Friday 2 April 2021

Rhyming Phrases

Lately I was thinking of rhyming phrases that occur in English. This site listed the following:

Chick flick 

A chick flick is used to describe a movie that appeals to young women.

I don’t usually watch chick flicks. I prefer action movies.

Rom com

A rom com is short-form for romantic comedy.

I only watch rom coms that have my favourite actor in them.

Meet and greet

A meet and greet is an event or session that involves a famous person meeting and getting to know people.

For example, your local mayor may organise a meet and greet ahead of a local election.

Meet and greet is a noun. However, if it’s used as an adjective, it should be hyphenated i.e. meet-and-greet.

Nearest and dearest

Nearest and dearest refer to people you’re very close to.

During Christmas, I always get gifts for my nearest and dearest.

Name and shame

To name and shame means to highlight the names of people or organisations in public and mention the wrong they did.

Companies that didn’t pay their employees on time were named and shamed by the government.

Shop till you drop

To shop till you drop means to keep on shopping until you’re so tired that you may fall down.

When there’s a sale on, my brother and I usually shop till we drop.

Make-or-break

Make-or-break is used to talk about a situation that’s very important and where the outcome can be either great success or complete failure.

Brain drain

A brain drain refers to a loss of talented individuals leaving their own country to another in pursuit of better economic opportunities.

Walk the talk

To walk the talk means to do as one says.

The residents watched and waited to see if the newly elected mayor will walk the talk.

You may also hear people say 'walk the walk'.

Chock-a-block

If someone’s chock-a-block, that means they’re extremely busy and have no time at all to do anything else. 

This site lists many more:

  • abracadabra
  • argle-bargle
  • argy-bargy
  • artsy-fartsy
  • backpack
  • backtrack
  • bandstand
  • bed head
  • bees knees
  • big rig
  • bigwig
  • blackjack
  • blame game
  • blues clues
  • bolo
  • booboo
  • boo-hoo
  • boogie-woogie
  • boot scoot
  • bowwow
  • boy toy
  • brain drain
  • bucket truck
  • bye-bye
  • chick-flick
  • chilly willy
  • chip dip
  • chock-a-block
  • chop shop
  • chug-a-lug
  • chunky monkey
  • claptrap
  • clean green
  • cookbook
  • crop top
  • cuddly-wuddly
  • cutie patootie
  • deadhead
  • ding-a-ling
  • ditch witch
  • double bubble
  • double trouble
  • downtown
  • easy cheese
  • easy-peasey
  • eency-weency
  • even-steven
  • fancy nancy
  • fancy-schmancy
  • fat cat
  • fender-bender
  • fiddle diddle
  • fight or flight
  • fit bit
  • flyby
  • fright night
  • froufrou
  • fuddy-duddy
  • fun run
  • fuzzy-wuzzy
  • gogo
  • go low
  • go pro
  • go slow
  • great state
  • green bean
  • ground round
  • haha
  • handstand
  • handy-dandy
  • hanky-panky
  • harum-scarum
  • heart smart
  • heebie-jeebies
  • helter skelter
  • heyday
  • hi-fi
  • higgledy-piggledy
  • high and dry
  • high fly
  • hippy-dippy
  • hobnob
  • hobo
  • hocus-pocus
  • hoddy-noddy
  • hodgepodge
  • hoi polloi
  • hoity-toity
  • hokey-pokey
  • holy cannoli
  • holy moly
  • hong kong
  • hoodoo
  • hooley-dooley
  • hot pot
  • hotshot
  • hotspot
  • hotsy-totsy
  • hubbub
  • huffing and puffing
  • hugger-mugger
  • hulu
  • humdrum
  • humpty dumpty
  • hurdy-gurdy
  • hurly-burly
  • hurry-scurry
  • hustle and bustle
  • itsy-bitsy
  • itty-bitty
  • jeepers creepers
  • jelly belly
  • jet set
  • kowtow
  • laffy taffy
  • lardy-dardy
  • lean and mean
  • lite brite
  • loosey-goosey
  • lovey-dovey
  • low and slow
  • low blow
  • low-flow
  • mama
  • mai tai
  • maintain
  • make or break
  • mars bars
  • mayday
  • melee
  • mellow yellow
  • might makes right
  • mojo
  • mukluk
  • mumbo-jumbo
  • namby-pamby
  • name game
  • naysay
  • night-light
  • night-night
  • nighty-night
  • nitty-gritty
  • nitwit
  • no-go
  • no-no
  • no-show
  • nutter butter
  • oingo boingo
  • okey dokey
  • one-ton
  • out and about
  • pall mall
  • papa
  • payday
  • pedal to the metal
  • pell-mell
  • phony-baloney
  • pickwick
  • picnic
  • pie in the sky
  • piggly wiggly
  • plain jane
  • polo
  • pooper scooper
  • pop-top
  • powwow
  • prime-time
  • pump and dump
  • quick pick
  • quiet riot
  • quite a sight
  • ragtag
  • rat-a-tat
  • razzle-dazzle
  • razzmatazz
  • reese’s pieces
  • righty tighty
  • ring ding
  • rinky-dink
  • roly-poly
  • rom-com
  • rootin’ tootin’
  • rough and tough
  • rough stuff
  • scat cat
  • shake and bake
  • shock jock
  • shoe goo
  • shout out
  • silly-willy
  • single mingle
  • sky high
  • slim jim
  • sloppy copy
  • slow-mo
  • snack pack
  • snail mail
  • snow blow
  • soho
  • solo
  • space case
  • space race
  • spruce goose
  • steak ‘n shake
  • stop and shop
  • study buddy
  • stun gun
  • sump pump
  • super-duper
  • tee-hee
  • teen scene
  • teenie-weenie
  • teensy-weensy
  • tepee
  • tex-mex
  • thin skin
  • tighty-whitey
  • tinky winky
  • tramp stamp
  • true blue
  • turkey jerky
  • tutti frutti
  • tutu
  • TV
  • undone
  • voodoo
  • wall ball
  • walkie-talkie
  • waylay
  • wear and tear
  • white flight
  • white knight
  • wi-fi
  • willy-nilly
  • wing-ding
  • without a doubt
  • wonton
  • word nerd
  • yolo

Here are a few of my own: 

  • airy-fairy
  • silly billy
  • cheat sheet
  • fleet feet
  • over rover
  • mumbo jumbo
  • heebie jeebies
  • dream team
  • sweet-meat
  • holy moly
  • yo bro
  • dumb bum
  • happy chappy

This site has a rhyme generator e.g. Sean Reeves misperceives, interleaves and misconceives.

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