| Hint | Explanation | Answer | % Correct |
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| what’s yours is mine | what's yours is mine, and what's mine is mine. A (usually) humorous way of saying, "Everything belongs to me." | what’s mine is mine | 95%
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| ask a stupid question | ask a stupid question and you get a stupid answer. If one asks a strange or nonsensical question, the listener will probably respond with a similarly strange or nonsensical answer. | you get a stupid answer | 93%
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| one | one and only. 1. A phrase used when introducing someone to emphasize that they are famous and uniquely talented. 2. One's only true love. | only | 87%
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| life is short | life is short and time is swift. (proverb) Our time in this life is very limited, so we should strive to enjoy it as much as we can. | time is swift | 85%
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| dreamers | dreamers and doers. (cliché) Those who imagine or fantasize about what could be in contrast to those who take action. | doers | 84%
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| on the up | on the up and up. Honest and respectable. | up | 84%
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| neck | neck and neck. Extremely close together; at or near an equal level. Usually said of competitors in a race or competition. | neck | 82%
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| there | there and back. Taking the distances or travel time to the end point and back to the beginning together as a single sum. | back | 80%
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| break down | break down and cry. To cry after losing control of one's emotions, especially after trying not to or after an intense buildup. | cry | 80%
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| make fish of one | make fish of one and fowl of the other. To favor one person or thing over another, often in a discriminatory fashion. The phrase refers to the now-outdated practice of categorizing meat as fish, flesh, or fowl. | fowl of the other | 80%
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| sit back | sit back and let (it) happen. To allow something to happen or unfold without interfering or taking part an active part in it. | let it happen | 78%
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| tell the truth | tell the truth and shame the devil. (proverb) To tell the truth even though one has strong reasons for concealing it. | shame the devil | 76%
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| trouble | trouble and strife. (Cockney rhyming slang) Wife. | strife | 71%
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| prunes | prunes and prisms. Intentionally formal or prudish speech or action. The phrase originated in Charles Dickens' novel Little Dorrit as an example of proper speech. | prisms | 69%
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| curl up | curl up and die. Used hyperbolically or humorously to emphasize one's extreme embarrassment. | die | 67%
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| roll over | roll over and play dead. To submit, acquiesce, or comply (to or with something) without any action, resistance, or protest. An allusion to a particular behavior in which certain animals feign death as a defense mechanism when faced with the threat of a predator. | play dead | 67%
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| honest | honest and aboveboard. Fully visible to public scrutiny; completely and openly honest or legitimate. | aboveboard | 65%
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| swings | swings and roundabouts. (primarily UK) A situation in which certain gains, advantages, or other positive aspects or outcomes are offset or balanced by equally disadvantageous losses, setbacks, or negative outcomes (or vice versa). | roundabouts | 65%
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| free | free and clear. Without having a competing claim against it, as from a financial institution. | clear | 64%
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| board | board and lodging. Meals and accommodation, or the cost thereof. | lodging | 62%
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| out of all scotch | out of all scotch and notch. Immeasurable; limitless. "Scotches" and "notches" are boundaries drawn in the game of hopscotch. | notch | 62%
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| ten foot tall | ten foot tall and bulletproof. Imposing, unstoppable, and invincible. | bulletproof | 56%
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| alarms | alarms and excursions. Frantic activity that causes a clamor. Often seen in Elizabethan drama as a stage direction denoting military activity. | excursions | 49%
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| all oak | all oak and iron bound. In good health. | iron bound | 49%
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| kiss | kiss and cry area. An area in an ice skating rink where figure skaters rest while awaiting their results after a competitive performance. So named because competitors typically celebrate or commiserate (depending on their performance) with coaches, friends, or family in this location. | cry area | 45%
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