erik19283
Joined: 14 Oct 2005
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 Posted: Fri Oct 28, 2005 3:20 am Post subject: A Trick Question |
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Hello,
How can "a trick question" be explained? I checked in dictionaries to find it, but without any success. I tried two idiom books I have, but that didn't help either. I guess my best bet is the help of a native speaker... which is why I am writing here!  |
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dabro
Joined: 10 Oct 2005
Posts: 117
Location: California, USA
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| Posted: Fri Oct 28, 2005 6:37 am Post subject: Re: A Trick Question |
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| erik19283 wrote: |
Hello,
How can "a trick question" be explained? I checked in dictionaries to find it, but without any success. I tried two idiom books I have, but that didn't help either. I guess my best bet is the help of a native speaker... which is why I am writing here! |
A close relation to the riddle is the trick question, which can be used to humiliate the answerer. They generally either have no good answer at all, or have a number of natural answers of which one or more can under closer scrutiny be ridiculed.
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