ask a stupid question and you'll get a stupid answer Idiom, Proverb

a pat answer

a planned or memorized answer, a canned answer You won't get the job if you give a pat answer to every question.

pat answer

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answer back

reply rudely回嘴；顶嘴
Don't answer back like that．别那样顶嘴！
The child often answered his grandmother back．这孩子经常与祖母顶嘴。

answer for

1． be responsible for；take the responsibility for对…负责
You must answer for any missing articles after the party．你必须对聚会后遗失的任何物品负责。
Parents should answer for their children's behaviour．父母应对自己孩子的行为负责。
2．guarantee 保证；担保
I can answer for his honesty．我可以保证他是诚实的。
I will answer for the truth of his statements．我担保他说的话是真实的。
3．be punished or blamed for因…而受罚；因…而受责备
He will have to answer for his crimes．他必须因他的罪行而受到惩罚。
Someday you will answer for your foolish behaviour．总有一天你将因你的愚蠢行为而受到惩罚。
4．serve for起…作用
That night the table answered for a bed for me．那天晚上那张桌子成了我的床。
5．speak for代表…讲话
Stop answering for John，let him speak．不要替约翰说，让他自己讲。
I can't answer for the other members of the committee．我不能代表其他委员的意见。

answer to

1．correspond to；be in accordance with符合；相符；一致
We all hope that the result will answer to our expectation．我们都希望结果和我们预料的一样。
That answers precisely to our needs．那正符合我们的需要。
A man answering to the police description was arrested in London last night．那个与警察描述的特征相符的人，昨晚已在伦敦被捕。
2．be responsible to对…负责
You'll have to answer to me if any harm comes to these children．要是这些孩子受到什么伤害，我将唯你是问。
He said he was ready to answer to those who worked under his direction．他说他愿意对在他领导下工作的人负责。
3．respond to；reply to对…做出反应；听从
The illness doesn't answer to medical treatment．这病治疗无效。
Young people should answer to the nation's call to go where they are most needed．青年人应该听从国家号召，到最需要的地方去。

answer up to

1．respond to对…做出反应；响应
We answered up to the appeal quickly．我们迅速响应了这个呼吁。
At the roll call，the men answered up to their names．点名时，士兵们应答迅速。
2．have a ready reply to对…对答如流
The little boy answered up to all the questions except two．除了两个问题外，这个孩子对答如流。

in answer/response to

in reply to应…而；响应；回答
He only shrugged his shoulders in answer to the question．他对问题的回答只是耸了耸肩而已。
The doctor came at once in answer to my telephone．医生接了我的电话立即就来了。
In answer to her shouts people ran out to help．人们一听到她的叫喊声都跑出来帮忙了。

in answer to

not take no for an answer

Idiom(s): not take no for an answer

Theme: PERSISTENCE

not to accept someone's refusal. (Informal. A polite way of being insistent.)
• Now, you must drop over and see us tomorrow. We won't take no for an answer.
• I had to go. They just wouldn't take no for an answer.

answer one's purpose

Idiom(s): answer someone's purpose AND serve someone's purpose

Theme: SERVING

to fit or suit someone's purpose.
• This piece of wood will answer my purpose quite nicely.
• The new car serves our purpose perfectly.

ask a brainless catechism and you'll get a brainless answer

If one asks a aberrant or cool question, the adviser will apparently acknowledge with a analogously aberrant or cool answer. A: "What the heck are you talking about? All I did was ask if you anticipate I should dress my cat up for Halloween!" B: "Well, ask a brainless catechism and you'll get a brainless answer!"Learn more: and, answer, ask, get, question, stupid

ask a brainless catechism and you'll get a brainless answer

Also, ask a asinine question. Your concern doesn't deserve a able answer, as in Am I hungry? ask a brainless question! One ascendancy believes this argot is a alternative of ask me no questions and I'll acquaint you no fibs, which appeared in Oliver Goldsmith's comedy She Stoops to Conquer (1773) and was frequently again thereafter. [Early 1800s] Learn more: and, answer, ask, get, question, stupid

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