“and the”

The following 8 entries include the term and the.

devil and the tailors

noun

one 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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