RE: Symmetrical citrus fruits! 🍈🍋🍋🍋🍊: November 11th 2021

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No it wouldn't! lol
Now you got me curious again so here goes:
"The idiom originated in the 14th century and it combines 'nook', being used from mid-1300s which means – a distant corner, with 'cranny' in usage since 1440 which means – a crack or gap." I bet the castles back in the day were full of nooks and crannies! lol I suppose they could be used separately, although we're so used to them together, it wouldn't sound right! 😁
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I like the way you are researching the meaning - they are fun expressions.

By dribs and drabs we will cover all the expressions?

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Yes they are!
OK here's todays:
"Definition of dribs and drabs
informal. : small amounts that come or happen over a period of time They received donations in dribs and drabs.
Definition of drib:

: a small amount —usually used in the phrase dribs and drabs.

Where does the phrase dribs and drabs come from?
The first example in the Oxford English Dictionary is from a glossary of the dialect of Craven in Yorkshire of 1828 with that meaning: “He's gain away for good, and he's left some drabs.” [He has gone away for ever and he's left some debts.]"
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