VERBAL COMPANIONS VII

The Word's The Thing 

Dr. Louis D. Appel

The words below are the second ones of pairs traditionally found together in   _______ and _______ -  type expressions. Can you fill in the first words?

1. Beast

2. Early

3. Large

4. Dried

5. Caboodle

6. Kin

7. Breadth

8. Main

9. Wan

10. Beyond

11. Seizure

12. Wear

13. Present

14. Between

15. Starts

16. Square

17. Figures

18. Sound

19. Brimstone

20. Circumstance

 

Answers:

 

1. Beauty and the Beast

2. Bright and early

3. By an large

4. Cut and dried

5. Kit and caboodle

6. Kith

7. Length and breadth

8. Might and main

9. Pale and wan

10. Above and beyond

11. Search and seizure

12. Wash and wear

13. Clear and present

14. Betwixt and between

15. Fits and starts

16. Fair and square

17. Facts and figures

18. Safe and sound

19. Fire and brimstone

20. Pomp and circumstance