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yes and no
In some ways and not others, as in Did you enjoy yourself?—Yes and no, I liked the music itself but hated the conductor. This idiom, always a reply to a question, was first recorded in 1873.
Example Sentences
Maybe yes, maybe no, quite possibly yes and no.
Yes, this is the same John Swinney who played a central role in the independence referendum that literally made voters choose between "yes" and "no" on the question of leaving the UK political union.
“I want to hire people who can tell me yes and no, what’s doable and what’s not, what’s impossible,” Carson Palmer said.
In paranormal investigations ghosts are asked to move the rods to answer "yes" and "no" to questions.
“Yes and no. Yes, because it accomplished little except to throw away the rest of my life. ... And, no, I’m not sorry I tried, because at the time it seemed a correct expression of my anger.”
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