A Word from Your Doctor
Idioms & Expressions
'I' + 4
A tHiNg FoR fEaTs
Too Much of Something
100
When I ask if you have this kind of pain, I mean is it sharp or sudden, not from an angle of less than 90 degrees
What is Acute?
100
In a sporty idiom, to make expectations higher is to do this, from field events like the pole vault
What is 'Raise the Bar'?
100
When good things happen that you weren't expecting, it's just this on the cake
What is Icing?
100
It took Russ Cook 352 days to run the length of this continent, from Cape Agulhas to the Mediterranean
What is Africa?
100
Oxfam thinks Taylor Swift has too much money, as "every" one of these people "is a policy failure"
What is a Billionaire?
200
I'm afraid you've broken a brachial bone, brachial meaning a part of this body part
What is the Arm?
200
Someone of unappealing visage is said to have "a face for" this medium; Fred Allen said it of himself
What is Radio?
200
Typically found at the end of a book, it's an alphabetical listing of items in the book, with page numbers
What is an Index?
200
In 2024 Anouk Garnier beat a record by rope climbing 361 feet to the second floor of this French landmark
What is the Eiffel Tower?
200
You're feeling wired, your heart is racing--you're this 15-letter word & probably should have skipped that third espresso
What is Overcaffeinated?
300
I've got one of these forecasts for you, from Greek for "prediction"
What is Prognosis?
300
Completing "give him his...". it means to free him but completing "hand him his...". it means to beat him
What is Hand and Head?
300
This Texas-based company has been making its iconic plastic ice chests since the 1960s
What is Igloo?
300
In 2007 Alain Robert climbed an 88-story building with only his hands & feet while wearing this superhero costume, naturally
What is Spider-Man?
300
Hi, I'm shame. Do you know my cousin, this? He has a complex named after him, when one is awash with feelings of having done wrong
What is Guilt?
400
When I say this is "thready", I mean it's barely perceptible & feels kind of like a thin fiber moving under my finger
What is a Pulse?
400
You'll find the French word for "beautiful" in this phrase for the most attractive person in a given setting
What is Belle of the Ball?
400
William Butler Yeats got nationalistic as he urged these "Poets, learn your trade, sing whatever is well made"
What is Irish?
400
In 1955 Tex Johnston did this "roll"-ing aerial maneuver in a big Boeing plane & later wrote, "The airplane never knows it's inverted
What is a Barrel Roll?
400
Hyperlipidemia, too much fat in the blood, is caused by an excess of this substance provided by your own liver plus pork & donuts
What is Cholesterol?
500
I need to examine your ear--hold on while I grab this doohickey with a handle & a light that lets me look inside
What is an Otoscope?
500
This 2-part phrase meaning "completely settled" has a variation that's been used as a hair salon name
What is Cut & Dried?
500
The highlighted area of the Pelvic Girdle
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What is the Ilium?
500
Jeanne Baret in the 1700s is credited with being the first woman to do this; she had to transfer ships to accomplish it
What is Circumnavigate the globe?
500
To us this Greek word means excess pride; to Aristotle, it meant shaming others for one's own pleasure (perhaps out of pride)
What is Hubris?