If someone is said to have a tin ear, they are considered to be tone-deaf. This may be in a literal sense with the person having no understanding of music and harmony. It may also be used to describe a person who is unable to pick up finer nuances of personal interaction.
2. Purple
Answer: Heart
The Purple Heart is a military service decoration awarded in the United States. It is awarded to those injured or killed while serving in the armed forces. The medal is in the shape of a heart and contains the profile of George Washington, the first US President. It is attached to a purple ribbon.
3. Dead
Answer: Head
Deadhead is a slang term mainly associated with the aviation industry. It refers to crew that have to be transported to different destinations to meet the flights that they will then operate.
4. Pink
Answer: Eye
Pink eye is an infection that affects the eye. The scientific name for it is conjunctivitis. Pinkeye is also the name of a species of salmon.
5. Saw
Answer: Bones
Sawbones is a slang term used for a doctor, mostly a surgeon. It refers to earlier times when doctors had to saw off a patient's limb to prevent an infection from spreading. The term originated in the mid-19th century.
6. Boot
Answer: Leg
Bootleg is used to describe the practice of making and selling alcohol illegally. These are generally distilled at home or at small operations and have a much higher alcohol content. Such alcohol is also known as moonshine in the US.
7. Rubber
Answer: Neck
To rubberneck is to stare at any occurrence. It refers to the act of craning one's neck to gawk. The word was coined in the US in the late 19th century to describe tourist behaviour.
8. Blue
Answer: Blood
Blue blood is generally used to describe those born in royal or aristocratic families. The term came from the Spanish who called it 'sangre azul' (literally blue blood) and used it to describe the old families of Castille who did not intermarry with outsiders like the Muslim Moors and Jews. One theory states that these families had fair skin unlike the foreign Moors, which made their veins appear more prominent and blue.
9. Butter
Answer: Fingers
Butterfingers is a term used to describe an especially clumsy person. It was coined by Charles Dickens who first used it in his book "The Pickwick Papers". It described a character who fumbled with a ball and let it slip between his fingers.
10. Loud
Answer: Mouth
Loudmouth is used negatively to describe a person who talks a lot or cannot keep a secret. Other similar terms are blabbermouth and big mouth.
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