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Hint	Explanation	Answer	% Correct
Gin	Gin and tonic. A simple cocktail made from gin and tonic water, often served on ice and with a slice of lime or lemon.	Tonic	97%
Yes	Yes and no. An answer in reply to a yes-no question, indicating there is no simple "yes" or "no" answer.	No	96%
Ebony	Ebony and ivory. Originally a reference to the materials used to finish piano keys before trade in ivory was banned. Also, the title of a 1982 single by Paul McCartney featuring Stevie Wonder.	Ivory	95%
Pancakes	Pancakes and syrup. A (mostly breakfast) food pairing.	Syrup	95%
A time	There’s a time and a place for everything. A proverb indicating that the speaker considers what the listener is doing to be inappropriate under the circumstances.	A place	94%
Tall	Tall and thin. Lanky or gangly.	Thin	93%
Lakes	Lakes and streams. Types of bodies of water, one still and one flowing.	Streams	92%
Kicking	Kicking and screaming. Against someone's will; with extreme reluctance on someone's part.	Screaming	91%
Said	When all’s said and done. (idiomatic) In the end; ultimately.	Done	90%
Cap	Cap and gown. An academic robe and cap with mortarboard.	Gown	90%
Up close	Up close and personal. With intimate detail and from a perspective of closeness, sometimes with the implication of intrusiveness or invasion of privacy.	Personal	90%
A swing	A swing and a miss. (idiomatic) A sincere but unsuccessful attempt; an allusion to unsuccessful physical actions in such sports as cricket, baseball or boxing.	A miss	89%
Ages	Ages and generations. A long time.	Generations	89%
Rant	Rant and rave. (idiomatic) To express furious anger.	Rave	89%
Name	Name and number. To take someone’s name and number is to collect their contact information.	Number	88%
Bag	Bag and baggage. With all one's possessions.	Baggage	87%
Juking	Juking and jiving. Demonstrating frivolity or evasiveness, triviality or inanity. Also, telling a misleading story for advantage.	Jiving	87%
Odds	Odds and sods. (chiefly UK, informal) Miscellaneous items.	Sods	85%
Mad dogs	Mad dogs and Englishmen. An expression remarking about hot weather, taken from the lyrics of the 1931 song of the same name by Noël Coward whose refrain is “Mad dogs and Englishmen go out in the midday sun.”	Englishmen	84%
Dine	Dine and dash. (Canada, US, informal) The crime of eating a meal in a restaurant and leaving without paying.	Dash	80%
Wake	Wake and bake. (slang) To smoke marijuana soon after waking up.	Bake	78%
Fair	Fair and square. Within the applicable rules.	Square	78%
Bait	Bait and switch. An unscrupulous and sometimes illegal sales technique, in which an inexpensive product is advertised to attract prospective customers who are then told by sales personnel that the inexpensive product is unavailable or of poor quality and are instead urged to buy a more expensive product.	Switch	76%
Hail	Hail and Farewell. A traditional military event whereby those coming to and departing from an organization are celebrated.	Farewell	70%
Quick	Quick and dirty. (idiomatic) Done or constructed in a hasty, approximate, temporarily adequate manner, but not exact, fully formed, or reliable for a long period of time.	Dirty	69%

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