Beer and skittles

[andrew_dupont]

Hot and bothered.

[Eonwe]

The sound and the fury

[Chez_Guevara]

Yves Montand Jeanne Moreau

[that_darn_cat]

twist and shout
fear and ignorance
bait and switch
cut and run

[Enright3]

Martin & Lewis

Amos & Andy

Fred & Ethyl (Fred Murtz MADE that show!)
Lucy & Ricky

Hall & Oats

Rastus & Leroy

Johnny Carson & Ed McMahon?

Mom & Dad

Good & Evil

Black & Blue

Lois & Clark

Batman & Robin

[Dragonblink]

Lefty and Righty
(sometimes mentioned as the trio Lefty, Righty and Dick)

[Olentzero]

Stuff and nonsense!
Damn and blast!

[Fiddle_Peghead]

pills and soap
odds and sods
high and dry
barefoot and pregnant
short and sweet

[Tretiak]

The Power and the Glory

[DAVEW0071]

Stuff and nonsense
cheese and crackers
tea and sympathy
out and about

[WEW]

macaroni and cheese
liver and onions
chicken and dumplings
I LOVE FOOD
pomp and circumstance
live and let live
fire and ice
dumb and dumber

[11811]

I thought of another cheat:

Hoot and nanny

[ageless6]

Kukla, Fran and Ollie, and before some of you snipperwhappers ask, K,F and O was a fifties tv children’s show.

[OxyMoron]

Ernie and Bert
Stars and Bars
Motherhood and Apple Pie
Duck and Cover
Stop, Drop and Roll
Barnum and Bailey
Pot and Kettle
Eggs and Bacon
Sausage and Gravy
The Red and the Black

[OxyMoron]

54’40" or Fight
Deaf and Dumb
Dumb and Dumber
Dollars to Donuts
Coals to Newcastle
Fire and Ice
Heaven and Earth
Angels and Devils

[Cazzle]

Chalk and Cheese

[11811]

*Originally posted by OxyMoron *
**54’40" or Fight
**

OxyMoron:

What does 54’40" or Fight mean?

[OxyMoron]

*Originally posted by Chrome Spot *
**
OxyMoron:

What does 54’40" or Fight mean? **

(Well, it should really say 54° 40’, but I didn’t know how to make the little degree-circle-thingy.)

It refers to a dispute between the United States and Britain over the western border of Canada. From Britannica.com:

The United States and Great Britain, in the Convention of 1818, established a joint claim over “Oregon Country,” eventually defined to lie below latitude 54° 40’ N, above latitude 42° N, and west of the Continental Divide. Russia later abandoned its claim to the area in separate treaties with the United States and Great Britain (1824–25). Using the slogan “Fifty-four forty or fight,” the Democrats succeeded in electing James K. Polk president in 1844 on a platform that demanded exclusive U.S. control of the area. U.S. preoccupation with the Mexican War (1846–47) and British troubles in Ireland, however, paved the way for the Oregon Treaty (1846), a compromise by which British navigation rights on the Columbia River were guaranteed and the land boundary was drawn along latitude 49° N. Final delineation of the marine portion south of Vancouver Island was arbitrated in 1872.

54° 40’ would’ve given the U.S. pretty much all of inabitable British Columbia - it falls just north of Prince Rupert.