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Two-Step Idioms Trivia Quiz

We often use 'two step' patterns for mere rhythmical effect (or emphasis): the 'deaf and dumb', often saying same thing twice as in 'clean and tidy'. Give the second element of such a phrase. Repeat first letter which is given and add the missing letters

A multiple-choice quiz by flem-ish. Estimated time: 5 mins.

Author
flem-ish

Time
5 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
65,127

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Easy

Avg Score
8 / 10

Plays
7330

Last 3 plays: Guest 12 (9/10), wjames (9/10), LNelson521 (8/10).

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Question 1 of 10

1. Her knowledge of French has advanced in leaps and b______

Answer: (b+5letters)

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Question 2 of 10

2. I am glad she is safe and s___

Answer: (s+4 letters)

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Question 3 of 10

3. Everything was spick and s___

Answer: (s+3 letters)

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Question 4 of 10

4. The country was going to rack and r___

Answer: (r+3 letters)

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Question 5 of 10

5. You can pick and c_____

Answer: (c+5 letters)

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Question 6 of 10

6. There must be law and o____

Answer: (o+4 letters)

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Question 7 of 10

7. First and f_______, we must take care of the security of our own country.

Answer: (f+7 letters)

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Question 8 of 10

8. My lord and l_____ is an old medieval form of address.

Answer: (l+4 letters)

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Question 9 of 10

9. Everything was prim and p_____

Answer: (p+5 letters)

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Question 10 of 10

10. People sometimes begin to stutter and s______ for no apparent reason.

Answer: (s+6 letters)

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Her knowledge of French has advanced in leaps and b______

Answer: bounds

2. I am glad she is safe and s___

Answer: sound

Often the two elements beginning with the same consonant(s): this is known as 'alliteration'. See the many examples in the questions below. If the two elements start with the same vowel(s), as in 'until and unless', one refers to this as 'assonance'.

3. Everything was spick and s___

Answer: pan

Interestingly, the first element, 'spick' is never used on its own in English. The same applies to the second element when used in this context, too. Here 'span' has *nothing* to do with the span of a bridge or with spanning a river.

4. The country was going to rack and r___

Answer: uin

Apart from the binary pattern, there is also the alliteration.

5. You can pick and c_____

Answer: hoose

It's a well known feature of such phrases that one generally cannot alter the order of the two elements (except as a joke or possibly by appeal to 'poetic license').

6. There must be law and o____

Answer: rder

One of the more common and unusual features of English is the possibility of using one part of speech as if it were another, usually an adjective as a noun, so in British politics one sometimes refers, in mildly derogatory terms to those preoccupied with crime, disorder (and punishment) as the 'law-and-order brigade'.

7. First and f_______, we must take care of the security of our own country.

Answer: oremost

8. My lord and l_____ is an old medieval form of address.

Answer: iege

A liegeman or vassal pledged allegiance to his lord ( the Anglo-Saxon term) or liege (Norman term).

9. Everything was prim and p_____

Answer: roper

Binary rhythm is combined with use of alliteration.

10. People sometimes begin to stutter and s______ for no apparent reason.

Answer: tammer

Alliteration yet again!

Source: Author flem-ish

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