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Pairs #52 - Statistics
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- This quiz has been taken 112 times
- The average score is 17 of 25
Answer Stats
| Hint | Explanation | Answer | % Correct |
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| Give them an inch | (proverb) Give them an inch and they'll take a mile. If one makes concessions for someone, that will embolden that person to take further advantage of one, instead of being content with what they have been given. | they’ll take a mile | 95%
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| Damned if you do | Damned if you do and damned if you don't. Said when one is faced with two undesirable options. | damned if you don’t | 94%
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| All talk | All talk and no action. Said of one who talks a lot about something that one has not actually done, or will not actually do. | no action | 94%
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| To carry fire in one hand | Carry fire in one hand and water in the other. To be duplicitous; to deceive. | water in the other | 92%
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| A place for everything | (proverb) A place for everything, and everything in its place. One ought to have a place set aside in which everything can be stored, and everything should be stored in that place when it is not being used. | everything in its place | 91%
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| Weep | (proverb) Laugh and the world laughs with you; weep and you weep alone. People like to be around those who are happy (but not those who are sad or morose). | you weep alone | 91%
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| Tooth | Tooth and nail. Furiously or fiercely; with all of one's strength and effort. | nail | 88%
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| Sunshine | Sunshine and rainbows. Happy, positive things, sometimes with a connotation of unrealistic expectations. | rainbows | 86%
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| A pinch | (Primarily UK, Australia, Ireland) A pinch and a punch for the first of the month. A childhood taunt uttered while literally pinching and punching someone on the first day of a new month. | a punch | 81%
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| Keep body | To keep body and soul together. To survive, especially through very modest means. | soul together | 81%
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| Between hay | Between hay and grass. Unable to be easily categorized. | grass | 80%
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| Fat | Fat and happy. Pleased, content. | happy | 72%
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| Large | Large and in charge. Assuredly in control of someone or something; having total authority over someone or something. | in charge | 72%
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| Enough | Enough and some to spare. More than enough. | some to spare | 67%
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| Everybody | Everybody and his dog. Used hyperbolically to express a large number or a majority of people. | his dog | 59%
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| I’m from Missouri | (primarily US) I'm from Missouri and you've got to show me. Show me proof of what you say. The phrase derives from Missouri's nickname, "The Show Me State." | you’ve got to show me | 59%
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| All in the Kool-Aid | (slang) All in the Kool-Aid and don't know the flavor. Involving oneself in something one knows little or nothing about. | don’t know the flavor | 58%
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| Darby | (primarily UK) Darby and Joan club. A social club for the elderly. It gets its name from the happily married elderly couple mentioned in Henry Woodfall's 1735 poem "The Joys of Love Never Forgot: A Song." | Joan club | 58%
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| Juice | Juice and cookies. Trivial and uninteresting snacks or refreshments. | cookies | 56%
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| ‘Twixt the cup | (proverb) There's many a slip 'twixt the cup and the lip. Even something that one feels confident will succeed can have disastrous problems before it concludes. "'Twixt" is a shortening of "betwixt," an archaic form of "between." | the lip | 55%
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| Up | Up and doing. Active, especially following a time of illness, injury, or idleness. | doing | 53%
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| Main strength | Main strength and awkwardness. Pure, unreasoning force of strength; brute force. | awkwardness | 52%
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| To be meat | To be meat and drink to (someone). To be particularly appealing or enjoyable to someone, especially when most people would regard the same task or topic with disdain. | drink to (someone) | 31%
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| Carriage | Carriage and pair. A carriage being pulled by two horses. | pair | 27%
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| Hadaway | (rude slang, primarily Geordie dialect) Hadaway and shite. Get away from me/us! Get out of here! | shite | 22%
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