before-and-after

Alternative spelling of splash-and-dash

(idiomatic) A command to come to the center of attention of an assemblage, as of military personnel or students.

(idiomatic) At the center of attention.

Existence together with the bodily faculties.

(economics, finance, business) A pattern of high prices in a given market or in the entire economy followed by ruinously low prices, falling production, and bankruptcies by producers; prosperity followed by recession.

A genre of books or films relating fantasy-adventure tales involving heroic exploits in ancient or biblical times.

(idiomatic, journalism, colloquial) A light news story reserved for the end of a bulletin when there is a lack of more important items; typically involving animals or other features supposed to be amusing.

Alternative form of be-all and end-all

(idiomatic) All talk and no results.