__________ and __________ XIV

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


Each clue below can be answered with an expression in the form _____ and _____. For example, given the clue Cycle of getting bigger and smaller, the answer would be Wax and wane. The answers will be in alphabetical order.

1. Like some cases
2. Both sides of an issue
3. Very nervous, with "on"
4. All of us, Biblically, with "the"
5. Very short history of the Roman Empire
6. Mourning words
7. Races, jumps, javelin, shot put, etc.
8. On your feet after an illness
9. Cause of deterioration with normal use
10. Utter destruction

Answers:

1. Open and shut
2. Pros and cons
3. Pins and needles
4. Quick and dead
5. Rise and fall
6. Sackcloth and ashes
7. Track and field
8. Up and around
9. Wear and tear
10. Wrack and ruin