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Pairs #64 - Statistics
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- This quiz has been taken 69 times
- The average score is 18 of 25
Answer Stats
| Hint | Explanation | Answer | % Correct |
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| love ‘em | love 'em and leave 'em. (cliché) The practice or pattern of engaging in sex with someone and then ceasing contact with them before a relationship can form. | leave ‘em | 96%
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| lock him up | lock (someone) up and throw away the key. To incarcerate someone in prison forever or indefinitely. | throw away the key | 91%
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| onward | onward and upward. Becoming increasingly successful; continuing to advance or make progress. | upward | 91%
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| all talk | all talk and no trousers. (primarily Australia) Full of boastful, arrogant, or shallow talk that never materializes into results. A variant of "all mouth and trousers" and “all mouth and no trousers,”meaning the same thing. | no trousers | 89%
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| hope for the best | hope for the best and prepare for the worst. (proverb) To have hope that a positive occurrence will happen, while simultaneously readying for a negative outcome. | prepare for the worst | 89%
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| butter my butt | (well,) butter my butt and call me a biscuit. (colloquial, primarily US). An expression of surprise. | call me a biscuit | 87%
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| live | live and let live. To be open-minded toward or tolerant of others. | let live | 87%
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| around | around and around. Literally, in a circle. | around | 83%
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| cork high | cork high and bottle deep. (slang) Very drunk. | bottle deep | 81%
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| boys | boys and their toys. An expression implying that grown men have a greater tendency than women to be preoccupied with or drawn to mechanical objects, such as cars, gadgets, power tools, etc. | their toys | 81%
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| at sixes | at sixes and sevens. Frazzled or disorganized. The phrase likely originated from a dice game in which rolling a six or a seven was unfavorable. | sevens | 77%
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| on the up | on the up and up. (primarily US) Strictly honest, respectable, and strait-laced. | up | 74%
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| off | off and running. Having begun and progressing well or as expected. An allusion to a race. | running | 72%
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| bright | bright and breezy. Confident and cheerful. | breezy | 70%
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| bread | bread and water. The bare essentials for sustenance. This meal is traditionally thought of as prison food. | water | 70%
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| kiss | kiss and be friends. (obsolete) To reconcile by resolving or forgiving differences between one another. The phrase is thought to have been a precursor to the modern phrase "kiss and make up." | be friends | 66%
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| chicken | chicken and rice. Rice and chicken cooked together with or without other ingredients and variously seasoned. | rice | 66%
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| life | life and soul of the party. Someone who brings a lot of energy and enthusiasm to a social event. | soul of the party | 64%
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| all sixes | all sixes and nines. Frazzled or disorganized. | nines | 60%
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| one cannot love | one cannot love and be wise. (proverb) People often become irrational or foolish about the person with whom they fall in love, overlooking or failing to notice problems | be wise | 55%
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| not worth the shot | not worth the shot and powder. (dated) Not worth killing (and thus wasting one's supply of bullets and gunpowder). | powder | 51%
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| fresh | fresh and sweet. (slang) Recently released from jail. | sweet | 47%
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| hole | hole and corner. (primarily UK) Shady and secretive, typically to hide illicit activity. | corner | 40%
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| nice | nice and comfortable. Very comfortable. | comfortable | 34%
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| short | short and curlies. Contrary to popular misconceptions, a reference to the hairs on one's neck. The phrase “to have someone by the short and curlies” means to have complete control or dominance over them. | curlies | 28%
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