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Vocabulary
IDIOMATIC PAIRS
Hemos reunido aquí una lista de las expresiones idiomáticas más comunes en que se utilizan dos o más palabras unidas por "and".
- chapter and verse = with a lot of details. The teacher gave them chapter and verse about where to find the information.
- free and easy = relaxed, friendly. She knew that life wouldn't be so free and easy at work.
- in dribs and drabs = in small amounts or numbers. The public arrived in dribs and drabs.
- in leaps and bounds = very quickly. My English is improving in leaps and bounds.
- ranting and raving = shouting in an angry way. Please stop ranting and raving and listen to me!
- thick and fast = happening very frequently, in large amounts. Letters for the contest arrived thick and fast.
- to be at somebody's beck and call = be ready to do what somebody wants. She got tired of being at his beck and call.
- to blow hot and cold = keep changing one's attitude towards something. Now he agrees but I'm sure that later he'll disagree; he always blows hot and cold.
- to believe something hook, line and sinker = believe a lie completely. Paul explained her why he was late and she believed it hook, line and sinker.
We thank Mónica Tur Ramón (from Balearic Islands, Spain) for her contribution.
Exercise
Choose the right answer.
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