Can you decipher the following common phrase?

T M C
A U O
H S M
W T E

A shepherd had 18 sheep, out of which, all but ten died.

Can you tell us how many sheep was he left with?

2, 3, 5, 9, 17, _ What is the next number in the sequence?

At a bar, three friends, Mr Green, Mr Red and Mr Blue, were having a drink. One man was wearing a red suit; one a green suit; and the other a blue suit. 'Have you noticed,' said the man in the blue suit, 'that although our suits have colours corresponding to our names, not one of us is wearing a suit that matches our own names?' Mr Red looked at the other two and said, 'You're absolutely correct. What colour suit is each man wearing?

what does the below rebus means?

What is full of holes but still holds water?

A word I know,
Six letters contain,
Subtract just one,
And twelve is what remains.

A thief is convicted in Mexico. He gets the death penalty. The judge allows him to say the last sentence to determine how the penalty will be carried out. If the thief lies, he will be hanged, if he speaks the truth he will be beheaded. The thief tells the last sentence and to everybody's surprise some minutes later he is set free because the judge cannot determine his penalty. What did the thief say?

Replace the question mark with the correct number.

What has many teeth, but cannot bite?