| 词组 | Fixed pairs |
| 释义 | Fixed pairs The following lists show pairs of words joined by 'and' or 'or' which always or nearly always occur in the same order. For example, you always say bread and butter. You do not say 'butter and bread'. Nouns: bits and pieces, board and lodging, body and soul, bread and butter, cup and saucer, fish and chips, flesh and blood, flotsam and jetsam, food and water, friend or foe, hands and knees, health and safety, heart and soul, heaven and earth, kith and kin, knife and fork, land and sea, law and order, nearest and dearest, north and south, nuts and bolts, pen and paper, pros and cons, salt and pepper, sex and violence, ups and downs, women and children Together, he and I shovelled all the bits and pieces back in the tin box. Tim crawled on hands and knees out of the water. The police were at last able to maintain some degree of law and order in the streets. Adjectives: alive and well, black and white, born and bred, drunk and disorderly, good or bad, hot and bothered, hot and cold, ready and waiting, right or wrong, safe and sound, sick and tired It's nice to know he is alive and well. ...to discuss whether the expansion was right or wrong. I'm sick and tired of being pushed around. Adverbs: back and forth, backwards and forwards, far and wide, first and foremost, here and now, hither and thither, in and out, loud and clear, out and about, really and truly, rightly or wrongly, to and fro, up and down, well and truly The plough is drawn backwards and forwards across the field. His weekly reviews in the Dallas Times Herald have spread his reputation far and wide. They began jumping up and down. Verbs: come and go, ebb and flow, fetch and carry, huff and puff, rant and rave, twist and turn, wax and wane, weep and wail, wine and dine People are ceaselessly coming and going. Fish react to the state of the tide as it ebbs and flows. Doreen was weeping and wailing. 'I've never been in trouble before!' |
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