Numbers give meanings One sided : partial, unfair
One way : requiring no reciprocal action First aid : emergency treatment before the regular medical treatment available One-off : only happening once One-horse town : a small, old fashioned and boring town One-liner : a short joke, a funny remark First footer : the first person to enter a house in the New Year Second banana : a person in a subservient position Two-faced : double-dealing, false Two-way street : situation, depends on co-operation of two people Three-ring circus : a confused situation due to too much activity Third party :someone who is not one of the two main people Fourth dimension : time Four-eyes : one who wears glasses Four-flusher : someone who cheats others Fifth column : a group of people who work secretly for the enemy Fifth wheel : one who is superfluous, unnecessary or burdensome To take five : to stop working for a few minutes At sixes and sevens : in utter confusion or disorder In seventh heaven : to be supremely happy Behind the eighth ball : in a highly disadvantageous or dangerous position On cloud nine : to be extremely happy Dressed (up) to the nines : wearing the best or most formal clothes Ten to one chance : very probably Be ten a penny : a dime a dozen, to be very common, not unusual Ten-strike : a stroke of great success, a very profitable bargain Eleventh hour : at the last possible moment, just in time Talk nineteen to the dozen : to talk very quickly and without stopping Forty winks : a short sleep, esp. after dinner Go fifty-fifty : share the cost of something equally Hundreds of : a lot of Wife in a thousand : a perfect wife Look like a million dollars : to look very attractive On somebody’s last legs : to be very ill, likely to die soon Thanks & Regards Soniya --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "English Learner's Cafe" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/english_learners?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
