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Number idioms

In English there are many idioms with numbers , even if some of them seem to be more popular than others.

Let's begin with ordinal numbers.-

to give the high five/ to give five= to show  approbation and satisfaction to another person  

on cloud nine = very very happy 

two of a kind =  very very similar 

five o'clock shade =  at the end of the day 

to be dressed up to the nines =   to be very smartly dressed

nine-to-five job = a boring  job 

at sixes and sevens = in a state of confusion 

two's a company, three's a crowd =  better not too many people 

one in a thousand =  very few 

 by the dozens  =  a  great many 

as one = to do something all together 

to owe someone one = to  be in debt of a favour 

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1. He looked tired and had a fivesixsevenI don't know o'clock shadow.

2. Every time she went out with George she was dressed to the sixessevensninesI don't know.

3. Bob sent Janet flowers by the threetensdozenI don't know, only to please her.

4. When she found her lost ring she was on cloud ninetwothreeI don't know.

5. Two's company, onefivethreeI don't know 's a crowd !

6. I owe you twoonethreeI don't know.

7. Poor man, he's so bored : he has a nine to fivesixsevenI don't know job.

8. My sister and I are twofiveoneI don't know of a kind.

9. Since his wife left him, Barry's been at sixes and sevenstwoninesI don't know.

10. My friend Neil congratulated me and gave me the high- fivesixsevenI don't know.

11. They always agree on everything : they always behave fivedozenas oneI don't know.

12. Men like Jimmy are hard to find : he's one in a millionsthousanddozensI don't know.