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 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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 

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

VERBAL COMPANIONS IV

The Word's The Thing

Dr. Louis D. Appel

Specialized Vocabulary 

Each word below is commonly linked to two other words, both of which make familiar phrases. For example, given the word FAST, you could have "Fast and furious" and "Fast and loose." Can you name the two expressions that begin with each word below?

1. TOWN

2. PRIDE

3. LOVE

4. FAIR

5. RISE

6. PICK

7. HERE

8. HITHER

9. SEARCH

10. AID

Answers:

 

1. Town and country / gown

2. Pride and joy / Prejudice

3. Love and marriage / hate

4. Fair and foul / square

5. Rise and shine / fall

6. Pick and choose / shovel

7. Here and there / now

8. Hither and thither / yon

9. Search and seizure / rescue 

10. Aid and abet / comfort

VERBAL COMPANIONS III

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 together. For example, given CLEAR as the last word, the expression would be LOUD and CLEAR.

1. DAGGER

2. FORTH

3. TOITY

4. BUGGY

5. BAGGAGE

6. FAST

7. BOLTS

8. ENDS

9. ERROR

10. RUIN

11. TAXES

12. CRAFTS

13. FILE

14. DEMAND

15. WOOLLY

16. RAVE

17. SWEET

18. BOARD

19. MASTER

20. GOWN

Answers:

 

1. Cloak and dagger

2. Back and forth 

3. Hoity-toity

4. Horse and buggy

5. Bag and baggage

6. Hard and fast

7. Nuts and bolts

8. Odds and ends

9. Trial and error

10. Rack and ruin

11. Death and taxes

12. Arts and crafts

13. Rank and file

14. Supply and demand

15. Wild and woolly

16. Rant and rave

17. Short and sweet

18. Room and board

19. Lord and master

20. Cap and gown

VERBAL COMPANIONS II

The Word's The Thing

Dr. Louis D. Appel

The word given below is the last word  of a two-part expression in which the two parts are generally inseparable. For example, given FLOW, the expression would be EBB and FLOW. Can you supply the first part?

1. Post

2. Battery

3. Glove

4. Order

5. Bees

6. Means

7. Panky

8. Cry

9. Famine

10. Prayer

11. Dance

12. Purposes

13. Parcel

14. Swim

15. Cranny

16. Wane

17. True

18. Jetsam

19. Jowl

20. Entering

Answers:

 

1. Form pillar to post

2. Assault and battery

3. Hand and glove

4. Law and order

5. The birds and the bees

6. Ways and means

7. Hanky-Panky

8. Hue and cry

9. Feast or famine

10. On a wing and a prayer

11. Song and dance

12 For all intents and purposes

13. Part and parcel

14. Sink or swim

15. Nook and cranny

16. Wax and wane

17. Tried and true

18. Flotsam and jetsam

19. Cheek by jowl

20. Breaking and entering

VERBAL COMPANIONS I

The Word's The Thing

Dr. Louis D. Appel 

In English, certain words, names, and phrases are inseparably paired together - aches and pains, Romeo and Juliet, between a rock and a hard place - and hundreds of others. In the examples below, you are given the last part of the pair. Can you hook it up with the first part? 

 

Examples:

ABET: Aid and abet

CLARK: Lewis and Clark

TAILS: Heads or tails

PODGE: hodge

DEEP BLUE SEA: Between the devil and the deep blue sea

1. Pieces

2. Crook

3. Carry

4. Costello

5. Jump

6. Jetsam

7. Bustle

8. Pamby

9. Able

10. Nail

11. Desist

12. Clear

13. Tide

14. Lamp post

15. Only

16. And tears

17. Ricky

18. Not least

19. Beans

20. Washy

Answers:

 

1. Bits and pieces

2. By hook or crook

3. Cash-and-carry

4. Abbott and Costello

5. Hop, skip, and jump

6. Flotsam and jetsam

7. Hustle and bustle

8. Namby pamby

9. Ready, willing, and able

10. Tooth and nail 

11. Cease and desist

12. Loud and clear

13. Time and tide

14. Between you, me, and the lamp post 

15. One and only

16. Blood, Sweat, and Tears

17. Lucy and Ricky

18. Last but not least

19. Pork and beans

20 Wishy-washy