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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.Advertisement
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Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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