A list of 20 words by fbharjo.
- white and blackwas added by fbharjo and appears on just this list
- cake and eat it too!was added by alexz and appears on just this list
- soul and heartwas added by fbharjo and appears on just this list
- caboodle and kitwas added by fbharjo and appears on just this list
- dried and cutwas added by fbharjo and appears on just this list
- wide and farwas added by fbharjo and appears on just this list
- omega and alphawas added by ry and appears on just this list
- take and givewas added by fbharjo and appears on just this list
- tell and showwas added by fbharjo and appears on just this list
- file and rankwas added by fbharjo and appears on just this list
- narrow and widewas added by fbharjo and appears on just this list
- means and wayswas added by fbharjo and appears on just this list
- a gain and a losswas added by fbharjo and appears on just this list
- long and easywas added by fbharjo and appears on just this list
- in and outwas added by fbharjo and appears on 3 lists
- narrow and straightwas added by fbharjo and appears on just this list
- arrow and bowwas added by fbharjo and appears on just this list
- forth and backwas added by fbharjo and appears on just this list
- black and whitewas added by fbharjo and appears on 16 lists
- pair and dockswas added by fbharjo and appears on just this list
- eclectic and meraciouswas added by fbharjo and appears on just this list
slumry commented on the list both-and-both
A fun list. Lloyd habitually said forth and back, without irony or intent to provoke. Carolyn, nevertheless, was annoyed on the grounds that it was not idiomatic. Lloyd countered that it was more logical. One could hardly go back before first going forth. Carolyn ultimately attributed it to Lloyd's status as the son of Swedish immigrants. So riddle me this: is there a Swedish idiom equivalent to forth and back?
May 31, 2015