poke and prod
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"He could not afford to be laid up in a hospital with doctors poking and prodding him."
Isn't it sort of redundant to use both 'poking' and 'prodding'? |
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"His discomfort and embarrassment was obvious".
'Was' is the wrong word here. Right? |
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to "poke and prod" is a set expression in English
it isn't redundant |
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| They also mean slightly different things. For example, if you poked someone with a neee it would be quite different than prodding them. |