚴肅，煞有介事，謎底卻是稀鬆平常，讓人哭笑不得，大呼上當。例如：
1) What is the difference between a presidential candidate and an overworked secretary?
謎底是「One can't wait to get into office and the other can't wait to get out of the office.」總統候選人(presidential candidate)迫不及待地要上任(get into office)，而工作過度勞累的秘書則期待著下班(get out of the office)回家休息。
2)What is the cheapest way to see the world？
謎底是「Buy an atlas」。買一張地圖(buy an atlas)就可以見到整個世界(see the world)了。而其實see the world作為一個固定片語時的意思是「見多識廣」。
有些貌似簡單，謎底卻耐人尋味。如：
What goes up and never goes down？謎底是「Age」。年齡是永遠向上增長，不可能下降的。
還有一些則語出驚人，出人意料，細細品味倒也幽默風趣，讓人啞然失笑。
例如：
Why should you never marry a tennis player？
謎底是「Because love means nothing to them」。love的通用義是「愛情」，在網球比賽中則表示「零分」。
英文智力謎語中有一類比較難猜，這類謎語是通過篡改英語諺語、成語或名句而形成的，要猜出這些謎語就必須對這些諺語、成語了如指掌，否則，就是絞盡腦汁也未必能猜中。略舉例說明一下：
1)Why shouldn't you cry if a cow slips on the ice?
謎底是「Because it's no use crying over spilt milk.」
英語中成語「覆水難收」是這樣表達的：「It's no use crying over spilt milk.」所以謎底就用成語作一戲言，因為母牛摔在地上，它身上的牛奶也灑了。
2)What's a sculptor's motto?
謎底是「All work and no clay makes Jack a ll boy.」
雕塑師(sculptor)的格言All work and no clay makes Jack a ll boy.(只工作沒有土，聰明孩子也變傻。)是模仿諺語All work and no play makes Jack a ll boy.(只工作不玩耍，聰明孩子也變傻。)杜撰而來。
猜英文謎語不是易事，卻是件愉悅身心、讓人覺得很有成就感的事，有其難，亦有其樂。在猜謎的過程中，可以豐富語言知識，提高駕御語言的能力，培養對語言的悟性，同時還可以增加生活的情趣。最後，為了引起大家對英文謎語的興趣，留幾則謎語請大家猜一猜：
I.字謎：
1) There is a thing that is the first to pity and the last to help.
2) I am the beginning of sorrow, and the end of sickness.
You cannot express happiness without me;
yet I am in the midst of crosses.
I am always in risk, yet never in danger.
You may find me in the sun,
but I am never out of darkness.
3) My first is nothing but a name;
My second still more small;
My whole of so much smaller fame,
It has no name at all.
4) If the English alphabet goes from A to Z, what goes from Z to A?
II.事物謎：
1) At night they come
Without being fetched,
And by day they are lost
Without being stolen.
2) As round as an apple,
As deep as a pail;
It never cries out,
Till it's caught by the tail.
3) My sides are firmly laced about,
Yet nothing is within;
You'll think my head is strange indeed,
Being nothing else but skin.
4) Over the water,
And under the water,
And never touch the water.
5) I never was, am always to be,
No one ever saw me, nor ever will
And yet I am the confidence of all
To live and breathe on this terrestrial ball.
III.智力謎:
1) Why are Saturdays and Sundays so strong?
2)swheresdo smart dogs refuse to shop?
3) Would you rather an elephant kill you, or a gorilla?
4) When do elephants have sixteen feet？
5) Which is faster, heat or cold?
6) What's every baby's motto?-
答案：
I.字謎：1) The letter P 2)The letter S 3)Nameless 4) Zebra
II.事物謎：1)Stars 2)A bell 3)A drum 4)A girl crossing a bridge with a pail of water on her head. 5)Tomorrow
III.智力謎：
1)Because the rest are weekdays.提示：weekdays的意思是「工作日」，而week(星期)和weak(弱的)是一對同音異義詞。
2)At flea markets.提示：flea market的意思是「跳蚤市場」(經營廉價古物、舊貨等的露天市場)。謎底把flea market曲解為「跳蚤的市場」，聰明的狗可不願長跳蚤，自然不願去有跳蚤的市場。
3)I'd rather he kill the gorilla.提示：謎面可以有兩種解釋。第一種是「你希望大象殺死你，還是大猩猩殺死你？」第二種解釋是「你希望大象殺死你，還是殺死大猩猩？」
4)When there are four of them.提示：因為四隻大象(four elephants)有十六條腿。
5)Heat. You can catch cold.提示：catch cold的意思是「患感冒」，字面意思是「抓住冷」，但是從來沒人說catch heat。
6) If at first you don't succeed, cry, cry again.提示：孩子的格言If at first you don't succeed, cry, cry again.(一次哭鬧不成功，哭鬧再哭鬧)是模仿諺語If at first you don't succeed, try, try again.(一次不成功，努力再努力)杜撰而來
5. 有關英語的...(謎語)
1.Why did the person throw a clock the windw?
2.What time is it when a pie is divided among four friends?
3.What nail shouid you never hit with a hammer?
4.What ring is square?
5.Why is the sun like a loaf bread?
6.What is the difference between here and there?
7.What are the strongest days of the week?
8.Why did the man put wheel on his roccking chair?
9.Why is the letter"R" like Christmas?
10.What timg of day was Adam bron?
1.Why did the person throw a clock out the window?
- to see time fly
解釋：time fly，字面是「時間飛行」，實際是「時光流逝」
2.What time is it when a pie is divided among four friends?
- 12:45 (即 a quarter to one)
解釋：a quarter to one 是一點鍾差一刻的意思，但也可以看成是一人拿1/4
3.What nail should you never hit with a hammer?
- fingernail
4.What ring is square?
- boxing ring (拳擊圈)
5.Why is the sun like a loaf of bread?
- Because it』s light when it rises.
雙關：如果是太陽，就是說，升起的時候天就亮了
如果是麵包，rise 是發的意思，也就是說，麵包發起來的時候會變得很輕
6.What is the difference between here and there?
The letter 「t」. ( there 去掉「t」，跟 here 這個字就沒什麼兩樣。)
7.What are the strongest days of the week?
Saturday and Sunday --- all the other days are weak (week) days.
( weak與 week的發音一樣。而美國人的工作天只有五天，即從 Monday到 Friday ，這五天是他們的week days.)
8.Why did the man put wheels on his rocking chair?
Because he wanted to rock and roll. （ to rock and roll是跳搖滾舞。但在這兒，搖rock 的是rocking chair，滾 roll的是 wheels。這就造成了一句雙關的趣味。）
9.Why is the letter "R" like Christmas?
Because it comes at the end of December.
(對這句話而言，答案的意思是R這個字母正好排在December的末尾。除此以外，答案還有一個意思，Christmas在the end of December的時候到來。換言之，答案也造成了一句雙關的趣味。）
10.What time of day was Adam born?
Just before Eve. ( Eve 是一語雙關，一是解「晚間」， 一是解「夏娃」。)
6. 關於英語的謎語
1.What animal wears big black glasses on its face?
什麼動物臉上戴個大墨鏡？ （Panda 熊貓）
2.I'm almost white, but the fur of my ears, eye pits are black. I live in the wild forests,I like eating bamboos! Who am I ?
我幾乎是白的，但耳朵、眼窩是黑的。我生活在森林裡，喜歡吃竹子。我是誰？ （Panda 熊貓）
3.a cat,eyes like a cat,a tail like a cat ,but isn't a cat?
眼睛尾巴像只貓,但又不是貓?
（Tiger 老虎）
4：What letter is a body of water?
謎底是：C(sea)
即字母C,諧音就是「sea」大海，有很多水.
7. 關於動物的英語謎語，帶翻譯
I'm almost white, but the fur of my ears, eye pits are black. I live in the wild forests,I like eating bamboos! Who am I ?
我幾乎是白的，但耳朵、眼窩是黑的。我生活在森林裡，喜歡吃竹子。我是誰？ （Panda 熊貓）
1.What key can run itself?
什麼鑰匙自己會跑?
——Monkey. （猴）
2.What is the most difficult key to turn?
什麼鑰匙最難擰？
——Donkey. （驢）
3.My name start with a C and end with an L. I live in the desert, a hard place to live. I can carry people and their goods .
What am I?
我的名字以字母C開頭，字母L結束，我住在沙漠里，一個很難居住的地方，我可以運送人和貨物，我是誰？
——Camel. （駱駝）
1.What animal wears big black glasses on its face?
什麼動物臉上戴個大墨鏡？ （Panda 熊貓）
2.I'm almost white, but the fur of my ears, eye pits are black. I live in the wild forests,I like eating bamboos! Who am I ?
我幾乎是白的，但耳朵、眼窩是黑的。我生活在森林裡，喜歡吃竹子。我是誰？ （Panda 熊貓）
3.a cat,eyes like a cat,a tail like a cat ,but isn't a cat?
眼睛尾巴像只貓,但又不是貓?
（Tiger 老虎）
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1.I look like a house ,but my body is covered by black and white stripes.
2.I can run very quickly. I have antlers（鹿角）on my head.
3.I am an animal kept by farmers to proce milk.
4.I am not a fish but look like a large fish and live in the sea.I am a warm-blood mammal.（熱血哺乳運動）
5.I have a very long neck and legs.I can eat the leaves on top of the tree.
6.I am known for my cleverness and cunning.（狡猾）
7.I like eating grass.People like to use my wool to make coats.
8.I look like a dog. But people and animals are all afraid of me, because I like eating them.
9.My names begin with W and end with E. I am the largest animal in the world and I live in the sea. I have beautiful blue skin. And no part of my body is thin.I'm not a fish but I breatheair.I don't have much hair . Men sometimes want to catch me for my body, I have huge fins I don't have feet. What am I ?I am......
答案：
1：斑馬/zebra
2：鹿/deer
3：奶牛/cow
4：海豚/dolphin
5：長頸鹿/giraffe
6：狐狸/fox
7：羚羊/antelope
8：狼/wlof
9：鯨魚/whale
8. 關於英語謎語大全十句以上好的
Why does the Statue of Liberty stand in New York Harbor?—— 謎底: Because it can't sit down.
What is clean when it is black and dirty when it is white? 什麼東西干凈的時候是黑的，臟的時候卻是白的呢？ blackboard 黑板
What has a round face and two thin hands, one hand short, one hand long?
什麼東西有個圓圓的臉，兩只瘦瘦的手，一隻手長，一隻長短呢？ a clock 鬧鍾
What is big and bright ring the day and we can』t see it at night?
什麼東西白天的時候有大又亮，晚上我們卻看不見呢？ the sun 太陽
I am small. I can fly. I like singing in the sky. What am I? 我很小，我會飛，我喜歡在天空中唱歌。我是誰？ a bird 鳥
What word can you make shorter by adding to it?—— 謎底: Short.
9.What is black when it's clean and white when it's dirty?—— 謎底: a blackboard
10.卡羅拉（打一英文單詞）—— 謎底: corolla花冠
11.安定（打一英文單詞）—— 謎底: ending
12.背噢（打一英文單詞）—— 謎底: bale災禍
13.Why can a bride hide nothing?(為什麼新娘子什麼也藏不住？)—— 謎底: Because someone will give her away.
9. 關於英語圖形謎語大全
英文謎語同中國謎語一樣有著極其悠久的歷史，其中最為有名的大概是斯芬克司之「謎」了。「斯芬克司」一詞源自希臘語Sphinx，是希臘神話中一個可怕的怪物，它長著女人的頭、獅子的身軀，身上還有兩只翅膀。傳說中，獅身人面的女怪斯芬克司生性殘酷無比，常常守在大路口，讓過往的行人猜一個謎，猜錯了就要被吃掉。有一次，一位國王的兒子被斯芬克司吃掉了，國王一怒之下，發出懸賞：「誰能把它制服，就給他王位。」青年俄狄浦斯(Oedipus)應召前去，很快就道破謎底，斯芬克司便自殺了。這個世界著名的謎語是：What goes on four feet, on two feet, and three, but the more feet it goes on, the weaker it will be.其謎底是Man. Because he crawls first, then walks on two feet, uses a cane when old.因為人在嬰兒時用四肢在地上爬行，成人後兩腿行走，年老後拄拐杖走路，所以謎底是「人」。這個謎語還可以這樣說：What goes on four legs at dawn, two at noon, and three at sk?
在《聖經·士師記》中有這樣一個故事，大力士參孫殺死了一頭獅子，後來在獅子的屍體里發現了一群蜜蜂和蜂蜜，於是他就這件事編了一則謎語：Out of the eater came something to eat；/ Out of the strong came something sweet.他讓菲利士人猜這個謎語，並允諾如果他們在七天之內給出謎底，就送給他們三十套亞麻布長袍和三十套衣服；如果給不出答案，他們就要送給他這些東西。狡猾的菲利士人讓參孫的妻子哄騙參孫說出謎底。在第七天日落之前，菲利士人把答案告訴了參孫：What is sweeter than honey? / What is stronger than a lion?
上面兩則有趣的謎語中，謎面的構成方法十分類似，都是採用了描寫其特徵的方法，英語中這種謎語被稱為事物謎，也叫做描述性謎語(descriptive riddles)。事物謎的謎面通常是用比喻、暗示或其他方法來描繪所猜謎底的特徵，和漢語中物謎的謎面構成及猜測方法基本相同。舉例說明一下：
My fatherland is Arabia,
Though in England they roast me brown.
I'm ground up inside a mill,
And tortured with scalding water,
And then they pour milk over me,
And drink me at their leisure.
謎底是「Coffee」。這個謎語用第一人稱自述的手法道出謎面，最後一句則是點睛之筆，使人一下就猜出謎底是某種飲料。
另外一種人們經常見到的英文謎語是字謎(charades)，字謎經常在字母、音節或是整個詞的離合上做文章。字謎的謎面通常是前面幾句描述謎底單詞的某個或某些字母在哪些單詞中出現或是不出現，最後一句點出詞義，或是為猜謎提供一些暗示和猜測的方向，有點像中文裡的謎目。猜英文字謎的關鍵是不要被謎面的含義或是寓意所迷惑，否則的話，很可能誤入它途，不得要領。例如：
1) The beginning of eternity,
The end of time and space.
The beginning of every end,
And the end of every place.
將句中提到的單詞「eternity, time, space, end, place」按照字面意思進行拆分，即可得到謎底：「The letter E」。
2)What starts with T，ends with T and full of T？謎底是「A teapot」。teapot(茶壺)一詞以字母T開頭和結尾，而茶壺里裝的自然是茶(tea)，所以是full of T。
3)The longest word in the world.謎底是「smiles」。這個單詞的首字母和尾字母之間是單詞「mile」(英里)，可以理解為首尾間有一英里長，自然就是世界上最長的單詞了。猜這個字謎時，千萬不要去翻詞典去找一個字母最多的單詞。
英文謎語中一個重要的類型是智力謎語，主要涉及一些機智與詼諧的問題(shrewd and witty questions)，謎底通常是語義雙關，和漢語中腦筋急轉彎的問題極為類似，在英語中被稱作「conundrums」。在莎士比亞悲劇《哈姆雷特》第五幕第一場中，兩個專門為死人挖墓穴的工人出了一則智力謎語：What is he that builds stronger than either the mason，the shipwright or the carpenter？意思是誰造出來的東西比泥水匠、船匠或是木匠造的更堅固？謎底是：The gallows-maker，for that frame outlives a thousand tenants.因為絞架比任何一個被弔死其上的死刑犯都存在得長久，所以謎底是「造絞架的人」。莎士比亞用這則謎語告訴人們今日的輝煌遲早會成為過去。
猜智力謎語很有意思，也很有挑戰性。破解智力謎語首先要有對語言的悟性及靈活運用的能力，其次是豐富的語言知識，二者缺一不可。
英文中，有些智力謎語貌似嚴肅，煞有介事，謎底卻是稀鬆平常，讓人哭笑不得，大呼上當。例如：
1) What is the difference between a presidential candidate and an overworked secretary?
謎底是「One can't wait to get into office and the other can't wait to get out of the office.」總統候選人(presidential candidate)迫不及待地要上任(get into office)，而工作過度勞累的秘書則期待著下班(get out of the office)回家休息。
2)What is the cheapest way to see the world？
謎底是「Buy an atlas」。買一張地圖(buy an atlas)就可以見到整個世界(see the world)了。而其實see the world作為一個固定片語時的意思是「見多識廣」。
有些貌似簡單，謎底卻耐人尋味。如：
What goes up and never goes down？謎底是「Age」。年齡是永遠向上增長，不可能下降的。
還有一些則語出驚人，出人意料，細細品味倒也幽默風趣，讓人啞然失笑。
例如：
Why should you never marry a tennis player？
謎底是「Because love means nothing to them」。love的通用義是「愛情」，在網球比賽中則表示「零分」。
英文智力謎語中有一類比較難猜，這類謎語是通過篡改英語諺語、成語或名句而形成的，要猜出這些謎語就必須對這些諺語、成語了如指掌，否則，就是絞盡腦汁也未必能猜中。略舉例說明一下：
1)Why shouldn't you cry if a cow slips on the ice?
謎底是「Because it's no use crying over spilt milk.」
英語中成語「覆水難收」是這樣表達的：「It's no use crying over spilt milk.」所以謎底就用成語作一戲言，因為母牛摔在地上，它身上的牛奶也灑了。
2)What's a sculptor's motto?
謎底是「All work and no clay makes Jack a ll boy.」
雕塑師(sculptor)的格言All work and no clay makes Jack a ll boy.(只工作沒有土，聰明孩子也變傻。)是模仿諺語All work and no play makes Jack a ll boy.(只工作不玩耍，聰明孩子也變傻。)杜撰而來。
猜英文謎語不是易事，卻是件愉悅身心、讓人覺得很有成就感的事，有其難，亦有其樂。在猜謎的過程中，可以豐富語言知識，提高駕御語言的能力，培養對語言的悟性，同時還可以增加生活的情趣。最後，為了引起大家對英文謎語的興趣，留幾則謎語請大家猜一猜：
I.字謎：
1) There is a thing that is the first to pity and the last to help.
2) I am the beginning of sorrow, and the end of sickness.
You cannot express happiness without me;
yet I am in the midst of crosses.
I am always in risk, yet never in danger.
You may find me in the sun,
but I am never out of darkness.
3) My first is nothing but a name;
My second still more small;
My whole of so much smaller fame,
It has no name at all.
4) If the English alphabet goes from A to Z, what goes from Z to A?
II.事物謎：
1) At night they come
Without being fetched,
And by day they are lost
Without being stolen.
2) As round as an apple,
As deep as a pail;
It never cries out,
Till it's caught by the tail.
3) My sides are firmly laced about,
Yet nothing is within;
You'll think my head is strange indeed,
Being nothing else but skin.
4) Over the water,
And under the water,
And never touch the water.
5) I never was, am always to be,
No one ever saw me, nor ever will
And yet I am the confidence of all
To live and breathe on this terrestrial ball.
III.智力謎:
1) Why are Saturdays and Sundays so strong?
2)swheresdo smart dogs refuse to shop?
3) Would you rather an elephant kill you, or a gorilla?
4) When do elephants have sixteen feet？
5) Which is faster, heat or cold?
6) What's every baby's motto?-
答案：
I.字謎：1) The letter P 2)The letter S 3)Nameless 4) Zebra
II.事物謎：1)Stars 2)A bell 3)A drum 4)A girl crossing a bridge with a pail of water on her head. 5)Tomorrow
III.智力謎：
1)Because the rest are weekdays.提示：weekdays的意思是「工作日」，而week(星期)和weak(弱的)是一對同音異義詞。
2)At flea markets.提示：flea market的意思是「跳蚤市場」(經營廉價古物、舊貨等的露天市場)。謎底把flea market曲解為「跳蚤的市場」，聰明的狗可不願長跳蚤，自然不願去有跳蚤的市場。
3)I'd rather he kill the gorilla.提示：謎面可以有兩種解釋。第一種是「你希望大象殺死你，還是大猩猩殺死你？」第二種解釋是「你希望大象殺死你，還是殺死大猩猩？」
4)When there are four of them.提示：因為四隻大象(four elephants)有十六條腿。
5)Heat. You can catch cold.提示：catch cold的意思是「患感冒」，字面意思是「抓住冷」，但是從來沒人說catch heat。
6) If at first you don't succeed, cry, cry again.提示：孩子的格言If at first you don't succeed, cry, cry again.(一次哭鬧不成功，哭鬧再哭鬧)是模仿諺語If at first you don't succeed, try, try again.(一次不成功，努力再努力)杜撰而來