It’s good to see it is still kicking and alive.
Also good to see that 4 days without a post didn’t break or make this thread.
Back in the 80s, if we asked someone for more examples, they might say “they’re around the corner and up your butt”.
I would have posted earlier, but Mondays and rainy days always get me down.
This thread is dear and near to my heart.
(grabbed this one from today’s NYT crossword)
Having the facts to hand makes you dangerous and armed.
He has access to the greatest and latest examples.
Well, we know that forearmed is forewarned.
Maybe he takes a lead from POTUS and monetorises the thread demanding payment in myrrh, frankincense, and gold?
It’s been a day and a year since I’ve updated, so here we go:
1001 Arabian nights
9-to-5
A to Z
Abbott and Costello
Above and beyond
Adam and Eve
Addition and subtraction
Agave and rye
Aiding and abetting
Airs and graces
Alas and alack
Ali Baba and the 40 thieves
Alive and kicking
Alive and well
All for one and one for all
All or nothing
All’s fair in love and war
Alpha and omega
A-OK
A-one and a-two
Apples and oranges
Arm and a leg
Armed and dangerous
Arsenic and old lace
Arts and crafts
Ass over teakettle
Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe
Baba O’Riley
Back and forth
Bacon and eggs
Bait and switch
Ball and chain
Balls and strikes
Bangers and mash
Barefoot and pregnant
Barnes and Noble
Beck and call
Been there, done that
Beggars can’t be choosers
Bell, book, and candle
Ben and Jerry’s
Birds and the bees
Bits and pieces
Black and blue
Black and white
Blessing and a curse
Blood, sweat, and tears
Body and blood
Body and soul
Bonnie and Clyde
Bootleggers and Baptists
Born again
Born and bred
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bottom of the barrel
Bound and determined
Bow and arrow
Boyce and hart
Bread and butter
Bread and circuses
Bread and milk
Brick and mortar
Bright and early
Bright-eyed and bushy-tailed
Burns and Allen
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
Butter and cheese
By and large
By hook or by crook
Cagney and Lacey
Cake and ale
Calm, cool, and collected
Car and driver
Cart before the horse
Cat and mouse
Cease and desist
Champagne wishes and caviar dreams
Chapter and verse
Cheech and Chong
Cheese and crackers
Church and state
Chutes and ladders
Clear and present danger
Cock and balls
Cock and bull
Coin a phrase
Col Joye and the joy boys
Come and go
Comm ci, comme çae
Cookies and cream
Cops and robbers
Copy and paste
Country and western
Courage of my convictions
Cowboys and Indians
Crank and Boom
Crime and punishment
Crimson and clover
Crochets and whims
Cut and dried
Cut and run
David and Goliath
Day and age
Days of wine and roses
Dazed and confused
Death and taxes
Devil and the deep blue sea
Died and went to heaven
Dine and dash
Do or die
Don’t do the crime if you can’t do the time
Done and dusted
Doom and gloom
Dos and don’ts
Drawn and quartered
Dribs and drabs
Drunk and disorderly
Dungeons and dragons
E=MC2
Each and every
Easy peasy
Eat, drink, and be merry
Ebb and flow
Every now and then
Facts and figures
Far and away
Far and wide
Fast and furious
Fast and loose
Fat, drunk, and stupid
Fate worse than death
Feast or famine
Fibber McGee and Molly
Fight or flight
Fine and dandy
Fire and brimstone
First and foremost
First and ten
Fish and chips
Flesh and blood
Flora and fauna
Flotsam and jetsam
Flowers and the trees
For all intents and purposes
For and on behalf of
For better or worse
For love nor money
For richer or poorer
Forever and a day
Forewarned is forearmed
Forgive and forget
Friend or foe
Fruits and vegetables
Fun and games
Fun with Dick and Jane
Fuss and bother
Garden of good and evil
Garfunkel and Oates
Gentleman and a scholar
Get up and go
Gin and tonic
Give and take
Gladys Knight and the pips
Glorious and free
Go home or go big
God willing and the creek don’t rise
Gold, Frankincense, and myrrh
Good and Plenty
Grace and favour
Green eggs and ham
Grin and bear it
Gyre and gimble
Hail Mary
Hall and Oates
Ham and cheese
Ham and eggs
Hammer and tongs
Hand over fist
Hanged, drawn, and quartered
Hansel and Gretel
Happy go lucky
Harold and the purple crayon
Haute cuisine
Haves and have-nots
He who smelt it, dealt it
Head and shoulders
Head over heels
Heads or tails
Heart and soul
Hearts and minds
Heaven and hell
Hell or high water
Helter skelter
Hem and haw
Here, there, and everywhere
Hey, you, get off of my cloud
Hide and seek
Higgledy-Piggledy
High and dry
High and mighty
High crimes and misdemeanors
Highs and lows
Highways and byways
Hip hip horray
Hip hop
Hit and miss
Hit and run
Hither and thither
Hither and yon
Hoity-toity
Home and hosed
Hook, line, and sinker
Hookers and blow
Hootin’ and hollerin’
Horse and buggy
Horse and carriage
Horseshoes and hand grenades
Hot and bothered
Hot and cold
Hue and cry
Huff and puff
Hunky dory
Hunt and peck
Hurry up and wait
Husband and wife
Hustle and bustle
I am the resurrection and life
I calls ‘em as I sees ‘em
I fought the law and the law won
I will walk 500 miles and I will walk 500 more
ifs, ands, or buts
In sickness and in health
In the here and now
In-N-Out
Ins and outs
Into the wild blue yonder
It was the best of times, it was the worst of times
Jam and Jerusalem
John, Paul, George, and Ringo
Judge, jury, and executioner
Kicking and screaming
Kill or be killed
Kit and Kaboodle
Kith and kin
Ladies and altos
Land of hope and glory
Large and in charge
Larry, Moe and Curly
Latest and greatest
Laurel and Hardy
Laverne and Shirley
Law and order
Law and the Prophets
Leaps and bounds
Lewis and Clark
Life and death
Life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness
Little and less
Live and learn
Live and let die
Lo and behold
Lock, stock, and barrel
Locked and loaded
Loggins and Messina
Long and the short of it
Look before you leap
Love and marriage
Love it or leave it
Loves me, loves me not
Mac and cheese
Macht nichts
Make or break
Mani-pedi
Marx brothers
Mason-Dixon line
Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John
Me and you and a dog named Boo
Mea culpa
Mean Mr. Mustard
Meet the new boss, same as the old boss
Milk and honey
Mind my Ps and Qs
Mind over matter
Minneapolis St. Paul
Miscreants and ne’er-do-wells
Mix and match
Mom and apple pie
Money on my mind
More or less
Mountain out of a molehill
My way or the highway
Name and number
Naughts and crosses
Near and dear
Neat and tidy
Neither here nor there
Neither this nor that
Netflix and chill
New and improved
Nights in white satin
Niña, Pinta, and Santa María
No risk, no reward
No shoes, no shirt, no service
Nook and cranny
Now or never
Null and void
Nuts and bolts
Odds and ends
Of mice and men
Off and running
Officer and a gentleman
Oil and water
Old and grey
Olsen and Johnson
Once and a thousand times
Once and for all
One and one makes two
One and only one
One or the other
One thing or another
One way or another
Onward and upward
Ooh and aah
Open and shut
Out and about
Over and done
Over hill and dale
Park and ride
Part and parcel
Pass, punt, and kick
Paul Revere and the raiders
Peace and quiet
Peaches and cream
Peanut butter and jelly
Peanuts and Crackerjack
Pen and paper
Penn and Teller
Peter, Paul, and Mary
Pick and choose
Pick and shovel
Pins and needles
Piss and moan
Piss and vinegar
Plain and simple
Plug and chug
Plug and play
Point and shoot
Politics and elections
Post and rail
Potato Potahto
Pots and pans
Practice makes perfect
Praise and worship
Pride and joy
Pride and prejudice
Prim and proper
Prize and booty
Proctor and Gamble
Profit and loss
Pros and cons
Push and pull
Rack and pinion
Rags to riches
Raining cats and dogs
Rainy days and Mondays
Rank and file
Ranting and raving
Read ‘em and weep
Ready, aim, fire
Red beans and rice
Red, white, and blue
Red, white, and boom
Rest and relaxation
Rhyme or reason
Rhythm and blues
Rinse, lather, repeat
Rise and fall
Rise and shine
Rob Peter to pay Paul
Rock and a hard place
Rock and roll
Rock, paper, scissors
Rocket’s red glare
Rodgers and Hammerstein
Rodgers and Hart
Rolling on the floor and laughing
Rough and ready
Rough and tumble
Rowan and Martin
Rules and regulations
Run and shoot
Run up the flagpole and salute
Safe and sound
Salt and pepper
Salt-N-Pepa
Sao Tome and Principe
Sausage, egg, and cheese
Screwed and tattooed
Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego
Shave and a haircut
Shit from Shinola
Shit or get off the pot
Shit, shower, and shave
Shits and giggles
Shock and awe
Short and sharp
Short and sweet
Short sharp shock
Shot and a beer
Sick and tired
Simon and Garfunkel
Simon and Schuster
Six of one, half dozen of the other
Skin and bones
Skull and cross-bones
Slant-flat
Slings and arrows
Slowly but surely
Slowly I turned, step by step, inch by inch
Smoke and mirrors
Snap, crackle, and pop
So long and thanks for all the fish
Soap and water
Sodom and Gomorrah
Sooner or later
Sound and fury
Sour cream and onion
Spay and neuter
Speak now or forever hold your peace
Spic and span
Spirit and image
Spit and polish
Spring and neap tides
Stars and stripes
Starsky and Hutch
Steak and ale
Steak and eggs
Stocks and bonds
Straight and narrow
Stuff and nonsense
Sturm and drang
Sun in the morning and the moon at night
Sunshine and lollipops
Support of my family
Sweet and sour
Swing and a miss
Swings and roundabouts
Swords and sandals
Take from the rich, give to the poor
Take it or leave it
Take the money and run
Tall and proud
Tangerine trees and marmalade skies
Tar and feather
Tequila and bourbon
Terms and conditions
Tex-Mex
Thanks and regards
The good, the bad, and the ugly
The king is dead, long live the king
The long and winding road
The more the merrier
The quick and the dead
The truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth
Thelma and Louise
This and that
Thoughts and prayers
Thunder and lightning
Tic tac
Time and again
Time and place
Tit for tat
To and fro
To be or not to be
To have and to hold
Tom, Dick, or Harry
Tongue in cheek
Tooth and nail
Top to bottom
Topsy turvy
Touch and go
Town and country
Trial and error
Trials and tribulations
Trick or treat
Tried and convicted
Tried and true
Trinidad and Tobago
True north
Truth or consequences
Tuck and run
Tune in, turn on, drop out
Twists and turns
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Up and at ‘em
Up and die
Up and moving
Up and running
Up your butt and around the corner
Up, up and away!
Ups and downs
Van and Schenck
Vim and vigor
Vitamins and minerals
War and peace
Warm and fuzzy
Wasted days and wasted nights
Wax and wane
Weak and weary
Wear and tear
When all is said and done
When push comes to shove
When the going gets tough, the tough get going
Wild and woolly
Will and Grace
Wine and dine
Wine, women, and song
Wing and a prayer
With this ring I thee wed
With your shield or on it
Wrack and ruin
X and Y chromosomes
X’s and O’s
Yin and yang
You and the horse you rode in on
Your ass from a hole in the ground
Your ass from your elbow
Your mama don’t dance and your daddy don’t rock and roll
You are on no set schedule, so that’s neither there nor here, as long as the task gets done.
I just wonder how many of these frozen binomials there are – because the time is coming when we will have listed the entire kaboodle and kit.
-“BB”-
We can’t invent new ones, as that would violate the spirit of the thread and we must mind our Q’s and P’s.
Well if you wish to conquer and divide, MMM lists well over 500 in this thread. There are 480 listed in Wiki of which over 300 haven’t been used here. Further 70% of the binomials listed in the thread aren’t in Wiki so nearly boundless are the options.
They may come a time when we cannot steal, beg, or borrow an FB.
Well yes, but it won’t be an indifferent, bad, or good result.
May this thread live on after we’re all gone and dead.
This is certainly not a done and one thread.
At least this is free for those of us watching our cents and dollars.
But they can still dime and nickel us to death.