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Idioms with the word "Fourth"
Idioms with the word "Fourth" 1. Fourth estate: journalists as a group (originally, a reference to the press in counterpoint to three other major demographic groups: the clergy, the nobility, and the common people) 2. Break the fourth wall: speaking directly to the audience during a theatrical performance (or, by extension, a film or a television program) |
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Idioms with the word "Five"
Idioms with the word "Five" 1. Five-finger discount: Shoplifting 2. Nine-to-five attitude: An approach to work in which an employee does the minimum required to remain employed (compare to “nine-to-five job”) 3.Nine-to-five job: Full-time employment during daytime hours, or, broadly, conventional office employment 4. Slip me five: shake my hand 5. Five will get you ten: in all likelihood (from the results of gambling on even odds) 6. Fiver: Five-dollar bill 7. Give me five: An exclamation prompting someone to slap another’s hand as greeting or acknowledgment 8.Take five: rest briefly 9. High-five: a gesture two people exchange by slapping hands with their arms extended upward
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Idioms with the word "Fifth""
Idioms with the word "Fifth" 1. Plead/take the fifth: Said humorously in response to a request for provocative information when one does not want to reveal it. 2. Third/fifth wheel: a person thought to be unwelcome in the company of a pair or quartet of people; usually a reference to a single person with one or two couples. 3. Fifth column: collaborators supporting would-be invaders from within a country.
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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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Idioms with the word "Seven"and "Seventh
Idioms with the word "Seven" 1. Seven-day wonder: Sarcastic reference to someone or something supposedly made perfect in seven days (alluding to the biblical account of creation) 2. Twenty-four seven: All the time, from the count of twenty-four hours and seven days (usually written 24/7 and sometimes extended to 24/7/365 to refer to the number of days in a year) 3. Seven-year itch: A desire to cheat on one’s spouse said to manifest after seven years of marriage Idioms with the word "Seventh" 1. Seventh heaven: a state of bliss
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Idioms with the word "Eight"
Idioms with the word "Eight" 1. Behind the eight-ball: In a difficult situation (from the pool ball numbered 8 as an obstacle). 2. Eight-hundred-pound gorilla: Any formidable obstacle. 3. Eighty-six: to 86 someone is to eject or get rid of them, or to refuse them service.
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Idioms with the word "Nine"
Idioms with the word "Nine" 1. A stitch in time saves nine: A proverb that refers to the importance of precaution. 2. Nine lives: A reference to having good luck (from the notion that cats have nine lives). 3. Whole nine yards: As far as possible, or the entire amount 4. Dressed to the nines: Very well dressed. 5. Nine times out of ten: almost always. 6. Nine-day wonder: A briefly famous or attention-getting person or thing. 7. Possession is nine-tenths of the law: A reference to the notion that someone who possesses something has a stronger legal claim to it than someone who merely asserts ownership 8. Nine-to-five attitude: an approach to work in which an employee does the minimum required to remain employed. 9. On cloud nine: Very happy 10. Nine-to-five job: full-time employment during daytime hours, or, broadly, conventional office employment. 11. Bottom of the ninth: The last minute, from the last segment of the last inning of a baseball game.
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