More Rebus Puzzles

 I came across these 24 rebus puzzles in an email from this website:

Here are the answers together with some comments of my own:

1. Herbaceous border: I got the herbaceous part but didn't realise that the letters formed a border.
   
   
2. Just around the corner: got this one which is perhaps the easiest of them all.
   
   
3. Gross injustice: this took me a while to get this until I realised that 144 is a gross.
   
   
4. Fish out of water: got this one.
   
   
5. West Indies: got this one.
   
   
6. Two peas in a pod: got this one.
   
   
7. Blast from the past: got this one.
   
   
8. Cutting corners: got this one.
   
   
9. Handsome: I came up with hand calculator for this which is perhaps acceptable but I missed the some/sum homophone.
   
   
10. Mother-in-law: I came up with "silent cop" for this one based on keeping mom about something meaning to keep quiet about it which is perhaps a bit of a stretch.
    
    
11. Grandmother: I came up with "a single mother" for this one which I think is preferable to the answer given.
    
    
12. A splitting migraine: I came with "a big headache" for this one which is not too bad. 
    
    
13. In the middle of nowhere: I could only come up with "nowhere" which was a bit lame.
    
    
14. Breakfast: got this one quickly as it's one of the easiest.
    
    
15. Middle-age spread: I came up with "triage" which I think is quite creative but the answer given is clearly the more appropriate.
     
16. 26 letters in the alphabet: got this one.
    
    
17. Banana split: I came up with "half a banana" which is acceptable.
    
    
18. Right angle: got this one.
    
    
19. Overworked and underpaid: I got the "underpaid" bit but missed the "overworked" bit.
    
    
20. Polar opposites: I came up with "poles apart" which is more or less the same idea.
    
    
21. Afternoon tea: I knew that "noon" was involved but the "tea" part didn't click.
    
    
22. Absentee: I could see the "e" was missing but couldn't come up with anything sensible.
    
    
23. Out of touch: I came up with "a touch below you" or "a touch above you" but the answer given is clearly superior.
    
    
24. Going in circles: I came up with "going around in circles" which is basically the same.

All in all quite an interesting challenge and keeps the neurons firing. I certainly didn't come up with the answers instantly and most of them required me to look and hard. See my earlier post titled Rebus Puzzles from April 1st 2023.