1. Cheap wine
   A shower
2. A puddle
   A person

This phrase makes sense when you recall that traditionally wine was made by stomping grapes with your feet.

1. Smart
   Drunk
2. Sad
   Jealous

Having a night on the town, and imbibing a little too much? You'll get zozzled if you don't slow down your drinking.

1. A sweet treat
   A boyfriend
2. A girlfriend
   A best friend

"Look at all those women with their jelly beans, there's not one who will dance with me."

1. A blanket
   A drink that warms the drinker
2. A song
   A dress

On a cold day, a drink that warms you is called a quilt.

1. "How disappointing!"
   "Silly me!"
2. "Oh no!"
   "Yikes!"

It sounds like "Rats!" And "rhatz" means how disappointing. Just like today's version of "rats"!

1. Something is painful.
   Something is unfinished.
2. Something is pleasing.
   Something is corrupt.

Bee’s knees is a nonsense catchphrase. It denotes that something is good, desirable or pleasing. Other catchphrases meaning the same thing are "cat’s meow" and "pig's wings".

1. A shellfish
   A dollar
2. A quarter
   A non-talkative person

"Can you spot me a few clams?" This is another way to say dollar. Other types of slang for money are "cabbage" and "kale".

1. A young guy who loafs around
   A contraption that collects dew in the morning
2. Someone who cries a lot
   Someone who is clumsy and drops things

Dewdropper is a young, unemployed guy who sleeps all day. During the 1920s you might also call him a "lollygagger".

1. Someone who is hot and sexy
   Someone who just can't get warm
2. Someone who is a killjoy
   Someone who loves to explode fireworks

A chaperone is an example of a "fire extinguisher". It is someone who takes the potential fun out of a situation.

1. Lips
   Arms
2. Legs
   Neck

You can also call them "pins" or "stilts," but "gams" means legs, usually of the female persuasion that are good looking.

1. Going to walk the dog.
   Going to buy some whiskey.
2. Going to hitch a ride to the store.
   Going home.

No dog is involved with this one. If you have to see a man about a dog, you are going to go buy whiskey.

1. To know how to cook.
   To know the best restaurants.
2. To know your place in the pecking order.
   To know what's someone's talking about.

Yes, you know your onions if you know what someone's talking about. You are up on the conversation.

1. Riding a train
   Drinking
2. Driving a long distance
   Dancing all night

You are drunk, probably from having been on a toot, or a drinking binge. Other jargon includes "splifficated," "fried", and "blotto".

1. A job that would pay you in meals
   A job with such low pay you would still need to stand in the soup lines
2. An easy, relaxing job
   To crack a safe using nitroglycerin

A soup job is to crack a safe using nitroglycerine. This jargon may relate to the fact that both nitroglycerine and soup are liquids.

1. Tell it to someone who will believe your lies.
   Tell it to a priest.
2. Tell it to your mom.
   Tell it to a doctor.

"Tell it to Sweeney" means to say that to someone who'll believe your "phonus balonus" or lies.

1. A fun time in a swimming pool
   A babysitter
2. No fun at all
   An interior decorator

Someone who is no fun, no fun at all. Someone who does not like have "whoopee" or a good time.

1. They think you're lying.
   They applaud your thinking.
2. They think you are hilarious.
   They are jealous of you.

"Applesauce" is used to demonstrate your lack of appreciation for the words of another or that you believe the statement is not truthful.

1. An intellectual
   A dumb blonde
2. An old man
   A tough guy

Back then, a tough guy who was not intelligent was a "bimbo". But currently it is used to describe an attractive but empty-headed young woman.

1. "Butt me."
   "Give me a lung dart."
2. "Give me a hit."
   "I want a cancer stick."

They didn't know about cancer back then. Cigarettes have been in our vocabulary for a long time. It's amazing how much jargon is written for a cigarette, this includes "bummage," "fag" and "ciggy."

1. You were an ex-con.
   You were divorced.
2. You were out on the town, but needed to behave yourself.
   You were being chaperoned.

A person who was divorced was "out on parole". It makes sense when you know the jargon for being engaged and married.

1. Engaged to be married.
   Going to jail.
2. Glued to your desk.
   Constantly wringing your hands.

It makes sense that divorced meant "paroled" back then, since "handcuff" and "manacle" meant engagement and wedding ring.

1. That sounds confusing to me.
   That sounds silly to me.
2. That sounds stupid to me.
   That sounds good to me.

Yes, it's the "bee's knees" because it sounds good to you!

1. A flush
   A gimlet
2. A peacock
   A piece of soap

The gimlet is a cocktail. A 1928 description of the drink was: "gin, a spot of lime, and soda".

1. "Oh no!"
   "I am amazed!"
2. "Aaargh, not again!"
   "Ouch!'

The expression, "Nerts!" meant "I am amazed." It's similar to Robin saying, "Holy cow, Batman!"

1. Hogwash
   Silly
2. Rubbish
   Phonus balonus

"Phonus balonus" or what we might say today, "phony baloney," means nonsense.

1. It's after 5 p.m. and the bank is closed.
   A girl is telling a guy it's time to stop making out.
2. It means it's the weekend.
   There is no more money in my wallet.

If you knew that "cash" was a smooch in the 1920s it would make more sense that saying "the bank is closed" meant to stop making out.

1. Starting something but never finishing
   A shy woman, a wallflower
2. Going back to your previous job
   A bad-tasting dinner

A canceled stamp refers to a shy, lonely female, some might call this type of woman a “wallflower”.

1. Someone with a bad cold
   Someone with a nose for fashion
2. Someone who is a prude
   Someone who is sad

Bluenose is a slang term that means prudish or the individual is a killjoy.

1. A fashionable man
   A grandmother's apron
2. A desirable woman
   Pajamas

"A choice bit of calico" referred to a desirable woman during the Roaring Twenties.

1. You don't need to change.
   Don't talk to strangers.
2. Don't be fooled.
   Don't ask again.

It's a lighthearted reminder to be cautious in one's dealings. Did you know that a wooden nickel was used as wooden token coin, offered by a merchant or bank as a promotion? Sometimes it was redeemable for a specific item such as a drink.

1. Someone who cleans toilets.
   Someone who mooches off others to feign wealth.
2. Someone who flushes quail from the bushes.
   A person who get flustered easily.

A four-flusher could also be called a "welcher", "piker", or "braggart". This term originated in the 19th century when bluffing poker players misrepresented that they had a flush—a poker hand with five cards all of one suit—when they only had four cards of one suit.

1. An alcoholic beverage
   The fountain of youth
2. A carbonated beverage
   A fruit-flavored phosphate soda

Yes, the alcohol in the beverage would make you giggle. Hence, "giggle water" was a type of liquor.

1. Get out of here.
   Play a game of tag with you
2. Find a dog and play fetch with it.
   Play hopscotch

If you wanted someone to leave you alone, you'd tell them to “Go chase yourself!” Hopefully they would get the hint and leave.

1. Worn clothes
   Warm reception
2. A rejection
   Brand new clothes

We hope you don't get an icy mitt from the object of your affection, as it's a rejection like a cold shoulder or an icy stare.

1. It's a rake.
   It means small.
2. It means hungry.
   It means OK or fine.

Jake means OK, fine, as in “Don’t worry, everything’s Jake.”