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like peas and carrots

like peas and carrots prepositional phrase: getting along very well; being compatible; like a house on fire.

Prepositional phrase

  1. (simile) Getting along very well; being compatible; like a house on fire.

Origin of like peas and carrots

These vegetables are often served together.

Questions about like peas and carrots

What does like peas and carrots mean?
Like peas and carrots means getting along very well; being compatible; like a house on fire.
What part of speech is like peas and carrots?
Like peas and carrots is a prepositional phrase.

Words near like peas and carrots in the dictionary

  1. like one o'clock
  2. like one o'clock half struck
  3. like one owns the place
  4. like one's life depended on it
  5. like painting the Forth Bridge
  6. like peas and carrots
  7. like peas in a pod
  8. like pigs in clover
  9. like rats from a sinking ship
  10. like rats in a sack
  11. like real

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