Turnabout Riddles

The answer to the second line of each riddle is the reverse spelling of the answer to the first line of the riddle.

1. In tennis, the ball must go over me; Turn me about, and a number I’ll be.

2. I’m good at dusting or washing the dishes, But turned about, I am one of the fishes.

3. I bring your groceries home from the store; Turned about means that I talk evermore.

4. Rivers do this, whether shallow or deep; Turned about I just might eat a shall sheep.

5. On top of the stove you can cook soup in me; Turned about, I’m not the bottom, you’ll see.

6. I hold back rivers and make a large lake; But turn me about, into anger I break.

7. I’m a short way to say two thousand pounds; Turn me about, I make a negative sound.

8. The name that we share when you keep cat and dog; Is turned about by a stair make from a log.

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