If you take off my skin, I will not cry, but you will. What am I?

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I am young in the sun and trapped to be aged. Held in a bottle but opening is delayed. What am I?

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I'm under your face,
I'm outside your mind;
A biological case,
Pressure brings pain sometimes.
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Many hear me, but no one sees me, and I only speak when spoken to.
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I am a fire's best friend. When fat, my body fills with wind. When pushed to thin, through my nose I blow. Then you can watch the embers glow. What am I?

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I have a head but no body, a heart but no blood. Just leaves and no branches, I grow without wood. What am I?

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I am mother and father, but never birth or nurse. I'm rarely still, but I never wander. What am I?

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I am black when you buy me, red when you use me.
When I turn white, you know it's time to throw me away.
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I count time, but have no end. Tick tick, but I am not a clock. What am I?

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Though liquid in nature, don't push me too far, for then I will break, and the damage may scar. What am I?

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I come off a beautiful creature, which soars in the sky. I come off a peckish creature, which has a tail as mighty as the sun! I am sometimes dirty, and parents beg you not to pick me up. What am I?

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I am a kind of coat that can only be put on when wet. What am I?

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I come in different colors and shapes. Some parts of me are curvy, some are straight. You can put me anywhere you like, but there is only one right place for me. What am I?

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Find me on body builders or in the drink aisle. What am I?

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I give people a huge fright,
but at the end I'm sweet.
I normally celebrate at night,
when there's less heat.
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I am as simple as a circle, worthless as a leader; but when I follow a group, their strength increases tenfold. By myself I'm practically nothing. What am I?

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I am essential to life on earth! I am split into thirds. Two thirds are the same. One of the thirds is 8. The other two are 1 each. What am I?

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I pass before the sun, yet make no shadow. What am I?

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I go up and never come down no matter how hard you wish. As I get higher, more wrinkles crawl on to the face. What am I?

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I am a lunch money thief. What am I?

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I widen my jaws when you poke two fingers in me. I especially like to devour papers. What am I?

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I can't go left, I can't go right. I am forever stuck in a building over three stories high. What am I?

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I am sometimes white but usually black. I take you there, but I never bring you back. What am I?

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Santa shakes his belly like me. What am I?

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I can alter the actions of a king and leave puzzled the greatest of philosophers. What am I?

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I am expelled from you orally with a sound. What am I?

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I am gold and can be black and white, I'm a symbol for a nation, when freedom took flight. What am I?

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I am always around, but in the morning I show.
You'll know its me from my golden glow.
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I have a heart of gold and I smell when I'm old. What am I?

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I belong to everyone. Sometimes make you happy, sometimes make you sad. I will never end until the day you do. What am I?

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My uses are changing, but I still remain the same.
My interior is quiet, and stories are my game.
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Sometimes dark and sometimes bright,
I make my way among twinkling lights.
Seas and oceans obey my call,
yet mountains I cannot move at all.
My face is marred and gray,
but I'm majestic anyway.
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I am green but not a tree. You can see me and sit on me and I grow around the world. What am I?

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I was carried into a dark room, and set on fire. I wept, and then my head was cut off. What am I?

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My tines be long, my tines be short.
My tines end ere, my first report.
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I have a body of stone and a fiery heart, and sooner or later my head and I will part. What am I?

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I am a person who pretends to be someone else. What am I?

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Keep doing me to avoid lens dryness. What am I?

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I am a food made from the pressed curds of milk. I come in American, swiss, sharp and many other flavors. What am I?

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I am a fruit with seeds on the outside. What am I?

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I am always with my partner, and I make noise that you never see me create. What am I?

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I am too much for one but not enough for two. Give me to a third and I am gone. What am I?

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My treasures are golden and guarded by thousands amongst a maze no man can enter. What am I?

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With three eyes and a black as night, I frequently knock down ten men with a single strike! What am I?

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I am in the sky. I'm white, I'm round, but not always. Sometimes you see me, sometimes you don't. What am I?

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I run distances, often making many turns, yet I never move one foot. What am I?

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The more I dry the wetter I get. What am I?

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I am part of the bird that is not in the sky.
I can swim in the water but always stay dry.
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I stink in living but when dead smells good. What am I?

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I encourage people to run home and steal. What am I?

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Before I came, the world was darker, that's true. But beware, I can also kill you. What am I?

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I carry my home on my back. I am not rich, but I leave silver in my track. What am I?

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I have 24 keys but cannot open any locks. Sometimes loud, sometimes soft. What am I?

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I'm red but I can be green at times and I am even yellow. What am I?

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I am in the past, never in the future. I don't exist, but have existed. I saw what you saw, and this is what I will ever see. What am I?

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I may seem real but it always turns out.
I was never there in the first place...
You only see me during a certain resting stage.
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I hide in a dark tunnel awaiting my time. I can only be released by pulling back. Once released, I may do unstoppable damage. What am I?

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I wear a green jacket on the outside, white jacket as a second layer, and a red jacket inside. I am pregnant with a lot of babies. What am I?

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I climb higher as I get hotter. I can never escape from my crystal cage. What am I?

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I have a ring but no fingers. I used to stay still all the time, but nowadays I follow you around. What am I?

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I can invent dreams or open the skies.
It's easy to use me, just close your eyes.
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I can bring back the dead and a tear to your eye.
A stir of emotions will follow close by.
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Everybody has some. You can lose some, you can gain some. But you cannot live without it. What am I?

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I am a rock group with four members. All dead, one was assassinated. What am I?

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I am a shiny metal sheet that covers BBQ food. What am I?

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I am the minerals vital for your good health. What am I?

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I'm the manly mark that milk makes. What am I?

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I can run but not walk. Wherever I go, thought follows close behind. What am I?

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Ripped from my mother's womb. Beaten and burned, I become a bloodthirsty killer. What am I?

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I am a shower that lights up the sky. What am I?

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You answer me, although I never ask you questions.
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With no hammer or any kind of tool I build my house so quickly. What am I?

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When you are inside me, you will be encouraged to slam other cars. What am I?

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I am a type of weapon for SCI-FI characters. What am I?

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Kings and queens may cling to power, and the jesters may have their call. I am the most common but I can rule them all. What am I?

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I cannot be felt or moved, but as you come closer, I get more distant. What am I?

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I am a desire to munch. What am I?

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I start new then become old. Start clean but be one dirty. I usually start big then become little. What am I?

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I am a activity dogs are very good at when a ball is thrown. What am I?

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My first two letters say my name. My last letter asks a question. What I embrace I destroy. What am I?

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A popular afterlife location to send evil people. What am I?

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I hop around and deliver eggs at Easter. What am I?

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I have no voice but I can teach you all there is to know.
I have spines and hinges but I am not a door.
Once I've told you all, I cannot tell you more.
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Green arrows grow out of my sides. I go from yellow to white. My babies fly in the wind. What am I?

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No matter how little or how much you use me, you change me every month. What am I?

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I may be made of metal, bone, or wood and have many teeth. My bite hurts no one and the ladies love me. What am I?

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I am long and thin and make things right.
I will repair your mistake but watch my bite.
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Two in a corner, 1 in a room, 0 in a house, but 1 in a shelter. What am I?

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My mother is water and my brother the sky.
I am grey when wet but white when dry.
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What force and strength cannot get through,
I with my unique teeth can do.
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I'm white, perfect for cutting and grinding. For most animals I am a useful tool. What am I?

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I keep things green and keep kids happy during summer time. What am I?

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Without me where would you be?
I am not your eyes, but I help you see.
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I fall from the sky but am not rain. I like the cold and not the sun. People like to eat me. What am I?

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I come in many shapes, sizes, and colors. I stick to many surfaces but I am, in fact, not sticky at all. What am I?

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I dance and sing in the breeze, but I have neither voice nor feet. What am I?

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I contain six letters, minus one and you got twelve. What am I?

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I have roads but no pavement, rivers but no water, and cities but no buildings. What am I?

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Only one foot tall but I govern you. What am I?

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I run cold and hot, I look blue but I am red. What am I?

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