Clipart illustrations of rebuses. A rebus is a word puzzle that uses pictures to represent words or parts of words.
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Aaron Hill Rebus
"Tender-handed stroke a nettle, And it stings you for your pains; Grasp it like a man of mettle, And it soft as silk remains." -Aaron Hill, 1800s ... |
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Accident Rebus
"Accidents will happen in the best regulated families." -Trowbridge, 1866... |
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Advantage Rebus
"A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush." Its better to have a small advantage rather than a greater one. -Trowbridge, 1866... |
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Age Rebus
"The crier says: 'Found a woman, aged one hundred and ten years; can be seen for ten cents'." -Trowbridge, 1866... |
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Animal Rebus
"Cats purr, dogs bark, cocks crow, a cow lows, a donkey brays, an eagle screams, parrots talk, spiders tick, mankind laugh and cry." -Trowbridge, 1866... |
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Death Rebus
"Be ready at all times to face death." -Trowbridge, 1866... |
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Food Rebus
"There were on the breakfast table only a cornstarch pudding, a puny corn-ball, a muffin, some dandelions, a flat pickle, a sharp apple-pie, a tin plate, and iron spoon." -Trowbridge, 1866... |
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Friend Rebus
"Birds of a feather flock together." -Trowbridge, 1866... |
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George Washington Rebus
A rebus from words of an eulogy adopted by Congress, "First in war, first in peace, first in the hearts of his countrymen," ... |
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Happiness Rebus
"Activity of mind or body is the way to happiness, contentment, and prosperity." -Trowbridge, 1866... |
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Hebrew Rebus
"Evil pursues the wicked." -Tanakh, Mishlei 13:21... |
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Importance Rebus
"Carrying coal to Newcastle" means to do something pointless and superfluous. -Trowbridge, 1866... |
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Investment Rebus
"When you want to lose money, invest in oil." -Trowbridge, 1866... |
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Isaac Watt Rebus
"How doth the little busy bee, Improve each shining hour." -Isaac Watt... |
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Lesson Rebus
"A burnt child dreads the fire." -Trowbridge, 1866... |
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Money Rebus
"Potatoes cannot be bought for nothing." -Trowbridge, 1866... |
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Native American Rebus
"Eighty armed Pottawattomie Indians surround a house and attack the inmates." -Trowbridge, 1866... |
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Paradise Rebus
"One day in paradise is worth a thousand years on earth." -Trowbridge, 1866... |
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Poetic Rebus
"I long to lay this aching head and wounded heart beneath the soil, To slumber in that dreamless bed from all my toil." -Trowbridge, 1866... |
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Proverbial Rebus
"Go to the ant, thou sluggard." -KJV, Proverbs 6:6... |
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Proverbial Rebus
"My son, if sinners entice thee, consent thou not." -KJV, Proverbs 1:10... |
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Proverbial Rebus
"Love not sleep, less thou come to poverty." -KJV, Proverbs 20:13... |
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Proverbial Rebus
"Grievous words stir up anger, but a soft answer turneth away anger." -KJV, Proverbs 15:1... |
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Result Rebus
"Do not count your chickens before they are hatched." -Trowbridge, 1866... |
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Song of Solomon Rebus
"Take us the foxes, the little foxes, that spoil the vines, for our vines have tender grapes." -KJV, Song of Solomon 2:15... |