idiom "and"

• life and limb


  important
• Home and dry


  ring the bell
• have a good run for sth


  have legs (potentially)
• bear fruit

  get into the groove of sth
• carry all before one


  carry the day
• high-flying= take sth by storm= a runaway success= bat a thousand


  success
• fall through


  fail
• cut and dried


  no question about, definite
• Cut and run


  run away
• Touch and go


  uncertain
• Down and dirty


  desperate
• Down and out


  homeless
• there and then


  at the drop of a hat, in an instant
• chop and change


  hem and haw, toing and froing
• Blow hot and cold


  wishy washy, indecisive
• Give chapter and verse

  blow by blow, give full details
• bits and bobs


  odds and ends, details of different kinds
• The nuts and bolts


  the practical details
• in sackcloth and ashes

  do sth with one's tail between one's legs, put one's foot in one's mouth/ it, ashamed
• bald-faced

  no shame
• Under lock and key


  secured
• travel the length and breadth


  go to every part of sth
• like chalk and cheese= a different kettle of fish from


  different
• Stand head and shoulders above= put/leave sth in the shade


  better
• nip and tuck

  neck and neck = on a par with = up to par with = a dead heat
• at one's beck and call


  at one's disposal/service = to dance attendance on sb
• grin and bear


  put up with
• scrimp and save


  keeps one's head above the water
• beer and skittles


  amusement
• airs and graces


  patronize
• cock-and-bull story


  xàm l
• by hook or by crook


  by any possible means.
• black and blue

  bruises
• black-and-white


  sth not right or wrong