VERBAL COMPANIONS V

The Word's The Thing

Dr. Louis D. Appel 

 

The word given below is the last word of a two-word expression in which the two words are traditionally tied to together. For example, given CHAIN as the last word, the expression would be BALL and CHAIN.

 

1. SOUL

2. BAGEL

3. DRABS

4. READY

5. FURY

6. SPAN

7. DRY

8. SHUT

9. STARTS

10. ASHES

11. TEAR

12. DEAD

13. STERN

14. STRAIN

15. STEADY

16. NARROW

17. FEATHER

18. DEMAND

19. SUBSTANCE

20. DISORDERLY 

Answers:

 

1. Body (or) heart and soul

2. Lox and bagel

3. Dribs and drabs

4. Rough and ready

5. Sound and fury

6. Spick and span

7. High and dry

8. Open and shut

9. Fits and starts

10. Sackcloth and ashes

11. Wear and tear

12. Quick and dead

13. Stem to stern

14. Stress and strain

15. Slow and steady

16. Straight and narrow

17. Tar and feather 

18. Supply and demand

19. Sum and substance

20. Drunk and disorderly