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