Pairs #17 - Statistics

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Hint Explanation Answer % Correct
Flora Flora and fauna. Plants and animals of a given locale, in a given time frame, or both. Fauna
95%
AT AT & T. A US multinational telecommunications holding company. T
95%
Dungeons Dungeons & Dragons. A fantasy tabletop role-playing game. Dragons
94%
Lost Lost and Found. (US) An office in a public building or area where people can go to retrieve lost articles that may have been found by others. Found
94%
Rise Rise and shine. (idiomatic, imperative) Used to wish someone happiness upon waking up. Shine
94%
All shapes All shapes and sizes. To say that things or people of a certain type come in all shapes and sizes means there are a great number of them and they are often different from one another. Sizes
94%
Milk Milk and cookies. At one time, a typical after-school snack. (as Milk and Cookies) A song from Melanie Martinez’s 2015 album Cry Baby. (as Milk ‘N’ Cookies) A US power pop band (1973-1977, 2005-2008). Cookies
93%
Ben Ben & Jerry’s. A US company that manufactures ice cream, frozen yogurt, and sorbet. Jerry’s
93%
Pins Pins and needles. A common type of paresthesia (abnormal skin sensation). The idiomatic phrase on pins and needles means “feeling sharp anticipation or anxiety; in a state of suspense.” Needles
93%
Rock Rock and roll. (or rock & roll, rock-n-roll, rock 'n' roll, rock 'n roll, rock n' roll) A genre of popular music that evolved in the United States during the late 1940s and early 1950s. Roll
92%
Weep Weep and wail. Cockney rhyming slang for “tale,” used to refer to a fanciful hard luck story intended to elicit sympathy. Wail
90%
Hearts Hearts and minds. Private feelings and emotions. To “win hearts and minds” is to persuade, or to at least minimize resistance. Minds
88%
Clean Clean and tidy. Clean and organized. Tidy
86%
Nip Nip and tuck. 1. Closely contested or very near to failing or ending. 2. Slang for a rhytidectomy, commonly known as a facelift. Tuck
82%
Shake Shake ‘N Bake. A brand of seasoned bread crumb coating for meat and vegetables, marketed as a healthier alternative to frying (since 1965). Bake
81%
Weed Weed and feed. A preparation that acts as both an herbicide (to kill weeds) and a fertilizer (usually for lawns). Feed
80%
Hem Hem and haw. To mumble and procrastinate in one's speech, especially with a reply to a hard question or with voicing a decision on a topical matter; to evade a question, giving vague answers; to equivocate or temporize. Haw
78%
Time Time and tide. A shortening of the maxim “Time and tide wait/tarry/stay for no man,” meaning that opportunities will not wait; action should be undertaken without delay. Tide
78%
Cliques Cliques and clans. Friends and relatives. Clans
77%
Duck Duck and cover. An alleged method of personal protection against the affects of a nuclear explosion. (as Duck and Cover) A 1952 US Federal Civil Defense Administration film distributed broadly to US schools in which the animated Bert the Turtle teaches the children in his audience how to duck and cover if they see the flash of an atomic bomb. Cover
76%
Flint Flint and steel. A method of fire starting requiring a flint (or similar rock) and a piece of carbon steel. Steel
75%
Arm Arm & Hammer. A US brand of baking soda-based consumer products. Hammer
74%
Bench Bench and bar. Judges and lawyers in aggregate. Bar
72%
Ticks Ticks and chiggers. Two critters to avoid in warmer weather. Chiggers
72%
Pickles Pickles and ice cream. Shorthand for pregnancy cravings, generally. Ice cream
68%
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