PERFECT PAIRINGS II

Each clue can be re-phrased using wordplay - especially homographs (words with two or more meanings) to make a common phrase in the form of _____ and _____.  For example, PUT IN ORDER and  MANICURE could be re-phrased as RANK and FILE.

1. Yearns for and annoying people  

2. Limit and commencement wear

3. Applause and winter wear item

4. Boulder and bun

5. In cahoots with and dilute

6. Gibraltar and the Biblical Way

7. Flutter and dance

8. Enclose and sign

9. Worms and a circuit breaker

10. Refuse and a season

 

Answers:

 

1. Aches and pains

2. Cap and gown

3. Hand and glove

4. Rock and roll

5. Think and thin

6. Strait and narrow

7. Bat and ball

8. Pen and ink

9. Bait and switch

10. Decline and fall