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See:- (as) certain as death and taxes
- (as) sure as death and taxes
- (one's) own flesh and blood
- (the good) Lord willing and the creek don't rise
- 110 proof
- a ball and chain
- a carrot and stick
- a chicken and egg situation
- a cock-and-bull story
- a committee is a group of men who keep minutes and waste hours
- a day late and a dollar short
- a dog and pony show
- a down and out
- a down-and-outer
- a fool and his money are soon parted
- a gentleman and a scholar
- a give-and-take
- a hop, skip, and a jump
- a hue and cry
- a hundred and ten percent
- a Jekyll and Hyde
- a lick and a promise
- a little bit of bread and no cheese
- a matter of life and death
- a nip and tuck
- a quick drop and a sudden stop
- a scholar and a gentleman
- a song and dance
- above and beyond
- above and beyond the call of duty
- after all is said and done
- again and again
- aid and abet
- airs and graces
- alarums and excursions
- alive and kicking
- alive and well
- all and some
- all and sundry
- all bark and no bite
- all brawn and no brain
- all cry and no wool
- all dressed up and nowhere to go
- all eyes and ears
- all fur coat and no knickers
- all hands and the cook
- all hat and no cattle
- all horns and rattles
- all hours
- all hours (of the day and night)
- all is fair in love and war
- all meat and no potatoes
- all mops and brooms
- all mouth and no trousers
- all mouth and trousers
- all my eye (and Betty Martin)
- all oak and iron bound
- all oak and iron bound and *sound as a barrel
- all over creation
- all over Hell and half of Georgia
- all present and accounted for
- all shapes and sizes
- all show and no go
- all sizzle and no steak
- all skin and bones
- all sweetness and light
- all talk (and no action)
- all talk and no cider
- all talk and no trousers
- all that and then some
- all that meat and no potatoes
- all the way to Egery and back
- all vine and no taters
- all wool and a yard wide
- all wool and no shoddy
- all work and no play
- all work and no play (makes Jack a dull boy)
- All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy
- all's fair in love and war
- alpha and omega
- alternate between
- an arm and a leg
- an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth
- and (something) to spare
- and a half
- and all
- and all that
- and all that jazz
- and be done with it
- and change
- and counting
- and crap
- and hang the cost
- and his mother
- and how
- And how!
- and no messing
- and one (more) for luck
- and one for luck
- and shit
- and so
- and so forth
- and so on
- and so on and so forth
- and stuff like that
- and stuff like that there
- and that's a fact
- And that's that
- and that's that!
- and the like
- and then some
- and there you have it
- and this and that
- and those
- and to spare
- and what have you
- and whatnot
- And you?
- And your point is?
- and/or
- apples and oranges
- arm and a leg
- armed and dangerous
- around and around
- Art is long and life is short
- as and when
- as clear as black and white
- as I live and breathe
- As I live and breathe!
- ask a silly question and you get a silly answer
- ask a stupid question and you'll get a stupid answer
- Ask no questions and hear no lies
- assault and battery
- at (one's) beck and call
- at all hours (of the day and night)
- at beck and call
- at sixes and sevens
- at someone's beck and call
- B. and B
- back and edge
- back and fill
- back and forth
- backing and filling
- backward and forward
- backward(s) and forward(s)
- bag and baggage
- bait and switch
- ball and chain
- bam and scram
- Banbury story of a cock and a bull
- be (not) all beer and skittles
- be (not) all fun and games
- be (not) all moonlight and roses
- be a (something) through and through
- be a [Londoner etc.] through and through
- be alive and kicking
- be alive and well
- be all beer and skittles
- be all brawn and no brain(s)
- be all brawn and no brains
- be all dressed up and nowhere to go
- be all fingers and thumbs
- be all fun and games
- be all fur coat and no knickers
- be all moonlight and roses
- be all mouth
- be all sweetness and light
- be all talk (and no action)
- be all very well
- be as/like oil and water
- be at (one's) beck and call
- be at beck and call
- be at it hammer and tongs
- be at sixes and sevens
- be bitter and twisted
- be bound and determined
- be bright and breezy
- be bright-eyed and bushy-tailed
- be chalk and cheese
- be chief cook and bottle washer
- be damned if do and damned if don't
- be dead and buried
- be dragged kicking and screaming
- be far and away
- be far and away the [best etc.]
- be few and far between
- be flesh and blood
- be footloose and fancy-free
- be full of piss and vinegar
- be home and dry
- be home and hosed
- be hot and cold
- be like oil and water
- be meat and drink to
- be meat and drink to (someone)
- be nip and tuck
- be on pins and needles
- be on the up and up
- be out of house and home
- be over the hills and far away
- be penny-wise and pound-foolish
- be sick and tired of
- be skin and bone
- be spick and span
- be tarred and feathered
- be the chief cook and bottle washer
- be the life and soul of the party
- be tired and emotional
- be touch-and-go
- be up and about
- be up and down
- be up and running
- be-all and end-all
- be-all and end-all, the
- beck and call
- bed and board
- bed and breakfast
- bed-and-breakfast
- been and gone and done it
- been to hell and back
- beer and skittles
- Believe nothing of what you hear, and only half of what you see
- bell, book, and candle things that are miraculous or that signal that
- bells and whistles
- belt and braces
- best bib and tucker
- best-laid plans of mice and men oft go astray
- between
- between a rock and a hard place
- between dog and wolf
- between hawk and buzzard
- between hay and grass
- between life and death
- between Scylla and Charybdis
- between the devil and the deep blue sea
- between the hammer and the anvil
- between the jigs and the reels
- between wind and water
- between you and me
- between you me and the bedpost
- between you, me, and the bedpost
- between you, me, and the lamppost
- betwixt and between
- big and bold
- big and burly
- big as life
- bill and coo
- binge and purge
- birds and the bees, the
- bitch and moan
- bits and bobs
- bits and pieces
- black and blue
- black and white
- black-and-blue
- blink-and-you-miss-it
- blocking and tackling
- blood and guts
- blood and thunder
- blood, sweat and tears
- blood, sweat, and tears
- blow hot and cold
- blue and white
- body and soul
- boots and all
- born and bred
- born and raised
- bounce back and forth
- bounce up and down
- bound and determined
- bound and determined to
- bound hand and foot
- bow and scrape
- Box and Cox
- boys and girls
- boys and their toys
- brass hat
- bread and butter
- bread and circuses
- bread and water
- bread-and-butter letter
- break out in tears and break in tears
- breaking and entering
- brick -and-mortar
- bricks and mortar
- bright and breezy
- bright and early
- bright-eyed and bushy-tailed
- bruised and battered
- Buckley's and none
- bump and grind
- bushel and a peck
- butter-and-egg man
- by and by
- by and large
- by far
- by fits and starts
- by guess and by golly
- by guess and by gosh
- by leaps and bounds
- by main strength and awkwardness
- by return mail and by return post
- cakes and ale
- call a meeting to order and call the meeting to order
- can't be helped. and couldn't be helped
- can't complain. and nothing to complain about
- can't live with them, can't live without them
- cap and gown
- carrot and stick
- carrot-and-stick
- carry fire in one hand and water in the other
- cash-and-carry
- cat and mouse
- cat-and-dog life
- cat-and-mouse game
- cats and dogs
- caught between the devil and the deep blue sea
- cause eyebrows to raise and cause some raised eyebrows
- cease and desist
- chalk and cheese
- chapter and verse
- Charge it to the dust and let the rain settle it
- cheap and cheerful
- cheap and nasty
- checks and balances
- cheese and kisses
- chicken and egg situation
- chief cook and bottle washer
- chief cook and bottlewasher
- Children and fools tell the truth
- children should be seen and not heard
- chip and dip
- chips and dip
- chop and change
- cite (something) chapter and verse
- cloak-and-dagger
- close chewer and a tight spitter
- close down and shut down
- Close your eyes and think of England
- coat and tie
- cock and bull story
- cock-and-bull story
- coffee and
- coffee and Danish
- collar-and-tie men
- come and get it
- Come and get it!
- come and go
- Come back and see us
- come from far and wide
- Come in and make yourself at home
- Come in and sit a spell
- come thick and fast
- come to the point and get to the point
- come up roses
- coming and going, have someone
- comings and goings
- company manners
- compare apples and oranges
- cool, calm, and collected
- cork high and bottle deep
- cost a pretty penny
- cost an arm and a leg
- crash and burn
- cross my heart and hope to die
- curl up
- curl up and die
- cut and dried
- cut and paste
- cut and run
- cut and thrust
- cut-and-dried
- Dame Partington and her mop
- damned if (one) does and damned if (one) doesn't
- damned if do and damned if don't
- Darby and Joan
- dart in and out
- day and age
- day and night
- day in and day out
- day in, day out
- day late and a dollar short
- dead and buried
- dead and gone
- deaf and dumb
- death and taxes
- death and taxes, certain as
- decide among
- decide between
- Desert and reward seldom keep company
- devil and deep blue sea
- devil to pay, the
- different as night and day
- discern between and
- divide and conquer
- do a one-eighty
- do’s and don’ts
- doesn't hurt to ask. and never hurts to ask
- dog and pony show
- dog-and-pony show
- dollars-and-cents
- done and done
- done and dusted
- doom and gloom
- do's and don'ts
- dos and don'ts
- dot (one's) I's and cross (one's) t's
- dot the i's and cross the t's
- dot the/ i's and cross the/ t's
- down and dirty
- down and out
- down to chili and beans
- down-and-dirty
- down-and-outer
- drag (someone) kicking and screaming
- draw a line between
- draw and quarter
- draw in horns and pull in horns
- draw out of and draw out
- draw the line between and else Go to draw a line between
- drawn and quartered
- Dream of a funeral and you hear of a marriage
- dribs and drabs
- drive a coach and horses through
- drop a line and drop a few lines; drop a note
- drunk and disorderly
- duck and cover
- ducking and diving
- each and every one
- Early to bed and early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise
- early to bed, early to rise (makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise)
- East is East and West is West
- eat and run
- eat one's cake and have it, too
- eat out of house and home
- eat someone out of house and home
- eat, drink, and be merry
- Eat, drink, and be merry, for tomorrow we die
- ebb and flow
- effing and blinding
- elbow out of and elbow out
- elders and betters
- enough and some to spare
- enough to keep body and soul together
- escape the bear and fall to the lion
- ever and
- ever and again
- ever and anon
- every nook and cranny
- every now and
- every now and again
- every now and then
- every Tom, Dick, and Harry
- everybody and his brother
- everybody and his cousin
- everybody and his dog
- everybody and his mother
- everybody and his mum
- everybody and his uncle
- everybody and their brother
- everybody and their dog
- everybody and their mother
- everybody and their mum
- everyone and his brother
- everyone and his cousin
- everyone and his dog
- everyone and his mother
- everyone and his mum
- everyone and his uncle
- everyone and their brother
- everyone and their dog
- everyone and their mother
- everyone and their mum
- everything and the kitchen sink
- fair and impartial
- fair and square
- fall for hook, line and sinker
- far and away
- far and away the best
- far and near
- far and wide
- fast and furious
- fast and loose
- faster and faster
- fat and happy
- fat and sassy
- Feed a cold and starve a fever
- feel hot and cold
- fend and prove
- fetch and carry
- fetch and carry (for someone)
- few and far between
- Fields have eyes, and woods have ears
- fight hammer and tongs
- fight like cat and dog
- fight tooth and claw
- fight tooth and nail
- fine and dandy
- first and foremost
- first and last