User:DCDuring/Siamese twins
Here are various common English collocations sometimes called Siamese twins. See also Category:English lexical doublets and hendiadys and hendiatris.
Conjunction edit
The most common conjunctions used in a phrase that constitutes Siamese twins are and or or.
With "and" as the conjunction edit
Adjectives edit
- alive and kicking
- black and blue
- black and white
- clean and tidy
- cute and cuddly
- drawn and quartered
- hale and hearty
- hard and fast
- high and dry
- high and mighty
- home and dry
- hot and cold
- loud and clear
- old and new
- pure and simple
- rough and tumble
- said and done
- sick and tired
- thick and thin
- warm and fuzzy
Adverbs edit
- by and large
- far and wide
- fast and loose
- here and there
- in and out
- off and away
- once and for all
- to and fro
- up and about
- up and down
- yes and no
Nouns edit
- airs and graces
- arm and a leg/an arm and a leg
- apples and oranges
- bells and whistles
- bit and bridle
- bits and bobs
- blood and guts
- bow and arrow
- boys and girls
- bread and butter
- cap and gown
- cat and mouse
- cats and dogs
- fingers and thumbs
- fish and chips
- flesh and blood
- hammer and sickle
- hammer and tongs
- heaven and hell
- intents and purposes
- king and queen
- knife and fork
- ladies and gentlemen (merism)
- law and order
- man and boy (merism)
- man and wife
- meat and potatoes
- milk and honey
- mum and dad
- nook and cranny
- nuts and bolts
- odds and ends
- Ps and Qs
- peace and quiet
- peanut butter and jelly
- peas and carrots
- pestle and mortar/mortar and pestle
- pros and cons
- shits and giggles
- signs and symptoms
- skin and bone
- song and dance
- spick and span
- spit and polish
- supply and demand
- sweetness and light
- tea and crumpets
- thunder and lightning
- tooth and nail
- trial and error
- vim and vigor
- ways and means
- wine and roses
Verbs edit
- crash and burn
- make and mend/make do and mend
- meet and greet
- read and write
- stop and go
- touch and go
With "or" or "nor" as the conjunction edit
Adjectives edit
Adverbs edit
Determiners edit
Nouns edit
- day or night
- neither fish nor fowl*
- come hell or high water/hell or high water
- neither hide nor hair*
- neither love nor money*/love or money
- rain or shine
- fight or flight
Verbs edit
Predicates edit
Other edit
Structure edit
The structure of any Siamese twins phrase has words that are related in some way or the other. The words comprising a Siamese twins phrase may be synonyms, antonyms, include alliterations or similar-sounding words. Other varieties of Siamese twins may also be possible.
Examples below are split into various tables; some may belong in more than one table but are listed only once.
With antonyms edit
- back and forth
- beginning to end
- better or worse
- black and white
- chicken and egg
- cops and robbers
- coming and going
- Cowboys and Indians
- dawn till dusk
- dead or alive
- floor to ceiling
- food and drink
- give and take
- give or take
- heads or tails
- hide and seek
- high and low
- hit or miss
- hither and thither
- in and out
- life or death
- long and short
- near and far
- now and then
- pros and cons
- rank and file
- start to finish
- sweet and sour
- to and fro
- top to bottom
- up and down
- victory and defeat
- war and peace
- wax and wane
- yes and no
With synonyms edit
- by hook or by crook
- cease and desist
- cheek by jowl
- first and foremost
- heart and soul
- leaps and bounds
- neat and tidy
- six of one, half a dozen of the other
- nook and cranny
- null and void
- peace and quiet
- pick and choose
- prim and proper
- rant and rave
- strait and narrow
With alliteration edit
- bag and baggage
- belt and braces
- the birds and the bees
- black and blue
- bread and butter
- cash and carry
- chalk and cheese
- fast and furious
- fun and frolics
- fur and feathers
- hearth and home
- hem and haw
- kith and kin
- Lend-Lease
- part and parcel
- pillar to post
- rest and recreation (a.k.a. R'n'R)
- rock and roll
- rough and ready
- safe and sound
- sixes and sevens
- spick and span
- stars and stripes
- sugar and spice
- top and tail
With similar-sounding words edit
- box and cox
- chalk and talk
- flotsam and jetsam
- handy-dandy
- hither and thither
- hoi polloi
- huff and puff
- hustle and bustle
- meet and greet
- namby-pamby
- pell mell
- odds and sods
- onwards and upwards
- out and about
- shout and clout
- silly billy
- time and tide
- wear and tear
- willy-nilly
- wine and dine
With repetition edit
- again and again
- all in all
- around and around
- back to back
- bumper to bumper
- cheek to cheek
- (on the) up and up
- elbow to elbow
- arm in arm
- eye to eye
- face to face
- hand in hand
- hand to hand
- head to head
- heart to heart
- little by little
- man to man
- more and more
- mouth to mouth
- neck and neck
- on and on
- out and out
- over and over
- side by side
- side to side
- so and so
- step by step
- strength to strength
- such and such
- through and through
- time after time
- (from) time to time
- toe to toe
- wall to wall
- wire to wire
- woman to woman
Rhyming slang edit
- Adam and Eve
- apples and pears
- bottle and glass
- Brahms and Liszt
- dog and bone
- frog and toad
- hand and blister
- north and south
- rabbit and pork
- tit for tat
- trouble and strife
- two and eight
- whistle and flute
Variants edit
Siamese twins occurring as a pair (that is, having two words occurring together) are also known as binomials. If the variant has three words occurring together, it is also known as a trinomial.
Examples of trinomials edit
- blood, sweat and tears
- bust, waist, and hip
- cool, calm and collected
- ear, nose and throat (E.N.T.)
- here, there and everywhere
- hither, thither and yon
- hook, line and sinker
- hop, skip and jump
- judge, jury and executioner
- lock, stock and barrel
- mad, bad and dangerous
- nasty, brutish and short
- ready, willing and able
- red, white and blue
- sex, drugs and rock 'n' roll
- tall, dark and handsome
- the good, the bad and the ugly
- Tom, Dick and Harry
- shake, rattle and roll
- stop, drop and roll
- this, that, and the other
- way, shape, or form