English for Today by Ganiu Abisoye Bamgbose (Dr GAB)
WORDS USED IN PAIRS
10. Bread and water: A frugal diet that is eaten in poverty, chosen in abstinence, or given as a punishment: The boy lived on bread and water for years.
11. Dribs and drabs: If people or things arrive in dribs and drabs, they arrive in small numbers over a period of time rather than arriving all together:
The guests arrived in dribs and drabs.
12. Ifs, ands or buts: This is used to mean reservations, restrictions, or excuses.
I want that job finished today, and no ifs, ands, or buts.
GAB
1 Comment
This is well appreciated, Sir.