{"id":76,"date":"2020-02-25T20:19:51","date_gmt":"2020-02-26T04:19:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.brentscarcliff.com\/blog\/?p=76"},"modified":"2020-06-21T12:12:00","modified_gmt":"2020-06-21T19:12:00","slug":"english-alliterative-phrases","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.brentscarcliff.com\/blog\/english-alliterative-phrases\/","title":{"rendered":"English Alliterative Phrases"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li>alas and alack<\/li>\n<li>back of beyond, the<\/li>\n<li>back to back<\/li>\n<li>back to basics<\/li>\n<li>bag and baggage<\/li>\n<li>bear the brunt, to<\/li>\n<li>bed and board<\/li>\n<li>bee in my bonnet, a<\/li>\n<li>bigger the better, the<\/li>\n<li>black and blue<\/li>\n<li>blind as a bat, as<\/li>\n<li>boom or bust<\/li>\n<li>born and bred<\/li>\n<li>brains or brawn<\/li>\n<li>bread and butter<\/li>\n<li>brittened and brent<\/li>\n<li>brown as a berry<\/li>\n<li>captains of commerce<\/li>\n<li>chump change<\/li>\n<li>clay and clod<\/li>\n<li>clean your clock<\/li>\n<li>cool as a cucumber<\/li>\n<li>dale and down<\/li>\n<li>deaf and dumb<\/li>\n<li>dime a dozen, a<\/li>\n<li>do or die<\/li>\n<li>down and dirty<\/li>\n<li>down in the dumps<\/li>\n<li>ducks and drakes<\/li>\n<li>dune and dale<\/li>\n<li>fair of face<\/li>\n<li>fair or foul<\/li>\n<li>fast and furious, the<\/li>\n<li>femme fatale<\/li>\n<li>fine fettle, in<\/li>\n<li>fire and flood<\/li>\n<li>firth and fell<\/li>\n<li>fish to fry, other<\/li>\n<li>fit as a fiddle<\/li>\n<li>forgive and forget<\/li>\n<li>fortune 500<\/li>\n<li>free and fair<\/li>\n<li>friends and family<\/li>\n<li>frith and field<\/li>\n<li>geese and goslings<\/li>\n<li>good as gold, as<\/li>\n<li>good for the goose is good for the gander, what&#8217;s<\/li>\n<li>green as grass, as<\/li>\n<li>hale and hearty<\/li>\n<li>hands on hips<\/li>\n<li>hand over head<\/li>\n<li>have and hold<\/li>\n<li>have and to hold, to<\/li>\n<li>head over heels<\/li>\n<li>heart to heart<\/li>\n<li>hearth and home<\/li>\n<li>heavy hitter<\/li>\n<li>hell or high water<\/li>\n<li>hide nor hair<\/li>\n<li>hill and hollow<\/li>\n<li>hot and heavy<\/li>\n<li>hounds of hell<\/li>\n<li>house and home<\/li>\n<li>house and harbour<\/li>\n<li>judge and jury<\/li>\n<li>jump for joy, to<\/li>\n<li>kit and caboodle<\/li>\n<li>kith and kin<\/li>\n<li>labor of love<\/li>\n<li>law of the land. the<\/li>\n<li>lesson learned<\/li>\n<li>lessons learned<\/li>\n<li>life and limb<\/li>\n<li>lith and land<\/li>\n<li>lithe and lissom<\/li>\n<li>live and learn<\/li>\n<li>look before you leap<\/li>\n<li>lords and ladies<\/li>\n<li>make or miss<\/li>\n<li>mark and meed<\/li>\n<li>meet your match<\/li>\n<li>might and main<\/li>\n<li>mind over matter<\/li>\n<li>mixed message<\/li>\n<li>mixed messages<\/li>\n<li>more, the merrier, the<\/li>\n<li>neck and neck<\/li>\n<li>need to know<\/li>\n<li>next to nothing<\/li>\n<li>now or never<\/li>\n<li>pack a punch<\/li>\n<li>part and parcel<\/li>\n<li>peer pressure<\/li>\n<li>penny wise, pound foolish<\/li>\n<li>pet peeve<\/li>\n<li>phrase and fable<\/li>\n<li>pole position<\/li>\n<li>poor but proud<\/li>\n<li>pots and pans<\/li>\n<li>pride of place<\/li>\n<li>prim and proper<\/li>\n<li>prime the pump<\/li>\n<li>raise the roof<\/li>\n<li>right and wrong<\/li>\n<li>risk and reward<\/li>\n<li>rock and roll<\/li>\n<li>sand and shore<\/li>\n<li>saints and sinners<\/li>\n<li>sink or swim<\/li>\n<li>slip and slide<\/li>\n<li>spick and span<\/li>\n<li>stars and stripes<\/li>\n<li>sticks and stones<\/li>\n<li>strand and stream<\/li>\n<li>sugar and spice<\/li>\n<li>swear and stare<\/li>\n<li>sweet and sour<\/li>\n<li>sweet as sugar, as<\/li>\n<li>sweet science<\/li>\n<li>take your time<\/li>\n<li>thick and thin<\/li>\n<li>thick as thieves, as<\/li>\n<li>think twice<\/li>\n<li>time and tide<\/li>\n<li>time will tell<\/li>\n<li>tit for tat<\/li>\n<li>topsy-turvy<\/li>\n<li>trailer trash<\/li>\n<li>trash talking<\/li>\n<li>tried and true<\/li>\n<li>trim for tram, to take<\/li>\n<li>vim and vigor<\/li>\n<li>war of words<\/li>\n<li>wit and wisdom<\/li>\n<li>word to the wise, a<\/li>\n<li>writing is on the wall, the<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>alas and alack back of beyond, the back to back back to basics bag and baggage bear the brunt, to bed and board bee in my bonnet, a bigger the better, the black and blue blind as a bat, as boom or bust born and bred brains or brawn bread and butter brittened and brent &hellip; 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