Advanced Idioms - Reduplicatives (Rhyming Expressions)
Match the words on the left with their definitions on the right. The tiles in the right-hand column are sortable. ANSWERS
- helter-skelter
- dilly-dally
- teeny-weeny
- hush-hush
- bric-a-brac
- high and dry
- nitty-gritty
- wishy-washy
- hoi polloi
- fuddy-duddy
- very small, tiny
- the basic facts of a situation
- a number of small ornamental objects of no great value
- an insulting word for ordinary people
- quickly and in all directions
- a person who has old-fashioned ideas and opinions
- in a very difficult situation without any help
- move or act too slowly to waste time
- lacking in character or determination
- kept secret, known only to a few people
