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Pairs #22 - Statistics
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This quiz has been taken 217 times
119 since last reset
- The average score is 18 of 25
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| Hint | Explanation | Answer | % Correct |
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| Ps | Ps and Qs. Part of the idiomatic expression to mind one’s Ps and Qs, meaning to be very careful to behave correctly. | Qs | 96%
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| Pots | Pots and pans. Pieces of cookware. | Pans | 91%
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| Rules | Rules and regulations. (law) Legislation or other binding provisions. | Regulations | 91%
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| Nuts | Nuts and bolts. (idiomatic) The basic inner workings of something; the fundamentals; that which makes something operate. | Bolts | 89%
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| Prim | Prim and proper. (idiomatic) Prudish, strait-laced. | Proper | 89%
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| High | High and low. Everywhere; all over the place. | Low | 87%
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| Whinge | Whinge and whine. To complain peevishly or fretfully. | Whine | 87%
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| Hot | Hot and bothered. 1. (idiomatic, colloquial) Aggravated or irritated. 2. (idiomatic, slang) Sexually aroused. | Bothered | 83%
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| Forever | Forever and a day. For a very long or seemingly endless time. | A day | 81%
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| Foreign | Foreign and domestic. Part of the phrase “enemies, foreign and domestic,” found in U.S. oaths of office. | Domestic | 79%
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| Mom | Mom and pop. A small business, often but not always owned or operated by a family. | Pop | 79%
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| Back | Back and forward. (archaic) Synonym of back and forth. | Forward | 77%
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| Aces | Aces and spaces. 1. (poker slang) A poker hand containing only a pair of aces. 2. (bridge slang) A bridge hand with opening points based primarily on aces, so that there are not enough winners. | Spaces | 74%
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| Baby | Baby and bathwater. (idiomatic, often attributively) Used in reference to an error in which something valuable is discarded in the process of removing or rejecting something unwanted. From the phrase to throw the baby out with the bathwater. | Bathwater | 68%
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| Murder | Murder and mayhem. A pair of gruesome crimes sometimes used to refer to violence in general. | Mayhem | 68%
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| All | All and some. (obsolete, idiomatic) One and all. | Some | 68%
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| Box | Box and cox. 1. (UK) To alternate with each other, often in the same post or location. 2. (UK) To alternate between two people. | Cox | 66%
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| All horns | All horns and rattles. Furious. Belligerent. An American cowboy expression referring to the horns of cattle and the rattles of snakes. | Rattles | 64%
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| Heat | Heat and eat. A description of a ready-prepared meal that requires heating, but not cooking. | Eat | 62%
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| Bound | Bound and determined. Having a very strong feeling that one is going to do something and not allow anyone or anything to get in the way. | Determined | 60%
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| Catch | Catch and kill. (journalism) The media technique of suppressing a story by buying the exclusive rights to it, with a legally enforceable non-disclosure agreement, and then refusing to publish it. | Kill | 58%
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| Cake | (US, naval slang) A restricted diet of bread and water, imposed as a disciplinary measure. | Wine | 51%
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| Thick | Thick and threefold. (dated, idiomatic) In quick succession, or in great numbers. | Threefold | 45%
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| Shuck | Shuck and jive. (slang, offensive, derogatory) To tell a misleading story, especially for advantage. | Jive | 40%
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| Rock | Rock and rye. (US) Rye whiskey sweetened with rock candy, formerly used medicinally. | Rye | 26%
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