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Here are various common English collocations sometimes called Siamese twins. See also Category:English lexical doublets and hendiadys and hendiatris.
Conjunction
The most common conjunctions used in a phrase that constitutes Siamese twins are and or or.
With "and" as the conjunction
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With "or" or "nor" as the conjunction
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Structure
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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
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
- 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