Today, I learned how to calldescribe these wordphrases that are made of two similar two words: pick and choose, carrot and stick, the hustle and bustle, yes and no, wine and dine, pins and needles, and fast and furious. Today, I learned how to describe these phrases that are made of two similar words: pick and choose, carrot and stick, the hustle and bustle, yes and no, wine and dine, pins and needles, and fast and furious.

Today, I learned howwhat to call these wordsphrases like these that are made up of two similar two words: pick and choose, carrot and stick, the hustle and bustle, yes and no, wine and dine, pins and needles, and fast and furious. Today, I learned what to call phrases like these that are made up of two similar words: pick and choose, carrot and stick, the hustle and bustle, yes and no, wine and dine, pins and needles, and fast and furious.

They are called binomial pairs. They are called binomial pairs.

Here are some sentences that I wrote forto help with memorizing these binomial pairs. Here are some sentences that I wrote to help with memorizing these binomial pairs.

Here are some sentences that I wrote forto memorizingse these binomial pairs. Here are some sentences that I wrote to memorise these binomial pairs.

I want to get away from the hustle and bustle inof the city. I want to get away from the hustle and bustle of the city.

"hustle and bustle" is a characteristic OF a city, rather than a thing that happens IN a city.

She wined and dined us. She wined and dined us.

It's not wrong but it is not how it would be used by a native speaker. Generally if someone "wines and dines" you, they are either showing off or they are being nice to you before asking you for a huge favour.

We were ion pins and needles. We were on pins and needles.

ON because the idea is that you are (metaphorically) sitting on "pins and needles".

We were inhad pins and needles. We had pins and needles.

I've never heard of being 'on' pins and needles before - it's a feeling that you have.