Pairs #41

Select the other half of each pair or expression. Assume the word “and” (or an ampersand) between the hint and the answer.

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Draw

Law

Draw and quarter. To eviscerate and dismember someone. The statutory penalty for treason in England during part of the reign of Edward III was to be hanged, drawn and quartered.

Bob’s your uncle

Primarily UK, Australia

Bob’s your uncle and Fanny’s your aunt. A phrase used to emphasize how easily or quickly something can be done, i.e., “and there you have it.”

Faster

Faster and faster. At an increasingly fast speed.

Eat

Idiom

Eat and run. To eat and then leave very soon after.

(mad enough to) Chew nails

Idiom

Mad enough to chew nails and spit rivets. Seething with anger; furious to the point of becoming irrational.

Go in one ear

Idiom

Go in one ear and out the other. To be heard and promptly forgotten or dismissed.

All cry

Idiom

All cry and no wool. A great deal of fuss, noise, fanfare, or protestation over something of little or no substance, importance, or relevance.

Up hill

Idiomatic; primarily UK, Australia

Up hill and down dale. All over the area; far and wide.

Tax

Government

Tax and spend. A government economic policy characterized by excessive spending and government expansion funded by excessive taxation.

Read it

Clichéd expression

Read it and weep. An invitation to read something that will impart bad news to the other person.

Walk the walk

Walk the walk and talk the talk. To take action that backs up one's words.

A hoot

Informal

A hoot and a half. Extremely funny.

Betwixt

Betwixt and between. Conflicted and unable to decide between two options. Betwixt is now poetic or archaic and is seldom found outside this phrase.

Giggle

UK rhyming slang

Giggle and titter. Bitter beer.

Every now

Every now and then. Occasionally; sometimes.

Sit up

Idiom

Sit up and take notice. To become alert and give one's complete attention to someone or something.

Fat

Figurative

Fat and sassy. Happy and healthy.

Hellfire

Informal

Hellfire and damnation! An oath used to express anger or irritation, in reference to the misery one faces in hell.

Hearts

Hearts and flowers. A phrase used to describe excessive sentimentality.

Desert

Proverb

Desert and reward. An element of the proverb “Desert and reward seldom keep company,” meaning that good deeds and good work frequently go unrewarded.

Measure twice

Measure twice and cut once. An axiom that encourages careful first steps in order to avoid extra work later on.

All dressed up

Idiomatic or literal

All dressed up and nowhere to go. Ready for an event or occasion that has since been canceled.

On hands

On hands and knees. Literally, with one's hands and knees on the ground.

You

Informal

You and me both. Used to indicate or emphasize the fact that one has the same issue, feels the same way, is in the same situation, etc., as the other person.

A nudge

A nudge and a wink. A sly, subtle signal used to communicate a piece of information that one doesn't want to state aloud, publicly, or directly.

a half

a wink

between

cut once

damnation!

down dale

Fanny’s your aunt

faster

flowers

knees

me both

no wool

nowhere to go

out the other

quarter

reward

run

sassy

spend

spit rivets

take notice

talk the talk

then

titter

weep

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