Irreversible binomial

Question

به نظرم در فارسی لغاتی همچون «خنزر پنزر» از نوع Irreversible binomial می‌باشند. 

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Answer 1

Yes. Some common binomial expressions in English are odds and ends, back and forth, ups and downs, wear and tear, sooner or later, etc. They're irreversible because we can't reverse or change the order of words and say, for example, "ends and odds" rather than "odds and ends".