Can You Solve These Puzzles? 15 Brain Teasers to Test Your Smarts

Who doesn't love a clever brain teaser puzzle? Also known as rebus puzzles, these visual brain teasers will challenge your wits! How do you play? Study the puzzle and try to think of a common phrase or idiom it depicts. Jot down your answers, then scroll to the bottom of this post for the solutions to see if you were right!

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In the puzzle above, the letters B, E, A and T are situated on all sides of a bush, so the answer would be: Beat around the bush. It's that simple!

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Brain teaser puzzle #1

Rebus brain teasers: Head Over Heels
Rebus brain teasers: Head Over Heels

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Brain teaser puzzle #2

Rebus Brain Teasers: Forgive and Forget
Rebus Brain Teasers: Forgive and Forget

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Brain teaser puzzle #3

Rebus brain teasers: Once in a blue moon
Rebus brain teasers: Once in a blue moon

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Brain teaser puzzle #4

Brain teaser puzzles: Go down in flames
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Brain teaser puzzle #5

Rebus brain teasers: Split personality
Rebus brain teasers: Split personality

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Brain teaser puzzle #6

Brain teaser puzzles: Read Between the Lines
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Brain teaser puzzle #7

Brain teaser puzzles: Top secret
Brain teaser puzzles: Top secret

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Brain teaser puzzle #8

Brain teaser puzzles: Small potatoes
Brain teaser puzzles: Small potatoes

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Brain teaser puzzle #9

Brain teaser puzzles: Pretty please
Brain teaser puzzles: Pretty please

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Brain teaser puzzle #10

Brain teaser puzzles: Just right
Brain teaser puzzles: Just right

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Brain teaser puzzle #11

Brain teaser puzzles: Think outside the box
Brain teaser puzzles: Think outside the box

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Brain teaser puzzle #12

Brain teaser puzzles: Walking on broken glass
Brain teaser puzzles: Walking on broken glass

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Brain teaser puzzle #13

Brain teaser puzzles: See eye to eye
Brain teaser puzzles: See eye to eye

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Brain teaser puzzle #14

Brain teaser puzzles: Sit on the fence
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Brain teaser puzzle #15

Brain teaser puzzles: Skinny jeans
Brain teaser puzzles: Skinny jeans

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Solutions

  1. Head over heels

  2. Forgive and forget

  3. Once in a blue moon

  4. Go down in flames

  5. Split personality

  6. Read between the lines

  7. Top secret

  8. Small potatoes

  9. Pretty please

  10. Just right

  11. Think outside the box

  12. Walking on broken glass

  13. See eye to eye

  14. Sit on the fence

  15. Skinny jeans


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