Crack of the whip

[Thinker]

Test No. incompl/advan-65 "What a Cracker", question 1

He always believed in giving his children the same opportunities in life so that each one would have a fair crack of the ..........

(a) strike
(b) blow
(c) hit
(d) whip

Test No. incompl/advan-65 "What a Cracker", answer 1

He always believed in giving his children the same opportunities in life so that each one would have a fair crack of the whip.

Correct answer: (d) whip

HI Alan! What is it? crack of the whip
thinker

[Torsten]

A fair crack of the whip means an equal opportunity.

TOEIC listening, photographs: A warehouse full of boxes

[Vitaly]

But there is a phrase "the same opportunity" in this sentence already. Won't it be battology (tautology) to use "fair crack of the whip" / "equal opportunity" in the same context?

[Alan]

Hi Vitaly,

Wherever possible I have tried in my tests to indicate elsewhere in a sentence what the missing words or word might mean so that it is of help to a user.

Alan
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