BINOMIAL EXPRESSIONS, third set of examples

 

    This post is a continuation of a collection of verses dealing with the grammatic device of 'BINOMIALS' as posted on this blog on August 5, 2022 (first set of examples), and August 5, 2023 (second set). 

Editors' Note:  Before proceeding to these collections of short verses, readers might benefit from reviewing an earlier post entitled Edification about Word-Pairs: "The Binomials", A Linguistic Lesson.

prior displayed poems:

(first set): betwixt and between, bigger and bigger, birds and bees, bump and grind, by hook or by crook, down and out.  

(second set): far and wide (hives), first and last, flora and fauna, flotsam and jetsam, food and drink, hale and hearty.

CURRENT CONTENTS (#3, AUG 2024):

Hem and haw

Here and there

High and dry

Hug and kiss

Poop and scoop

Publish or perish

Authors' Note: In deciding on their wedding vows, brides and grooms often pick binomial expressions owing to their aura of tradition and their musicality. Such phrases, bordering on clichés, include:

for better or for worse, to have and to hold, richer or poorer, and in sickness and in health. The ultimate cliché in this formulaic construct (that protagonist Cliff felt pressured to recite) is usually "til death do us part" (not a binomial).

Generally,  following recitation of the vows, the co-opted man and wife get photographed, and then the whole wedding-party goes off to celebrate. In the case described above, the mandatory recitation was distorted, leaving the guests high and dry. 

Authors' Note: The rhyming binomial phrase, stoop and scoop, sometimes given as '"poop and scoop" describes a group activity by pet-owners.
See also the author's poem "dog park" in the collection "Urban Concerns". 

Authors' Note: The above treatise was assisted by a grant from the Foundation for Classic Binomial Expressions, under which permission was obtained for the use of song and dance, ants in one's pants, and publish or perish. (Other paired expressions, cheer and cherish, and funding and grants, are under development).

CURRENT CONTENTS (#4, 5 AUG 2026):

Right or wrong (billing and cooing - pigeons) 

Sin and redemption

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