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Default Idioms with the word "Six" and "Sixth"

Idioms with the word "Six"


1. Six ways from Sunday: Every possible way

2. Six feet under: dead and buried (from the traditional burial depth of six feet; compare to “deep-six”)

3. Deep-six: dispose of or get rid of (from a nautical measurement of depth; compare to “six feet under”)

4. Six of one and half a dozen of the other: Said in reference to little difference between two things.

5.Eighty-six: To 86 someone is to eject or get rid of them, or to refuse them service.

6. At sixes and sevens: confused

7. Six-pack: While away the time drinking beer, or a reference to a well-toned abdomen (because the contours of the muscles resemble the adjacent curves of a set of beverage cans)

8.Joe Six-Pack: the average man (from the notion that he’s just a regular guy who likes to drink beer)


Idioms with the word "Sixth"


1. Sixth sense:A perceptiveness that cannot be achieved with the five physical senses
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