yes and no

1. 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

"I would say yes and no, you never know," she says.

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“Yes and no. Yes, because it accomplished little except to throw away the rest of my life, although I realize there are those who think that’s the one good thing resulting from this. And no, I’m not sorry I tried, because at the time it seemed a correct expression of my anger.”

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Maybe yes, maybe no, quite possibly yes and no.

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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.

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“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.

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