neck and neck, very close in a competition or race, skin and bone, very thin or underweight, often to the point of looking unhealthy, spick and span, clean, tidy, and well-organized, trial and error, experimenting with various methods of doing something until one finds the most successful, doom and gloom, bad news and unhappiness; pessimism, (on) pins and needles, worried or excited about something, odds and ends, various things of different types, usually small and not important, or of little value, life and times of ..., a comprehensive account of a person's existence, cheap and cheerful, inexpensive but satisfactory, far and wide, over a large area, rough and ready, produced quickly without preparation OR simple, but good enough, out and about, engaging in social activities; not at home, hit and miss, unpredictable; results are not guaranteed, cut and dried, a straightforward situation or decision that leaves no room for alternatives, so and so, a person or thing whose name the speaker does not need to specify or does not know or remember, through and through, in every aspect; thoroughly or completely, first and foremost, the priority of one aspect over others, chicken and egg, denoting a situation in which each of two things appears to be necessary to the other, making it impossible to say which came first, no ifs or buts, a command or decision is absolute, final, and non-negotiable, allowing for no excuses, hand in hand, two things or activities complement each other

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