English Expressions With Numbers
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What does "to take five" mean?
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To go to the restroom
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To drink beer
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To make a break
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To leave without notification
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Many Expressions in colloquial English have to do with numbers. Check if your're up to speed with number idioms:
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What does "watch your six" mean?
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Be careful
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Be on time
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Watch out at six o' clock
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Try six times and be lucky
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A. Be carefulExplanation
the expression "watch your six" originates in six being at the bottom of a clock's dial, therefore meaning in your back. You might as well say "watch your back".Rate this question:
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What does "to go 5150" mean?
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To go to Los Angeles
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To go crazy
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To get drunk
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To got to the restroom
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A. To go crazyExplanation
5150 is California code for a legal involuntary 72 hour psychiatric holdRate this question:
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What does "that's six of one and half a dozen of the other" mean?
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We prefer the metric system
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Whatever you do it doesn't matter
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You have only six tries
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Six is better than a dozen
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Which one is the correct number of letters for a swear word?
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A "five" letter word
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A "one" letter word
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A "three" letter word
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A "four" letter word
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A. A "four" letter wordExplanation
it's a four letter word; most swear words consist of four letters.Rate this question:
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Which expression is correct?
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Good things come in threes
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Good things come in fours
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Good things come in fives
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Good things come in twelves
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Good things sometimes don't come at all.
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A. Good things come in threesExplanation
Yes, three is the magic number.Rate this question:
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