VERBAL COMPANIONS VI

The Word's The Thing

Dr. Louis D. Appel

 

The clues below lead to three-word expressions (ignoring "and') in which the three words are traditionally linked together. For example, given the clue "Completely fell for something", the answer phrase would be "Hook, line, and sinker."

 

1. Totally prepared

2. Energy, enthusiasm, and good health 

3. Live for the moment

4. The whole thing

5. The whole thing

6. Basic military ID information

7. Symbols of royal or monarchical power

8. They lent him their ears

9. Classic manly attributes in appearance

10. Everybody and anybody

11. Track event and close by

12. Totally in control

13. Without a care

14. Ritual excommunication in the Catholic Church at one time

 

Answers:

 

1. Ready, willing, and able

2. Vim, vigor, and vitality

3. Eat, drink, and be merry

4. Hook, line, and sinker

5. Lock, stock, and barrel

6. Name, rank, and serial number

7. Crown, orb, and scepter

8. Friends , Romans, Countrymen

9. Tall, dark, and handsome

10. Tom, Dick, and Harry

11. Hop, skip, and jump

12. Cool, calm, and collected

13. Foot-loose and fancy free

14. Bell, Book, and Candle