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and the like
phrasebetween the devil and the deep blue sea
phrase: faced with two equally objectionable alternatives
devil and the tailors
nounone and the same
idiom: one person or thing and not two
the birds and the bees
plural noun: the facts about sex that are told to children
the long and (the) short of it
noun phrase—used when making a statement that is brief and that tells someone only the most important parts of something
the quick and the dead
noun: living people and dead people
the whys and (the) wherefores
plural noun: the reasons for something
this, that, and the other
idiom: several different things
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