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If something happens “_ _ _”, it happens slowly and gradually
 
Bit by bit
 
Bright and early
 
Black and blue
 
Fair and square
If you get up “_ _ _”, you get up very early in the morning
 
Bright and early
 
Spick and span
 
High and dry
 
Alive and well
If an area, room or house is “_ _ _”, it’s very clean
 
Spick and span
 
First and foremost
 
High and dry
 
Alive and well
If an area, room or house is “_ _ _”, it’s very clean
 
Spick and span
 
First and foremost
 
High and dry
 
Alive and well
If you’re “_ _ _”, you have bruises on your skin because you’ve been hit or injured
 
Black and blue
 
Dribs and drabs
 
Sick and tired
 
Back and forth
If something happens in “_ _ _”, it happens slowly, and in small amounts
 
Dribs and drabs
 
Fair and square
 
Sick and tired
 
Back and forth
If something such as a competition, game or decision is “_ _ _ ”, it’s honest, fair and transparent.
 
Fair and square
 
Far and wide
 
Sick and tired
 
Back and forth
If you’re “_ _ _”, you’re trapped in a place without any help, equipment, resources
 
High and dry
 
Alive and well
 
Far and wide
 
Bit by bit
If you’re “_ _ _” of something, you’re angry about it, and you don’t want it to happen anymore.
 
Sick and tired
 
Far and wide
 
Back and forth
 
Fair and square
If you go “_ _ _”, you travel to and from a place a lot
 
Back and forth
 
First and foremost
 
Far and wide
 
Bit by bit
If someone is “_ _ _”, they’re finally safe after being in danger
 
Alive and well
 
Black and blue
 
Bright and early
 
Fair and square
We use “_ _ _” before we refer to the most important part of something; it’s like saying “most importantly”
 
First and foremost
 
Spick and span
 
Dribs and drabs
 
Bit by bit
If things (such as buildings, restaurants, petrol stations…) are “_ _ _”, there aren’t many of them, or they’re spread over a big distance.
 
Far and wide
 
Spick and span
 
Dribs and drabs
 
Back and forth