Today I am going to talk about numbers that we use in our Idioms in
English.
- First
water - the finest or most exceptional quality
- Fifth
wheel - person who find themselves in a situation where their
presence is unnecessary and as a result they feel useless.
- One-horse
town - This idiom is used to describe a town or village that is
very small
- Take
five - take a short break.
- Seventh
heaven - to be very happy.
- Perfect
ten - something that couldn't get any better - it is already
perfect.
- At
the eleventh-hour - when something happens at the last
possible moment just before the deadline or end.
- Two's
company, three's a crowd - two is the best
amount of people to go somewhere - three people is too many. It is usually
used when a boyfriend and girlfriend want to do something together without
anyone else.
- On
the double - to do it immediately and quickly.
- Third
time lucky - Third time lucky is used when someone
has failed twice to do something- it is used for good luck to encourage
them.
- All-in-one -
combined, all the necessary features of something in one unit.
- Bat
a thousand - to be extremely successful at
something
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