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Postby SVOdude » Thu Jul 24, 2008 1:07 am

Alliterations - The List:





Alliteration - Definition:


A set of two words in a row (one after the other) that start with the same letter.
This typically applies to set phrases, not the coincidental pair of words starting with the same letter.


The reason this linguistic device has significance is because:


-the words sound like they are made to go together.
-they produce a poetic, aesthetic effect.
-they make the set phrase catchy, or easier to remember.
-they tend to roll off the tongue easier, making them kind of fun to say.

Alliteration - Notes:


This is a list of all the Alliterations that I've heard, read, or thought of, over the last few months.
Some example sentences using alliterations are included.

If you can think of any more alliterations I invite you to post them below.
If there are any listed here that you don't understand, let me know, and I'll write up some example sentences using them.

Missing Letters of the Alphabet that Alliterate: E, O, U, X, Y








Alliterations - A


Your attitude, not your aptitude, will determine your altitude.
eight is enough
Honest Abe


Alliterations - B


a baby boomer - a group of people born between 1948 and 1964.
Put it on the back burner.
bad boys
You're playing with the big boys now.
best of breed
birthday bumps
have a bee in your bonnet
a busy bee
a busy body
bald is beautiful
It's a barn-burner
bare the brunt of
I bamboozled my way out of there
It's his bread and butter.
get the best bang for the buck.
a boom-or-bust economy
get back to basics. back to the basics
balance the books
bulletin board
Budda Bing Budda Boom! - a drum sound effect.
Great eats that won't break the bank. Don't wanna break the bank
bargain basement prices
the bargain bin
band of brothers
the Big Bang
bare bottom
right in the bread basket
b'by (short form of 'baby')
beat the blues
don't want to burn your bridges
build bridges
He's back in black
I'll bet my bottom dollar that SVO
attract the best and brightest
blood bath
a back breaker. back-breaking work
Big Box retailers
the building blocks
the best of both worlds
the biggest and the baddest
That's the way the ball bounces.
to beg and borrow your way to success
above and beyond what could have been projected
He's just a beach bum.
I'd hate to burst your bubble, but that ain't gonna happen.
Big Brother
The Bible Belt
earn your brownie badge
in her bad books
baptism by fire
browbeating, browbeaten - to intimidate or bully
bold and brassy
Better brave than bored
a bounce-back game
bite the bullet
bra burning
beaming brightly
Battle of the Bulge
bosom buddies (boo zm)
the bottom of the barrel
ride bareback
it boils my blood
Beauty and the Beast
the birds and the bees
bumps and bruises
a blonde bombshell
birthday boy
bell bottoms
buzzer beaters
It's the best of the bunch
The city bore the brunt of the tsunami.
Gotta move on to bigger and better things.
That's both a boon and a bane.
He's all brawn and no brains.



There's still some bad blood between them. - bad feelings, or ill will, harbored between people. to not see eye-to-eye with each other.

blood brothers - a ritual (may be based on native North American Indians) where they slit the palm of their right hands and do a hand shake, exchanging blood, which gives them a special type of brotherly bond.

He waited with bated breath for the final decision as he sat there in a cold sweat.
He waited [in | with] high anticipation.

a bare-bones technique. - right down to the core elements. fundamental. basic pieces. think of a skeleton.
You can make money in internet marketing using the bare-bones technique. - simple, no fluff. no BS. no extras.





Alliterations - C, K, Q


click clack, clickity clack
chit-chat
their paths criss-cross
It's crystal clear to me now.
That gives me the creepy crawlers.
the class creep
crispy critters
make some cold calls
cold cuts
a cookie-cutter look - very similar, predicable, non-customized look.
and didn't even give me the common courtesy to
the whole kit & caboodle. - the whole nine yards, everything with nothing missing.
It's quality over quantity. Quantity does not connote quality.
a clear cut answer
code of conduct
crimson and clover
a card-carrying member
Today's game was a carbon copy of yesterday's game of 1 to 0.
command and control
play 'kick the can'
would be cold comfort
that's the way the cookie crumbles
He was cold-cocked.
Kissing Cousins
Content is king. - a marketing expression
The Comeback Kids
the coast is clear
got your clock cleaned
catacombs of the mind
cataclysmic
keep your cool
They're a bunch of cool cats
cat call
we are all curious cats
a cult for kooks
compare and contrast
calorie counting
cream of the crop
a credit crunch, a credit crisis
a cash crunch - tight for cash, run out of cash
a cash crop
a cash cow
casino capitalism
a crash course
Is it a coalition or a coup?
cruise control
the caped crusader - a superhero with a cape
on a collision course with
to hold the keys to the kingdom
coach's corner
I'm no cheap Charlie
She's the Coupon Queen.
cuddly and cozy
the common cold
course correction
that cuts to the quick
a handful of events launched Ajax into the collective consciousness of the web development community
crew cut
king cobra
We didn't have much of a cash cushion.
have a chit chat with
cut from the same cloth
you have to deliver a clarion call that will get your listeners' attention, emotionalize your goals as theirs
to come clean
the cat's cradle
a country club attitude

Chump change:
My job pays very little. I'm making chump-change right now. Compared to you anyhow. You're just rolling in the cash with your job.
I'm working for peanuts. They pay me squat.
Tiger Woods paid $1000 for a bottle of wine. But that's chump-change to him. He makes that much money every minute I bet.

That's quite the chunk of change you're packin' around in your wallet. Why do you have such a large wad of fifties in there? Why don't you use a debit card like everyone else.
They say that Tiger Woods is worth over 200 million dollars. That's quite the chunk of change, that's for sure!





Alliterations - D


I double dare you. I double dog dare you.
do and dare
You shall be rewarded for a dastardly deed.
on double duty
do double duty - kills two birds with one stone
You're a dead duck if your parents find out you've been smoking. - in serious trouble
do the dipsy doodle.
can't afford to dilly-dally around here
It's a done deal. - It's as good as money in the bank.
Differentiate or die - (a business mantra)
to dumb down, the dumbing down of television
The damage is done.
the Dynamic Duo
the dastardly duo
dumpster diver
have a date with destiny (and she just ordered the lobster)
a dirty double crosser
get down and dirty
dirty dancing
dialing for dollars
death, doom and destruction
feeling a little down in the dumps lately
He's a daredevil.
if you dare to dream
day dream
She's drop-dead gorgeous.
Opinions are a dime a dozen.
the daily dozen
Surfers on those big waves are dancing with death.
the dirty dozen
Do your due diligence.
demolition derby
dull and drab
the dewey decimal system
I don't want to be all dark and doom here
death to dogma. dogma is dead.
a delicate dance between.
Dare to be different.
dog days
diver down
draft dodger
How was your dinner date?



Alliterations - F


It's feast or famine. - either times are real good or real bad.
feast or famish
fight-or-flight - how the adrenal glands respond to emergency situations.
flip-flop - He keeps flip-flopping between topics.
He has been a father figure to me. He's played the role of father in my life, though he's not my real dad.
It takes some fancy footwork
Fee-Fi-Fo-Fum - from a children's song
the fudge factor - the degree to which the accounting numbers are fudged.
the fear factor
free fall - on a downward spiral. The economy's in free fall. in a free fall.
the quarterback threw a flea-flicker pass.
form over function
on a fact-finding mission
That flies in the face of O - is contradictory to
First and foremost, SVO
far and few between
Ya just gotta forgive and forget.
with great fanfare
firefly
fact or fiction. Fact is stranger than fiction.
Ya gotta fight fire with fire.
fire-fighting
the fur is flying
that's a little far-fetched - a little out there
food fight
force feed - jam it down their throats
on a feeding frenzy
he's back in fine form
funny farm
Fore-warned is fore-armed.
far-flung supply chains
caught in the friendly fire - firing on your own troops mistakenly
freedom fighter
fear of failure
we got caught a little flat-footed
It will only add fuel to the fire.
it's all fun and frollick
I've become a full-fledged partner of the firm.
flimflam
our forefathers
Fashion over function
The fallacy of 'If you're not foe then you're friend'
for all its flaws and foibles
fumble fingered - butter fingers, all thumbs
I have a funny feeling that SVO
fists of fury
He has some fish to fry. -
Dialog calls for the free flow of meaning.
friend or foe
a force field
fleet-footed rivals
the final frontier
some fast facts
with just a short flight of fancy
Is it fantasy or facts?
He remained the family favorite.
the fantastic five, the sinister six

She was a femme fatale like no other. (fem fa tal like gal)
1. A woman of great seductive charm who leads men into compromising or dangerous situations.
2. An alluring, mysterious woman. an alluring or seductive woman, esp one who causes men to love her to their own distress

frick 'n frack
(This express is not so common, but is used in funny situation. --SVOdude.)
See the image gallery on Frick and Frack

A man has to fend and fettle for the best, and then trust in something beyond himself. —Lady Chatterley’s Lover




Alliterations - G


Golden Gloves boxer
The Golden Globe awards
the neighbor's grass is greener. the greener grass. - greener pastures.
feeling a little green around the gills.
going great guns
go gangbuster at something
She's got the gift to gab.
What gets your goat? What grinds your gears?
He's a go-getter.
a give and go
a golden goose of sorts
glamour girl
a God-given right. god-given talents
just for grins and giggles, SVO.
ghetto girl
going to hell in a handbasket
He's a gentle giant.
Are you gonna head for the hills?
guitar gods of the 1980s, like Eddie Van Halen
My car's a gas guzzler
the difference between a gold mine and a goose chase
That's as good as it gets.
Goodness gracious! Great balls of fire!
I'm gonna have the last laugh
go for the gold
All is not gold that glitters.



Alliterations - H


heave-ho - push!
Hidee ho - hello
hee-haw - the sound a donkey makes
hoot and holler
their level of celebration is ho hum
All he did was hum and haw. hemming and hawing
I think I will hit the hay. - go to sleep
hip hop music
These kids are eating me out of house and home.
She's too hot to handle.
the head honcho - the top manager or owner, usually of a company.
This place is a hell hole. - a pit, a dump, a dive
You don't have a hope in hell. - a slim chance.
We're off house hunting.
headhunter, do some headhunting
a haphazard way of doing things
come hell or high water
He sports a full head of hair
I haven't seen hide nor hair of 'em.
We searched all over hell's half acre.
living high on the hog. We're eatin' high on the hog.
have high hopes for
heavy-handed
Don't get on your high horse
That's horse hockey - a slang meaning "That's malarkey.", or "That's a bunch of bull."
head for the hills
the Hoola Hoop
high-handedness
go whole hog
hardheaded
a hired hand
let's put that hobby horse to rest - might be a British expression
happy Haunica???
handholding
a heavy hitter
Hell hath no fury like a man rejected.
house of horrors
One must hew and hack away at oneself in order to make a space that is large enough for love to enter.
Have some halibut for the helluvit.





Alliterations - I


to add insult to injury



Alliterations - J


jump for joy
jibber-jabber - jibberish
Put the baby in the Jolly-Jumper.
How many jumping jacks can you do?



Alliterations - L


Lady Luck
We're gonna lay a licking on them.
land lover - a derogatory term used by sailors to non-sailors.
living a life of luxury - living the good life.
lost their luster
a loss-leader - a product you lose money on in order to build up a customer list to sell them products later.
I have a laundry list of things to do.
the lay of the land
That's a leap of logic - a real stretch
look before you leap
a lounge lizard
until at long last SVO
last but not least
lo and behold
a low-life
have a lust for life
(be sure to) Love life. your love life
Live, love, laugh.
Live Life Loud.
Live and learn.
a looky-lou
it's the law of the land
lover's lane
living in the lap of luxury
you're risking life and limb
a living legend. a living legacy
no love lost between them
Loose lips sink ships.
lock 'n load
have a new lease on life

It's a labor of love.
Like it or lump it. Like it or loathe it. Love it or loathe it.
Love them or loathe them, fear them or embrace them, megacities are the human future of the planet.



Alliterations - M


mind over matter
put your money where your mouth is.
muscle memory - the process where your brain memorizes physical skills through practice and training.
The best laid plans of mice and men.
There's a method to their madness.
Someday you'll meet your maker.
a mish-mash of scenes. that book contains only a mish-mash of old ideas
the more the merrier
I don't like the mucky-muck of the political race - the muckiness
He's the man of mystery.
I smoke medical marijuana. Eases my glaucoma.
mucous membrane
Gotta pay the middle man.
Mass media is being replaced by news via blogs.
media mentions - publicity releases
Hanna Montana sold out to the Disney marketing machine.
a marketing maven - an marketer with the reputation of an expert
There's a March Madness sale on at Walmart.
You look magnificently marvelous.
the man of the moment
a money maker
a match-maker
a midnight mover
the midnight moon
Man in the Moon
a miracle maker
a meeting of the minds
those magic moments
a movie mogul
mindmapping
mental manipulation
slang: mental masturbation
I'm looking for the magic money tree.
man vs machine
moves mountains
mix and match
treated like a movie mogul
it's a monster mash
us mere mortals
merger mania, mega-mergers
meet my Mini-me
money math
mighty monsterous mountains








Alliterations - N


Is she naughty or nice? She's naughty but nice.
nick-nack
Nick-nack, paddy-whack, give a dog a bone.
the nature-nurture debate
Nanu-nanu - the sound that Mork makes. (from the 1970s TV sitcom, "Mork and Mindy")
neural networks
He's a man on a mission.




Alliterations - P


pet peeve - a thing that irritates or bothers you. Something you don't like.
pin-point
Don't be a party pooper. - a spoil-sport. One who wrecks or breaks up a good time.
ping pong
pet project
Pitter-patter let's get at 'er.
a pity party - a group of people feeling sorry for themselves.
pay the piper - pay your dues. No free rides.
He doesn't have a pot to piss in. - he owns nothing. He doesn't even have two nickels to rub together.
to pinch pennies. a penny pincher
He has perfect pitch. - He can name a note when he hears it, like C#.
persistence pays off.
a pickpocket
He's in picture perfect health.
the proofs in the pudding
if you put pencil to paper, SVO
put pen to paper - write up the contract
pencil pushers - accountants
pushing paper
take the primrose path
pressure point
pick your poison
We practice what we preach.
in for a penny in for a pound
Practice makes perfect. morph: Perfect practice makes perfect. Practice makes permanent.
Your room looks like a pig pen. looks like a pig stye
people power
planned parenthood
poke and prod
a pig in a poke
pinprick
pole position
be sure to wear your press pass
you have to pay to play.
poopy-pants
peer pressure
pound the pavement
penny wise and pound foolish
The Power of Positive Praise
the plight of poverty
pots and pans
premium pricing
have a penpal
pressure-packed exam
plug 'n play
smoke your peace pipe
putting principles into practice
prime pickins
packs [quite] a punch. I like marmalade; it packs a punch.
poke and prod their assumptions for weaknesses
Princess power
put some panache in your prose
prime the pump
from the prosaic to the profound.
innocent citizens will pay the price of the war
Pistol Pete
Perplexing Puzzles and Tantalizing Teasers
solve the people puzzle - getting people to cooperate together

I've been getting piss-poor results with this new service. We're going to have to cancel it I think and go back to our old system. - very poor.
That's a piss-poor excuse





Alliterations - R


He went from rags to riches in only two years after starting his business from scratch. her rags to riches story
to experience road rage.
rural route
rough rider
What's all the riff-raff about. Who knows what riff-raff got in whilst the doors were open.
Just have to be careful not to let any riff raff in.
That movie had gotten a lot of rave reviews.
Results rule. - a business term.
no rhyme nor reason
rule the roost
rinse and repeat
rub the wrong way. I know this is going to rub some people the wrong way.
open markets is already more rhetorical than real.
without rhyme or reason.
reap the rewards
He's a rebel rouser
roid rage
the risk/reward scenario
He's on the road to recovery - his health is getting better.
Rock 'n Roll
rant and rave
a round robin
a rust-to-riches transformation
where the rubber meets the road
play Russian roulette
the royal road to riches
Are you ready to rumble?
escape the rat race
the rulers of the realm at the time had no reason to take notice of him
read the riot act
rabble-rouser
rumpus room
Remus of Romulus







Alliterations - S


signed, sealed, and delivered.
Don't be a spoil sport.
better safe than sorry
a sorry sight
find the sweet spot
Dishonesty is a very slippery slope.
Do you want to go for a ride on the Slip 'N Slide?
to studder-step
the secret sauce
supersonic
inflicted with starving students syndrome - college students who are scraping by
Simon says...
Survey says...
I was star-struck
the Sultan of Swing, sultans of spin
I'm stuck on stupid
screensaver
a sight for sore eyes.
silky smooth. smooth as silk
Sunday School
Sell the sizzle, not the steak. —Elmer Wheeler
Sufferin' succotash! —Sylvester the Cat
She's smooth sailing from here on in.
work in a sweat shop
we buy things on ebay sight unseen.
steal the spotlight
Don't sweat the small stuff.
skill set
a short-sighted viewpoint
sweet sixteen
a staunch supporter
is such sweet sorrow
swap spit - to kiss (slang:)
He is soft-spoken
sex sells
spoiler sites - websites that divulge insider info on films and TV shows before they're meant to be known to the general public. eg: spoilerfix.com
That new model of car is sleek and sexy
sowing the seeds of success
Sin City
a star-studded event. a star-studded panel of advisors
as coaches we have a lot of soul searching to do. do soul searching
slapstick comedy
a lot of say and a lot of sway
star-studded
The Seven Sisters - (the name of a set of 7 mountains in BC Canada)
sticks and stones
a superstar
on the silver screen
spending spree
hear his sob story - Here is my tale of woe.
he's got one more swan song in him
surgical strike
slowly but surely
the saboteur of self-doubt
Hey Short Stuff!
short stories
I was shellshocked




Alliterations - Sh


a shiver of sharks
No shit Sherlock!
a sharpshooter
have a shit, shower 'n shave.
in ship shape
short 'n snappy
do it with no shilly shallying.
Shape up or ship out.
to shudder and shy away from...



Spic-and-Span
I've been cleaning all afternoon so the house is now [all] spic-and-span.
(Spic-and-Span is the name of a household product. Like Kleenix, or Lysol.)







Alliterations - T


Trick or treat, smell my feet, give me something good to eat.
trash talker - a verbal abuser
It takes two to tango.
It's tit for tat.
Ever play tic-tac-toe?
ticky-tacky - hocky
teeter-totter, aka: see-saw
I am in tip-top shape.
times of transition
stood the test of time
tippie-toe your way in here. slide right in.
it's tough times, turbulent times
That's tough titty.
That book is a treasure trove of ideas.
gonna have to do the Texas Two-Step - watch their step.
He's a tattle-tale.
Too little, too late.
trailer trash
like two peas in a pod
What are the tell-tale signs? - Ask yourself a few tell-tale questions
Train the toughest, talk the tiniest
turn the tide
tips, tricks, and techniques of the trade
revealing many tips and tricks
tools of the trade.
go in for a tummy tuck
tick-tock
it's topsy-turvy
he's a tough twinkie
the terrible two's - a rough age to parenting a child at.
from tip to tail
Tech Toys
think tank
take the taste test
stand on your tippy-toes.
to shoot the shit - have a casual chat
a tempest in a teapot
have a temper tantrum
tease and tantilize
tongue tied
Tea time.
that's the tale of the tape



Alliterations - TH


to go through thick and thin.
thick as thieves



Alliterations - V


vice versa
vis-a-vis



Alliterations - W


His answers are so wishy-washy. You just can't get a straight answer out of him. He sounds like a politician.
it works wonders
the will of the wisp
some words of wisdom. those are wise words.
work wonders
whet your whistle.
got to right this wrong.
World Wide Web, triple W
lyrics: Walking in a winter wonderland
nobody will be worse for wear
a war of words
wage a war
the walking wounded - the near-dead
She has a way with words.
It's worth a whirl
worth it's weight in gold
a war-torn country
It's the way of the world
a whirl wind tour
Whistle while you work.
wild and wacky idea
Who? What? Where? When? Why? and How.
Where there's a will there's a way.
the wild west. the wild wild west
a wise guy huh
It's gonna get wild and willy???
Word to the wise
winning words
waiting in the wings
You are the most beautiful girl in the whole wide world.
He appeared from the woodwork.
He knows how to weave words.
I must've worn out my welcome.
we have a wounded warrior
Are you wired for wealth?
Waste not, want not.
use weasel words


a whitewash - 1. gloss over, sleek over, hush up. 2. exonerate by means of a perfunctory investigation or through biased presentation of data. a defeat in which the losing person or team fails to score. a specious or deceptive clearing that attempts to gloss over failings and defects. http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=whitewash
well wisher



a worry-wart - a person who worries about everything.
She's such a worry-wart; always wanting to know who kid's every move.




Alliterations - Y


the ying and yang of...




Alliterations - Z


zig zag





Alliterations - "and" & "or"


black and beautiful
do or die. a do-or-die game.
fast and furious
it's part and parcel of - an essential part of something. It's part 'n parcel in your nature
short and sweet
sugar and spice
sink or swim
the ol' tried-and-true. I stick to the tried and true. tried-and-true street wisdom
It's tried and tested
there's been trials and tribulations along the way
trial and triumph



Alliterating on Product Names:


The BBB. The Better Business Bureau
BlackBerry
Best Buy
Beaver Buzz - a power drink
Border's Books
boogie board - a type of surf board where you kneel down on it.
Blu-Blocker sunglasses
Coca-Cola - a soft drink
Crispy Crunch - the name of a chocolate bar
Captain Crunch
Coco Crisp
Chuckee Cheese
Canadian Club
Krispy Kreme
Circuit City
Cookie Crisp
Dunkin' Donuts
Frisky Frolics
a Frequent Flyer
Firefox
Google
Intel Inside
Johnson & Johnson
Lava Lamp
Legoland
Minute Maid
Michelin Man
Milk of Magnesia
Magic Mushrooms
Palm Pilot
Paypal
Rocky Road ice cream
Sit 'n Stand Stroller
Tonka toy
Tinker toy
Weight Watchers
Yoplait Yogurt





Alliterations in Slogans:


Choosy Mothers Choose Jiffy (peanut butter)
Flab to Fab
Super size it. - a fast food phrase
Wan' a Tic-Tac? - a breath mint
Weebles Wobble, but they don't fall down - a child's toy from the 1970s.
Conquer Cancer
two dollar tuesday
whopper wednesday


Candid Camera
You're on Candid Camera! - a TV program from the 1970s, but still a popular phrase.





Alliterating Names:


Beetle Bailey
Bugs Bunny
Big Ben
Betty Boop
Captain Kangaroo
Chubby Checkers
the Candyman can.
Crusty the Clown
The King of Kensington
Calvin Coolidge
Donald Duck
Daffy Duck
Disco Duck
Dr. Doom
Dirty Diana - the title of a Michael Jackson song.
Fred Flintstone
GI Joe
The Great Gazoo
Horrible Hagar
The Jolly Green Giant
King Kong
Lois Lane
Mickey Mouse
Minnie Mouse
Mighty Mouse
Penelope Pitstop
Peter Pan
Pink Panther

the Pied Piper
I know, because many times these disillusioned business owners come to me only after they've suffered great losses following these "pied pipers".

Peter Pumpkinhead
Roger Rabbit
The Russian Rocket - Pavel Bure, famous hockey player
Sad Sack
Tiny Tim
Willie Wonka
Woody Woodpecker
Wonder Woman
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
The Wicked Witch of the West
Zig Ziglar
Dirty Harry (alliterate off the 'y')







Pet Names in Alliteration Form:


Hey Bird Brain!
Checkpoint Charlie
Dingle Dorf
Don't be a Gloomy Gus.
Gorgeous George
a nervous Nelly - I get wrapped around the axle about stuff
Moaning Minnie - complainer
motor mouth
Toby the Toad
twinkle toes
denizens of the dives
the prince of pugilism - The skill, practice, and sport of fighting with the fists; boxing.







Alliterating on the 'o':


a golden oldie
I'm not this old fogie.
shock and awe
Hot Pocket
outhouse
goat ropin’ tunes - country and western
in short order
Older and fonder

Other Vowel alliteration:


I'll be up and at 'em.
have the eagle-eye
feely-goody stuff
hunki dori
yoki doki
I'll steer clear of that.
tidbit
dipstick
Ruby Tuesday
pack rat - alliterating on the 'a'
fancy pants
odds and ends - alliterating on the 'd'
movers and shakers - alliterating on the 'er'
whipper snapper - alliterating on the 'per'
live in a high rise








Idioms, Proverbs, Expressions containing Alliterations:


The Devil's in the details.
I came, I saw, I conquered.
Out of sight, out of mind.
Every why has a wherefore.
It’s better to wear out than rust out.
Let the world wag. —Rockefeller
When wine is in, wit is out. —Vietnamese proverb
No guts, no glory.
No guts no gain.
From struggle comes strength.
His bark is bigger than his bite.
He's as healthy as a horse.
Cleanliness is next to Godliness.
It's not all flowers and frolics.
It is easier to build a boy than it is to mend a man.

It isn't the cough that carries you off. It's the coffin they carry you off in.
Say what you mean; mean what you say; and don't say it mean.
If it flies, floats or fornicates, always rent it - it's cheaper in the long run. —Felix Dennis
If the ladies can't find ya handsome they should at least find ya handy. —Red Green



Alliterating Phrases:


when mind and melody meet
Not too too much
so and so is doing...
Trying to make logic out of the illogical (the look on Ben Stiller's face)
the nattering nabobs of negativity
the sadistic sounds of my torture tunes
a dialogue of the deaf - an exercise in mutual non-listening











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Re: List of Alliterations

Postby Moon » Mon Jul 28, 2008 1:49 am

ye ye ye yippi ye yippi yo !!
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Re: List of Alliterations

Postby Moon » Tue Jul 29, 2008 10:10 pm

If you could explain to us the meaning of the below Alliterations please...

make chump-change - work or peanuts
wait with bated breath
spick-and-span
get piss-poor results
a bare bones technique
a worry-wart
a chunk of change
frick and frack

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Re: List of Alliterations

Postby SVOdude » Tue Jul 29, 2008 10:43 pm

Did some updates there Moon.
Let me know if that helps.
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Re: List of Alliterations

Postby Moon » Tue Jul 29, 2008 10:48 pm

okie you meant in the original home page of the subject of Alliterations.. :D ..

Dont you know if you dont specify all the things..i get confused..silly me .. :P

this time i understood.. :mrgreen:
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Re: List of Alliterations

Postby SVOdude » Tue Jul 29, 2008 10:51 pm

Sorry for the confusion.

We'll keep the first post in this Topic (this Thread) as the master copy of all alliterations.
You can see the edit date also at the bottom of the post for the last time it was changed.

I'll apply this rule generally for all the posts I do. It helps keep everything in one place.
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Re: List of Alliterations

Postby Moon » Tue Jul 29, 2008 10:59 pm

ohhh I see .. :roll:

good..i'll keep it in mind .. :)
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Re: List of Alliterations

Postby SVOdude » Tue Sep 16, 2008 4:11 pm

I just added some more Alliterations to the list above.
Check under the section titled, "Latest Alliterations".
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Re: Alliterations - The Complete List

Postby SVOdude » Thu Jul 30, 2009 3:32 pm

I added a few dozen more Alliterations.
This has gotta be the largest single list of alliterations on the internet.
Over a year of collecting them, and counting.




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