Nag a ram
Lamentarsi con un montone
Presente sia nella lingua inglese che in quella italiana, l’anagramma fa sempre sorridere chiunque ama i giochi linguistici. Ma quando l’anagramma ha una spiccata attinenza alla parola o alla frase di origine, o perchĂ© in sintonia o perchĂ© in contrasto o semplicemente in modo divertente, sembra quasi prodigioso. Qui sotto trovi un elenco selezionato di anagrammi inglesi che hanno tutti questa divertente e sorprendente caratteristica.
| Original | Anagram |
|---|---|
| A decimal point | I’m a dot in place |
| A gentleman | Elegant man |
| Alec Guinness | Genuine class |
| A persecution | I run to escape |
| A telephone girl | Repeating, “Hello” |
| A telescope | To see place |
| Astronomers | Moon starers |
| Church of Scientology | Rich-chosen goofy cult |
| Clint Eastwood | Old West action |
| Contradiction | Accord not in it |
| Conversation | Voices rant on |
| Debit card | Bad credit |
| Desperation | A rope ends it |
| Dormitory | Dirty room |
| Election results | Lies, let’s recount |
| Eleven plus two | Twelve plus one |
| Elvis | Lives |
| Evangelist | Evil’s agent |
| Father-in-law | Near halfwit |
| Funeral | Real fun |
| Garbage man | Bag manager |
| George Bush | He bugs Gore |
| Listen | Silent |
| Madam Curie | Radium came |
| Mother-in-law | Woman Hitler |
| Naturalist | A trails nut |
| Postmaster | Stamp store |
| Presbyterians | Best in prayers |
| Schoolmaster | The classroom |
| Semolina | Is no meal |
| Slot machines | Cash lost in ’em |
| Snooze alarms | Alas, no more Zs |
| Statue of Liberty | Built to stay free |
| Sycophant | Acts phony |
| The centenarians | I can hear ten ‘tens’ |
| The cockroach | Cook, catch her! |
| The countryside | No city dust here |
| The ears | Hear set |
| The earthquakes | That queer shake |
| The eyes | They see |
| The meaning of life | The fine game of nil |
| The Morse code | Here come dots |
| Tom Cruise | So, I’m cuter |
| Vacation times | I’m not as active |
| Waitress | A stew, sir? |
If you have any doubts about meaning, don’t hesitate to ask in the comments.
Great and witty!
Thanks a lot for sharing
It was fun choosing the ones that I thought were the best, although there are, of course, plenty more.
🙏🙏🙏
Thank you again, dear Tony