__________ and __________ XII

Credit: The Word's The Thing
Dr. Louis D. Appel

Each clue below can be answered with an expression in the form of _____ and _____. For example, given the clue Stop immediately - in legal terms, the answer would be Cease and desist. The answers will be in alphabetical order.

1. "Woe is me!"
2. Persevering
3. The only two things that are certain
4. Most important
5. What it takes to compromise
6. Arrogant
7. For all ..............
8. The whole shebang
9. Measure of great progress or growth
10. Primitive food grinding tools

Answers:

1. Alas and alack
2. Bound and determined
3. Death and taxes
4. First and foremost
5. Give and take
6. High and mighty
7. Intents and purposes
8. Kit and caboodle
9. Leaps and bounds
10. Mortar and pestle