"Making love to his tonic and gin." And other couplets we never say.

My brother Mike is married to Deb. My cousin Deb married a man called Mike. My solution to which couple I’m referring to is (brother) Mike and Deb), (cousin) Deb and Mike.

Names changed etc.

Yep, I did. But eventually she and I broke up.

Because she found out the ring you gave her was plated?

People can be lazy and it is easy to use cliches and common expressions. Word order is parcel and part of this. This doesn’t bother me at all. Sometimes one order just sounds more melodious than another.

Reported.