Answer: soap

Soap operas were called that because the accompanying ads sold soap products. To soft soap someone is I believe the same as buttering someone up.

2. Dish _____ dry.

Answer: towel

Do you towel dry or air dry?

3. Type in the correct word. Apple _____ ball.

Answer: butter

Apple butter is cooked-down apples made into a spread.

4. Steam _____ rink

Answer: roller

I think roller rinks still exist, but they are for people on rollerblades, yes?

5. Maple _____ blower

Answer: leaf

The Canadian flag has a red maple leaf on it. I hate leaf blowers. Too NOISY!

6. Rag _____ rat

Answer: rug

Snug as a bug in a rug. Pioneer women used to make rugs from old rags. Some people still do, I suppose. I think rugrat is a vulgar term for a baby.

7. White _____ stocking

Answer: Christmas

I live in California, so I've had few white Christmasses.

8. Ever _____ peace

Answer: green

Greenpeace is that Save the Whales organization.

9. TV _____ test

Answer: screen

I'm ready for my close-up, Mr. De Mille.

10. Boot _____ list

Answer: black

A bootblack shines boots and shoes. During the 1950s blacklisted Hollywood actors, directors, and writers branded as Communists couldn't get work.

11. Scotch _____ worm

Answer: tape

Scotch tape is a trademark of the 3M Corporation. A tape worm can live in an animal's bowels (yuck).

12. Clip _____ museum

Answer: art

Clip art: little pictures of coffee cups, musical notes, flags, and such that are in the public domain--so anyone can use them. Lots of wordprocessing programs have this. Pop Art stands for Popular Art. (like Andy Warhol's soup cans).

13. Horse _____ shirt

Answer: hair

They used to use horsehair for upholstery. Someone wearing a hair shirt is paying penance--anyone know the origin of that expression?

14. Easter _____ ball

Answer: basket

When my sister and I were little, we used to take all the candy eggs out of our Easter baskets and make 'parades' out of them--on the floor, I think (makes for nice clean candy eggs).

15. Throw _____ fight

Answer: pillow

Throw pillows are those little ones people have on couches and beds. I guess pillow talk is in-bed chatting.

16. Ball _____ man

Answer: point

I take your point!

17. Waxed _____ tiger

Answer: paper

We used to wrap our sandwiches in waxed paper before baggies were invented. A paper tiger is someone who seems scary but isn't an actual threat.

18. Date _____ jacket

Answer: book

Book cover, address book, book club, and so on.

19. Dead _____ ache

Answer: head

A Dead Head is a Grateful Dead fan. Gardeners sometimes deadhead flowering plants by cutting or plucking off the dead blooms.

20. Hell _____ burglar

Answer: cat

Catfish, catsup, cat box, Siamese cat, and so on. A cat burglar is one who's really lithe and sneaky, I guess.

21. Hot _____ hole

Answer: button

A hot button issue is one that stirs people up. A button hook was used to help button up old-fashioned button boots.

22. Paper _____ joint

Answer: clip

A clip joint is an establishment where customers get ripped off.

23. Bull _____ man

Answer: frog

A bullfrog has a very deep voice. A frogman is a skin diver.

24. Loin _____ diaper

Answer: cloth

Loin cloths are worn on the hips, or loins. Before Pampers we used to use cloth diapers.

25. Soup _____ game

Answer: bowl

The bowl games are the Super Bowl, the Sugar Bowl, the Rose Bowl, the Cotton Bowl, the Hula Bowl, and the Orange Bowl. Did I miss any? I assume there's no Toilet Bowl.

Source: Author robynraymer

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