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Irreversible binomial

January 01, 1970

In linguistics and stylistics, an irreversible binomial,[1] frozen binomial, binomial freeze, binomial expression, binomial pair, or nonreversible word pair[2] is a pair of words used together in fixed order as an idiomatic expression or collocation. The words have a semantic relationship usually involving the words and or or. They also belong to the same part of speech: nouns (milk and honey), adjectives (short and sweet), or verbs (do or die). The order of word elements cannot be reversed.[1]

The expression "macaroni and cheese" is an irreversible binomial. The order of the two keywords of this familiar expression cannot be reversed idiomatically.

The term "irreversible binomial" was introduced by Yakov Malkiel in 1954, though various aspects of the phenomenon had been discussed since at least 1903 under different names: a "terminological imbroglio".[3] Ernest Gowers used the name Siamese twins (i.e., conjoined twins) in the 1965 edition of Fowler's Modern English Usage. The 2015 edition reverts to the scholarly name, "irreversible binomials", as "Siamese twins" had become offensive.[4]

Many irreversible binomials are catchy due to alliteration, rhyming, or ablaut reduplication, so becoming clichés or catchphrases. Idioms like rock and roll, the birds and the bees, and collocations like mix and match, and wear and tear have particular meanings apart from or beyond those of their constituent words. Ubiquitous collocations like loud and clear and life or death are fixed expressions, making them a standard part of the vocabulary of native English speakers.

Some English words have become obsolete in general but are still found in an irreversible binomial. For example, spick is a fossil word that never appears outside the phrase spick and span.[5] Some other words, like vim in vim and vigor or abet in aid and abet,[6] have become rare and archaic outside the collocation.

Numerous irreversible binomials are used in legalese. Due to the use of precedent in common law, many lawyers use the same collocations found in legal documents centuries old. Many of these legal doublets contain two synonyms, often one of Old English origin and the other of Latin origin: deposes and says, ways and means.

While many irreversible binomials are literal expressions (like washer and dryer, rest and relaxation, rich and famous, savings and loan), some are entirely figurative (like come hell or high water, nip and tuck, surf and turf) or mostly so (like between a rock and a hard place, five and dime). Somewhat in between are more subtle figures of speech, synecdoches, metaphors, or hyperboles (like cat and mouse, sick and tired, barefoot and pregnant). The terms are often the targets of eggcorns, malapropisms, mondegreens, and folk etymology.

Some irreversible binomials can have minor variations without loss of understanding: time and time again is frequently shortened to time and again; a person who is tarred and feathered (verb) can be said to be covered in tar and feathers (noun).

However, in some cases small changes to wording change the meaning. The accommodating attitude of an activity's participants would be called give and take, while give or take means "approximately". Undertaking some act whether it is right or wrong excludes the insight from knowing the difference between right and wrong; each pair has a subtly differing meaning. And while five and dime is a noun phrase for a low-priced variety store, nickel and dime is a verb phrase for penny-pinching.

Structure edit

The words in an irreversible binomial belong to the same part of speech, have some semantic relationship, and are usually connected by and or or. They are often near-synonyms or antonyms, alliterate, or rhyme.

Examples below are split into various tables; some may belong in more than one table but are listed only once.

With opposites and antonyms edit

With related words and synonyms edit

With alliteration edit

Also see the English section of the Reduplication article for cases like walkie-talkie, ragtag, chit-chat, hip-hop, bing-bang-boom, etc.

With rhymes and similar-sounding words edit

  • break and take
  • boom and zoom
  • box and cox
  • chalk and talk
  • charts and darts
  • chips and dip
  • dive and drive
  • double trouble
  • even Steven
  • fair and square
  • fender bender
  • five and dime
  • flotsam and jetsam[7]
  • no fuss, no muss
  • handy-dandy
  • hanky-panky
  • harum-scarum
  • helter skelter
  • higgledy piggledy
  • high and dry[1][2]
  • hire and fire[1]
  • hit and split
  • hit it and quit
  • hither and thither
  • hocus pocus
  • hoity-toity
  • hot to trot
  • huff and puff[2]
  • hurly-burly
  • hustle and bustle
  • itty-bitty
  • itsy-bitsy
  • lap and gap
  • latest and greatest
  • lean, mean, fightin' machine
  • lick 'em and stick 'em
  • loud and proud
  • mean, green, fightin' machine
  • meet and greet
  • might makes right
  • motor voter
  • my way or the highway
  • namby-pamby
  • name and shame
  • name it and claim it
  • near and dear
  • never, ever
  • nitty gritty
  • odds and sods
  • onwards and upwards
  • orgy porgy
  • out and about
  • out and proud
  • pell-mell
  • pump and dump
  • rough and tough
  • run and gun
  • shout and clout
  • saggy baggy
  • shake and bake
  • slowly but surely
  • smoke and joke
  • son of a gun
  • stash and dash
  • stop and drop
  • so far, so good
  • surf and turf
  • teeny-weeny
  • time and tide
  • town and gown[1]
  • use it or lose it
  • wake and bake
  • wear and tear
  • weed and feed
  • wham, bam, thank you, ma'am
  • willy nilly
  • wine and dine[1]
  • yea or nay
  • (the) yeas and (the) nays

Legal terminology edit

Main article: Legal doublet

In law and official documents, there are many irreversible binomials and triplets consisting of near synonyms, such as the oft-heard terms and conditions[6] and cease and desist.[6] See the Legal doublet article for a list.

Conjunction edit

The most common conjunctions in an irreversible binomial are and or or.

With "and" as the conjunction edit

With "or" or "nor" as the conjunction edit

  • all or nothing
  • better or worse
  • big or small
  • black or white
  • business or pleasure[2]
  • the chicken or the egg
  • day or night
  • dead or alive[2]
  • do or die
  • fight or flight
  • (neither) fish nor fowl
  • give or take[1]
  • good or bad
  • gentle or simple
  • he or she
  • heads or tails
  • (come) hell or high water
  • (neither) here nor there
  • (neither) hide nor hair
  • his or her
  • hit or miss
  • (not one) jot or tittle
  • kill or cure
  • kill or be killed
  • (neither) love nor money
  • make or break[1]
  • more or less
  • now or never
  • put up or shut up
  • rain or shine[2]
  • rhyme or reason
  • right or wrong[2]
  • sink or swim
  • sooner or later[2]
  • take it or leave it
  • two or more
  • up or down[2]
  • (neither) use nor ornament
  • victory or death
  • win or lose
  • yes or no

With no conjunction edit

People and fictional characters edit

Further information: Category:Duos

Rhyming slang edit

Main article: Rhyming slang

  • Adam and Eve
  • apples and pears
  • bottle and glass[note 5]
  • Brahms and Liszt
  • dog and bone
  • frog and toad
  • hand and blister
  • north and south
  • rabbit and pork
  • trouble and strife
  • two and eight
  • whistle and flute

Variants edit

Irreversible binomials are sometimes isocolons (bicolons, tricolons, etc.) which have become set phrases.

They may also be called simply binomials.

With three words, they may be called trinomials, and may satisfy the rule of three in writing.

Common trinomials edit

Quadrinomials edit

See also edit

Notes edit

  1. ^ a b Etymologically synonyms; functionally antonyms.
  2. ^ In the United Kingdom eggs and bacon is the common term and saying bacon and eggs would out the user as American.
  3. ^ In the United Kingdom, synonymous to bob and weave in common parlance and origin from the world of boxing (i.e. pugilistic).
  4. ^ A jocular nonsense reply to the question (usually a child's) of "what's for dinner (breakfast, or lunch)?" London usage, now all but archaic.
  5. ^ Or more commonly just bottle, which leads on to aris from aristotle that is the rhyming slang for bottle.
  6. ^ Jocular variant

References edit

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z Gramley & Pätzold (2004). A Survey of Modern English (2 ed.). London: Routledge. p. 58. ISBN 9781134420469. Retrieved 2024-04-28.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak al am an ao ap aq ar as at au av aw ax ay az ba bb bc bd be bf bg bh bi bj bk bl bm bn bo bp bq br bs bt bu bv bw bx by bz ca cb cc cd ce Word Pairs
  3. ^ Malkiel, Yakov (1959) Studies in irreversible binomialsLingua 8:113–160
  4. ^ Butterfield, Jeremy (2015) Fowler's Dictionary of Modern English Usage, 4th edition, ISBN 0199661359, p. 436, s.v. "irreversible binomials"
  5. ^ a b Martin, Gary. Spick-and-span, Phrases.org.uk
  6. ^ a b c d Espenschied, Lenné Eidson (2010). "10.1 Eliminate clutter and redundant language § Eliminate common doublets and triplets". Contract Drafting: Powerful Prose in Transactional Practice. ABA Fundamentals0. Chicago: American Bar Association. pp. 164–165. ISBN 978-1-60442-795-0. LCCN 2010003298. OCLC 505017586. OL 15443452W.
  7. ^ a b c "8 Amusing Stories Behind Common Expressions | Reader's Digest". Reader's Digest. 2011-11-13. Retrieved 2011-12-18.
  8. ^ "life and limb | meaning of life and limb in Longman Dictionary of contemporary English | LDOCE". Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English Online. LDOCE. Retrieved 7 December 2018. life and limb formal your life and physical health – used especially when this is threatened in some way
  9. ^ Merriam-Webster: gloom and doom
  10. ^ Dictionary.com: gloom and doom

Bibliography edit

  • Cooper, William E. and Ross, John R. (1975). World order. In Robin E. Grossman et al. (Eds.), Papers from the Parasession on Functionalism, Chicago Linguistic Society, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, pp. 63–111.
  • Sarah Bunin Benor, Roger Levy, "The Chicken or the Egg?: A Probabilistic Analysis of English Binomials", Language 82:2:233-278 (June 2006) JSTOR 4490157 full text
  • Ourania Hatzidaki, "Binomials and the Computer: a Study in Corpus-Based Phraseology", ALLC/ACH Conference, University of Glasgow, July 2000 abstract

January 01, 1970
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In linguistics and stylistics an irreversible binomial 1 frozen binomial binomial freeze binomial expression binomial pair or nonreversible word pair 2 is a pair of words used together in fixed order as an idiomatic expression or collocation The words have a semantic relationship usually involving the words and or or They also belong to the same part of speech nouns milk and honey adjectives short and sweet or verbs do or die The order of word elements cannot be reversed 1 The expression macaroni and cheese is an irreversible binomial The order of the two keywords of this familiar expression cannot be reversed idiomatically The term irreversible binomial was introduced by Yakov Malkiel in 1954 though various aspects of the phenomenon had been discussed since at least 1903 under different names a terminological imbroglio 3 Ernest Gowers used the name Siamese twins i e conjoined twins in the 1965 edition of Fowler s Modern English Usage The 2015 edition reverts to the scholarly name irreversible binomials as Siamese twins had become offensive 4 Many irreversible binomials are catchy due to alliteration rhyming or ablaut reduplication so becoming cliches or catchphrases Idioms like rock and roll the birds and the bees and collocations like mix and match and wear and tear have particular meanings apart from or beyond those of their constituent words Ubiquitous collocations like loud and clear and life or death are fixed expressions making them a standard part of the vocabulary of native English speakers Some English words have become obsolete in general but are still found in an irreversible binomial For example spick is a fossil word that never appears outside the phrase spick and span 5 Some other words like vim in vim and vigor or abet in aid and abet 6 have become rare and archaic outside the collocation Numerous irreversible binomials are used in legalese Due to the use of precedent in common law many lawyers use the same collocations found in legal documents centuries old Many of these legal doublets contain two synonyms often one of Old English origin and the other of Latin origin deposes and says ways and means While many irreversible binomials are literal expressions like washer and dryer rest and relaxation rich and famous savings and loan some are entirely figurative like come hell or high water nip and tuck surf and turf or mostly so like between a rock and a hard place five and dime Somewhat in between are more subtle figures of speech synecdoches metaphors or hyperboles like cat and mouse sick and tired barefoot and pregnant The terms are often the targets of eggcorns malapropisms mondegreens and folk etymology Some irreversible binomials can have minor variations without loss of understanding time and time again is frequently shortened to time and again a person who is tarred and feathered verb can be said to be covered in tar and feathers noun However in some cases small changes to wording change the meaning The accommodating attitude of an activity s participants would be called give and take while give or take means approximately Undertaking some act whether it is right or wrong excludes the insight from knowing the difference between right and wrong each pair has a subtly differing meaning And while five and dime is a noun phrase for a low priced variety store nickel and dime is a verb phrase for penny pinching Contents 1 Structure 1 1 With opposites and antonyms 1 2 With related words and synonyms 1 3 With alliteration 1 4 With rhymes and similar sounding words 2 Legal terminology 3 Conjunction 3 1 With and as the conjunction 3 2 With or or nor as the conjunction 3 3 With no conjunction 4 People and fictional characters 5 Rhyming slang 6 Variants 6 1 Common trinomials 6 2 Quadrinomials 7 See also 8 Notes 9 References 10 BibliographyStructure editThe words in an irreversible binomial belong to the same part of speech have some semantic relationship and are usually connected by and or or They are often near synonyms or antonyms alliterate or rhyme Examples below are split into various tables some may belong in more than one table but are listed only once With opposites and antonyms edit addition and subtraction assets and liabilities 1 back and forth balls and strikes beginning to end black and white 2 big and small a blessing and a curse boom or bust bride and groom 2 brother and sister butt and pass buy and sell catch and release cause and effect 2 church and state cops and robbers come and go coming and going cowboys and Indians days and nights deep and wide dos and don ts ebb and flow fire and ice first and last 2 floor to ceiling food and drink fore and aft foreign and domestic forward and backward friend or foe front to back fruits and vegetables give and take 2 good and evil hail and farewell note 1 hand and foot head over heels 1 Heaven and Hell here and there hide and seek hill and dale him and her high and low 2 hills and valleys his and hers hither and thither hither and yon hot and cold hurry up and wait husband and wife 2 in and out 2 in the right wrong place at the right wrong time ladies and gentlemen 2 land and sea life or death 2 long and short lost and found 2 love and hate love and war man and wife 2 mom and pop naughty or nice near and far night and day difference nip and tuck north to south now and then now and later on and off open and shut over and under park and ride port and starboard pros and cons 2 push and pull rank and file rise and fall 2 savings and loan in sickness and in health soap and water 2 start to finish from stem to stern stop and go strike and dip sweet and sour 2 the quick and the dead thick and thin there s a time and a place tip and ring to and fro top to bottom town and country up and down 2 ups and downs uptown and downtown war and peace 1 2 washer and dryer wax and wane yes and no yin and yang With related words and synonyms edit ages and generations aid and comfort alas and alack bits and pieces body and soul 2 born and raised bred bright and early brick and mortar 2 by hook or by crook cheek by jowl clean and tidy chapter and verse it was a dark and stormy night this day and age dollars and cents dot the i s and cross the t s fear and loathing fish and chips first and foremost hail and farewell note 1 hand over fist haughty and high minded head and shoulders heart and soul herbs and spices highest and best use house and home hunger and thirst leaps and bounds like mother like daughter lo and behold neat and tidy six of one half a dozen of the other nickel and dime nook and cranny null and void 2 over and done with 1 pain and suffering peace and quiet pen and ink pick and choose on pins and needles plain and simple prim and proper 2 rant and rave rocks and shoals shock and awe signs and wonders skull and bones skull and crossbones strait and narrow straight and narrow stress and strain swings and roundabouts ticks and chiggers whine and complain wind and rain up close and personal yea and amen With alliteration edit Also see the English section of the Reduplication article for cases like walkie talkie ragtag chit chat hip hop bing bang boom etc bag and baggage 1 baubles and beads beams and balance bed and breakfast 1 2 belt and braces bench and bar big and bad the birds and the bees 2 bish bash bosh black and blue bold and beautiful bootleggers and Baptists boxers or briefs bread and butter 2 bull and boar cash and carry chalk and cheese cliques and clans command and control cookies and cream deaf and dumb between the devil and the deep blue sea dine and dash down and dirty dribs and drabs drink and drive drunk and disorderly Dungeons amp Dragons fast and furious feast or famine fire and forget fire and fury fit in or fuck off flip flop flora and fauna footloose and fancy free forgive and forget 2 form and function friend or foe fun and frolics fur and feathers ghosts and goblins grins and giggles to have and to hold hearth and home hem and haw 2 hoot and holler horseshoes and handgrenades Jew and Gentile juking and jiving king and country kit and caboodle 7 kith and kin last but not least latitude and longitude Lend Lease life and limb 8 live and learn lock and load love it or leave it mix and match meek and mild name and number part and parcel 6 peas in a pod pen and pencil 2 pen cil and paper pig in a poke pillar to post pitter patter pots and pans 2 publish or perish rags to riches 1 ranting and raving 2 read and write 2 ready to rumble rest and relaxation R amp R R n R without rhyme or reason right and wrong 2 rock and roll rough and ready rules and regulations 1 safe and secure safe and sound shot and shell shower and shave signs and symptoms slip and slide 2 spick and span 5 spit and shine Stars and Stripes 2 sticks and stones sugar and spice this or that ticky tacky tit for tat top and tail toss and turn 2 trick or treat trials and tribulations 2 tried and tested tried and true truck and trailer wash and wear watching and waiting weep and wail wet and wild whooping and hollering wild and woolly wise and wonderful witches and warlocks wrack and ruin With rhymes and similar sounding words edit break and take boom and zoom box and cox chalk and talk charts and darts chips and dip dive and drive double trouble even Steven fair and square fender bender five and dime flotsam and jetsam 7 no fuss no muss handy dandy hanky panky harum scarum helter skelter higgledy piggledy high and dry 1 2 hire and fire 1 hit and split hit it and quit hither and thither hocus pocus hoity toity hot to trot huff and puff 2 hurly burly hustle and bustle itty bitty itsy bitsy lap and gap latest and greatest lean mean fightin machine lick em and stick em loud and proud mean green fightin machine meet and greet might makes right motor voter my way or the highway namby pamby name and shame name it and claim it near and dear never ever nitty gritty odds and sods onwards and upwards orgy porgy out and about out and proud pell mell pump and dump rough and tough run and gun shout and clout saggy baggy shake and bake slowly but surely smoke and joke son of a gun stash and dash stop and drop so far so good surf and turf teeny weeny time and tide town and gown 1 use it or lose it wake and bake wear and tear weed and feed wham bam thank you ma am willy nilly wine and dine 1 yea or nay the yeas and the naysLegal terminology editMain article Legal doublet In law and official documents there are many irreversible binomials and triplets consisting of near synonyms such as the oft heard terms and conditions 6 and cease and desist 6 See the Legal doublet article for a list Conjunction editThe most common conjunctions in an irreversible binomial are and or or With and as the conjunction edit above and beyond airs and graces alarm and muster alive and kicking alive and well an arm and a leg armed and dangerous apples and oranges back and fill back and forth 2 bacon and eggs 1 2 note 2 bangers and mash bait and switch bait and tackle old ball and chain barefoot and pregnant bargain and sale bed and breakfast beck and call bells and whistles belt and suspenders big and bold big and tall bigger and better binge and purge bit and bridle bits and bobs bits and pieces black and blue block and tackle blood and guts blood and gore bob and weave bow and arrow bound and determined bound and gagged bow and scrape brace and bit bread and water 2 bread and circuses bread and roses brown and serve bucket and spade bump and grind by and large 2 by guess and by golly cap and gown car and driver cat and mouse checks and balances chicken and dumplings chop and change clean and sober cloak and dagger 2 coat and tie 2 coffee and doughnuts 2 cock and bull crash and burn cream and sugar 2 crime and punishment 2 cup and saucer 2 cut and dried dry cut and paste cut and run dandelion and burdock day and night dead and buried dead and gone death and taxes dine and dash divide and conquer dog and pony show down and out 2 duck and cover duck and dive note 3 each and every eyes and ears far and wide fast and furious fast and loose fine and dandy fingers and thumbs fire and brimstone fish and chips 2 by fits and starts flesh and blood 2 flesh and bone forever and a day forever and ever front and center 2 fun and games 2 fuss and bother 1 gloom and doom 9 10 goals and aspirations good and plenty goodness and light grin and bear it ground and pound hack and slash hale and hearty 1 hard and fast ham and eggs 2 hammer and nail 2 hammer and sickle hammer and tongs hearts and minds move heaven and earth here and now hide and seek hide and watch high and mighty 1 high and dry high and tight hit and run hit it and quit it hither and yon hither and thither home and hosed home and dry hook and eye hook and loop horse and buggy horse and carriage hot and heavy hot and high hot and bothered 2 hugs and kisses XOXO if and when for all intents and purposes kippers and custard note 4 kiss and tell kiss and make up kith and kin 1 knife and fork 2 lakes and streams last will and testament law and order 2 lo and behold lock and dam lock and key 2 look and feel loud and clear make do and mend man and boy meat and potatoes men and women milk and cookies milk and honey mortise and tenon name and address 2 names and faces nice and easy 2 nook and cranny noughts and crosses nuts and bolts odds and ends 1 off and away once and for all one and done out and about over and out oyer and terminer peaches and cream 2 Ps and Qs peanut butter and jelly peas and carrots pickles and ice cream pick and axe piss and moan piss and vinegar piss and whine prim and proper prize and booty pork and beans 2 pure and simple 2 quick and dirty rack and pinion rack and ruin raining cats and dogs rape and pillage research and development R amp D rhythm and blues R amp B rich and famous rise and shine between a rock and a hard place room and board rough and tumble run and jump all s said and done salt and pepper 2 salt and vinegar scratch and sniff search and rescue seek and destroy different shapes and sizes shirt and tie 2 short and fat 2 short and sweet short and stout show and tell shuck and jive sick and tired slash and burn slings and arrows slip and fall slow and steady skin and bone s smash and grab smoke and mirrors snakes and ladders song and dance sound and fury in spirit and in truth spit and polish stand and deliver stress and strain Sturm und Drang suave and debonair suit and tie 2 sunshine and rainbows supply and demand 2 sweetness and light a swing and a miss sword and sandal tables and chairs tall and thin 2 tar red and feather ed tar and feathers tea and crumpets through thick and thin 2 thunder and lightning tits and ass to and fro tooth and nail touch and go 2 track and field trial and error 2 trials and tribulations tuck and roll twist and turn up and about vim and vigor wait and see 2 warm and fuzzy warp and weft watch and ward wax and wane ways and means well and good whinge and whine wine and roses words and phrases X s and O s yes and no a year and a day With or or nor as the conjunction edit all or nothing better or worse big or small black or white business or pleasure 2 the chicken or the egg day or night dead or alive 2 do or die fight or flight neither fish nor fowl give or take 1 good or bad gentle or simple he or she heads or tails come hell or high water neither here nor there neither hide nor hair his or her hit or miss not one jot or tittle kill or cure kill or be killed neither love nor money make or break 1 more or less now or never put up or shut up rain or shine 2 rhyme or reason right or wrong 2 sink or swim sooner or later 2 take it or leave it two or more up or down 2 neither use nor ornament victory or death win or lose yes or no With no conjunction edit hoity toity hunter gatherer corn cheesePeople and fictional characters editFurther information Category Duos Abbott and Costello Abraham and Isaac Achilles and Patroclus Adam and Eve 2 Alexiares and Anicetus Antony and Cleopatra Ant amp Dec Batman and Robin Bonnie and Clyde Cain and Abel Cannon and Ball Castor and Pollux Cupid and Psyche Click and Clack Damon and Pythias David and Goliath Deleuze and Guattari Dick and Jane Faust and Marguerite Flanders and Swann French and Saunders Frick and Frack Fry and Laurie Gilbert and Sullivan Gilgamesh and Aga Hansel and Gretel Hellman amp Friedman Jaya and Vijaya Jacob and Esau Jack and Jill 2 Jekyll amp Hyde Jack and Victor Laurel and Hardy Lennon and McCartney Lerner and Loewe Lewis and Clark Little and Large Lugal irra and Meslamta ea Martin and Lewis Mary Kate and Ashley Olsen Mel and Sue Morecambe and Wise Mork and Mindy Orpheus and Eurydice Ox Head and Horse Face Penn amp Teller Phyllis and Aristotle Phineas and Ferb Pinky amp The Brain Pygmalion and Galatea Ren amp Stimpy Rhett amp Link Rick and Morty Rodgers and Hart Rodgers and Hammerstein Romeo and Juliet Romulus and Remus Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Sam and Max Samson and Delilah Sonny amp Cher 7 Thomson and Thompson Tom amp Jerry Tristan and Isolde Tim amp Eric Venus and Adonis Vic amp Bob Watson and CrickRhyming slang editMain article Rhyming slang Adam and Eve apples and pears bottle and glass note 5 Brahms and Liszt dog and bone frog and toad hand and blister north and south rabbit and pork trouble and strife two and eight whistle and fluteVariants editIrreversible binomials are sometimes isocolons bicolons tricolons etc which have become set phrases They may also be called simply binomials With three words they may be called trinomials and may satisfy the rule of three in writing Common trinomials edit Abraham Isaac and Jacob animal vegetable or mineral back sack and crack beans bullets and bandages beg borrow or steal bell book and candle blood sweat and tears calm cool and collected Coffee tea or me could ve would ve should ve Eagle Globe and Anchor bird ball and chain note 6 ear nose and throat eat drink and be merry fat dumb and happy Father Son and Holy Ghost fear uncertainty and doubt fraud waste and abuse friends Romans countrymen do not fold spindle or mutilate Get it Got it Good gold frankincense and myrrh gold God and glory gold silver and bronze good bad and indifferent the good the bad and the ugly Guns Germs and Steel hand foot and mouth healthy wealthy and wise here there and everywhere 1 hook line and sinker 1 hop skip and a jump Huey Dewey and Louie I came I saw I conquered no ifs ands or buts judge jury and executioner lather rinse repeat left right and center 1 lie cheat or steal lies damned lies and statistics life liberty and property lights camera action location location location lock stock and barrel mad bad and dangerous me myself and I name rank and serial number nasty brutish and short The Nina the Pinta and the Santa Maria Planes Trains and Automobiles neither rain nor sleet nor snow reading writing and rithmetic ready willing and able red white and blue secure contain protect sex drugs and rock n roll Shadrach Meshach and Abednego Shake Rattle and Roll short and sweet and to the point slips trips and falls small medium and large Snap Crackle and Pop stop drop and roll stop look and listen soup soap and salvation sugar and spice and everything nice tall dark and handsome this that and the other tic tac toe Tom Dick and Harry 1 up down and sideways in no way shape or form the way the truth and the life whats whys and wherefores win lose or draw win place or show your tired your poor your huddled masses Quadrinomials edit attack decay sustain release blood toil tears and sweat Create Read Update Delete Emmy Grammy Oscar Tony John Paul George and Ringo Matthew Mark Luke and John soprano alto tenor bass spectacles testicles wallet and watch suck squeeze bang blow War Pestilence Famine DeathSee also editAnastrophe Collocation Fossil word Hendiadys Hendiatris Isocolon Meme Merism Phraseme Set phrase Trope Word order Adjective orderNotes edit a b Etymologically synonyms functionally antonyms In the United Kingdom eggs and bacon is the common term and saying bacon and eggs would out the user as American In the United Kingdom synonymous to bob and weave in common parlance and origin from the world of boxing i e pugilistic A jocular nonsense reply to the question usually a child s of what s for dinner breakfast or lunch London usage now all but archaic Or more commonly just bottle which leads on to aris from aristotle that is the rhyming slang for bottle Jocular variantReferences edit a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z Gramley amp Patzold 2004 A Survey of Modern English 2 ed London Routledge p 58 ISBN 9781134420469 Retrieved 2024 04 28 a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak al am an ao ap aq ar as at au av aw ax ay az ba bb bc bd be bf bg bh bi bj bk bl bm bn bo bp bq br bs bt bu bv bw bx by bz ca cb cc cd ce Word Pairs Malkiel Yakov 1959 Studies in irreversible binomialsLingua 8 113 160 Butterfield Jeremy 2015 Fowler s Dictionary of Modern 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