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NMcCoy (attempting to standardize my username across the Internet. Formerly known as Twinkle.) Started conversation Oct 19, 2001
I'm looking for phrases of the form "___ and ___", as in:
Odds and Ends
Rock and Roll
Peanut Butter and Jelly
Bells and Whistles
Stop and Go
etc. Any ideas?
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Gnomon - time to move on Posted Oct 19, 2001
Hammer and tongs
Punch and Judy
Bubble and Squeak
Derby and Joan
pros and cons
Bill and Ben the Flowerpot Men
This and That
Wand'rin star Posted Oct 19, 2001
Bits and pieces
Pins and needles
Black and white
Mice and men
Hot and cold running water
belt and braces 
This and That
Rainbow Posted Oct 19, 2001
Bits and bobs
Odds and sods
Cats and Dogs
Sugar and Spice
Black and blue
Man and Wife
Pots and pans
Knife and fork
Apples and pears
Birds and bees
Thunder and lightening
This and That
Is mise Duncan Posted Oct 19, 2001
Park and ride
Spic and span
Derby and Joan club
Chalk and cheese
Green Eggs and ham
Alliance and Leicester, Bradford and Bingley etc.
Fear and loathing
The great and the good
Shoes and ships and sealing wax, cabbages and kings
Some you win and some you lose
Live and let live
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Orcus Posted Oct 19, 2001
Bread and butter
Salt and Vinegar
Twists and turns
Food and drink
Cheese and wine
Odds and ends
Coming and going
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Ommigosh Posted Oct 19, 2001
ham and eggs
salt and pepper
fed and watered
rough and tumble
slap and tickle
free and easy
apples and pears (stairs in rhyming slang)
thighs and hips (chips)
kith and kin
one and all
six and half a dozen
swings and roundabouts
blood and thunder
fire and brimstone
peace and light
must be hundreds and thousands of these
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the autist formerly known as flinch Posted Oct 19, 2001
There are three seperate categories here - things that just go together "Fish and Chips"
Rhyming slang "Dog and Bone"
And things that are independent phrases or idioms "Hammer and tongs".
Are you after them all?
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Queeglesproggit - Keeper of the evil Thingite Avon Lady Army and Mary Poppins's bag of darkness.. Posted Oct 19, 2001
Isn't there a fourth category? Things that follow each other, i.e.
Park and Ride
Scratch and Win!
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Queeglesproggit - Keeper of the evil Thingite Avon Lady Army and Mary Poppins's bag of darkness.. Posted Oct 19, 2001
or, "Scratch and earn nothing but lots of flaky bits of silver stuff", as the case may be (and most often is)
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NMcCoy (attempting to standardize my username across the Internet. Formerly known as Twinkle.) Posted Oct 19, 2001
I'm not quite sure what I'm looking for. I just thought it was something interesting to think about. How about ___ of the ___?
king of the hill
cream of the crop
Lord of the Rings
home of the Big Mac?
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Dancer (put your advert here) Posted Oct 19, 2001
Top of the Top
Top of the World
Twist of the Tale
Dancer
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NMcCoy (attempting to standardize my username across the Internet. Formerly known as Twinkle.) Posted Oct 19, 2001
root of the problem
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NMcCoy (attempting to standardize my username across the Internet. Formerly known as Twinkle.) Posted Oct 20, 2001
Keeper of the keys.
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NMcCoy (attempting to standardize my username across the Internet. Formerly known as Twinkle.) Posted Oct 20, 2001
Changing of the guard.
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NMcCoy (attempting to standardize my username across the Internet. Formerly known as Twinkle.) Posted Oct 20, 2001
Tip of the iceberg.
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Rainbow Posted Oct 20, 2001
Scratch and Sniff
Bottom of the pile
Stig of the dump
Pride of the pack
Runt of the litter
Black sheep of the family 
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- 1: NMcCoy (attempting to standardize my username across the Internet. Formerly known as Twinkle.) (Oct 19, 2001)
- 2: Gnomon - time to move on (Oct 19, 2001)
- 3: Wand'rin star (Oct 19, 2001)
- 4: Rainbow (Oct 19, 2001)
- 5: Solsbury (Oct 19, 2001)
- 6: Is mise Duncan (Oct 19, 2001)
- 7: Orcus (Oct 19, 2001)
- 8: Ommigosh (Oct 19, 2001)
- 9: the autist formerly known as flinch (Oct 19, 2001)
- 10: Queeglesproggit - Keeper of the evil Thingite Avon Lady Army and Mary Poppins's bag of darkness.. (Oct 19, 2001)
- 11: Queeglesproggit - Keeper of the evil Thingite Avon Lady Army and Mary Poppins's bag of darkness.. (Oct 19, 2001)
- 12: NMcCoy (attempting to standardize my username across the Internet. Formerly known as Twinkle.) (Oct 19, 2001)
- 13: Dancer (put your advert here) (Oct 19, 2001)
- 14: NMcCoy (attempting to standardize my username across the Internet. Formerly known as Twinkle.) (Oct 19, 2001)
- 15: Lurcher (Oct 20, 2001)
- 16: NMcCoy (attempting to standardize my username across the Internet. Formerly known as Twinkle.) (Oct 20, 2001)
- 17: NMcCoy (attempting to standardize my username across the Internet. Formerly known as Twinkle.) (Oct 20, 2001)
- 18: NMcCoy (attempting to standardize my username across the Internet. Formerly known as Twinkle.) (Oct 20, 2001)
- 19: Wayfarer-- I only wish I were crackly (Oct 20, 2001)
- 20: Rainbow (Oct 20, 2001)
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