Harry up, down, and sideways (in no) way, shape, or form the way, the truth, and the life whats, whys, and wherefores win, lose, or draw [[The New Colossus|your tired, your poor, your huddled masses]] Huey, Dewey, and Louie Quadrinomials attack, decay, sustain, release blood, toil, tears, and sweat John, Paul, George, and Ringo Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John soprano, alto, tenor, bass Suck, squeeze, bang, blow War, Pestilence, Famine, Death See also Anastrophe Collocation Fossil word Hendiadys Hendiatris Isocolon Meme Merism Phraseme Set phrase Trope Word order Adjective order Notes References Bibliography Cooper, William E. and Ross, John R. (1975). World order. In Robin E. Grossman et al. (Eds.), Papers from the Parasession on Functionalism, Chicago Linguistic Society, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, pp. 63–111. Sarah Bunin Benor, Roger Levy, "The Chicken or the Egg?: A Probabilistic Analysis of English Binomials", Language 82:2:233-278 (June 2006) full text Ourania Hatzidaki, "Binomials and the Computer: a Study in Corpus-Based Phraseology", ALLC/ACH Conference, University of Glasgow, July 2000 abstract English language Idioms