19-7-10 【地道美语106】有趣的美国数字俚语 Idioms about numbers

Idioms thatfeature numbers

那些关于数字的美国俚语

美国人说个数字就能表达交流的意思？一大波生鲜数字俚语放送学习，来开眼界了解一下：take 5 | 10-4 |86 | all sixes and sevens | in seventh heaven | 9-to-5 | aone-horse town  | ten to one  | (givesomeone) the third degree  | have one over the eight  | neverin a million years  

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dialogue 1

Jingjing: Wow, is it half past ----------already?  Mark, it's great to seeyou; but do you mind if I get some -------------before we go to lunch?

Mark:  Sure,I'll--------------------------

Jingjing: How about 30 minutes?  It's hard for me to think about-----------chunkof this stuff.

Mark: ------------- Jingjing.  I'll go -------------at the usual place.  See you theresometime before 1.

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Jingjing: Hey, Mark.  There you are.  Well, you got a ------------------.

Mark:  Yeah. It wasn't crowded when I got here. -------------  So I ordered thisbottle of-------------------.

Jingjing: It's the --------- of the day.  I definitely can't have ----------,because I still have -----------------work ahead of me.

Mark:  Don'tworry.  I haven't ------------- it.  I'll just take it with me. It was the same price ------------------.

Jingjing: Well,ok.  Say, what was that thing you said with numbers before you left myoffice earlier?

Mark:  Huh? ----------------------------

Jingjing: No, I mean, something you said just before-----------------: it seemedlike a way to show you understood what I had said.

Mark:  Ohyeah, that:--------  It means I----------.  I think it's from two-wayradio—like, we have a --------- that I can hear the difference between--------. It usually means just what you guessed, that I clearly understood whatyou said.

Jingjing: Well, that would be harder if people were using----------in China, or -----------in Chinese over the phone.

Mark:  Yeah,because those two numbers ----------- Chinese.  That might have somethingto do with why those-------------------

Jingjing: You think so?

Mark:  Well,it's ------------------- to me. ------------------------

Jingjing: It'd be interesting to know the answers about some of those.  Oh, isthat our food?

Mark:  Yep. Here it comes.  I'm--------------when I have somethingdelicious to eat.

dialogue 2

Jingjing: Well, Mark, this was a--------; but I'd better get back to my --------------

Mark:  Yeah,you've still got the------------- ahead of you.  Take it easy.

Jingjing: Hey, before I head---------, I wonder if you could tell me------------------------

Mark:  Huh? What made you think of that?

Jingjing: Before we----------, we were talking about---------------

Mark:  Oh,ok.  Well, a -----------is a small town, so small that there is only onehorse.  Of course, the idiom comes from ------------------------

Jingjing:  Isee.  So it refers to a-------------, with a population of only a fewpeople.

Mark:  Yeah. Even if it has --------------- now, lots of cars and even a few horses,someone could say, “I don't want to --------------in this one-horse town.”

Jingjing: Oh, --------------------

Mark:  Um,actually, you can't use 10-4 after someone has------------, only whenthey've--------------------or arranged something.

Jingjing: Really?  Do you know an idiom with numbers that people use toexpress understanding---------------------- to them, like just now?

Mark:  Hmm, Ican't think of one---------------------------

Jingjing:--------------thereis an idiom for that.

Mark:  Sure. Thanks for not giving me------------------- though.

Jingjing:  Noworries.  You didn't-------------explain 250.  Hey, that reminds me:you'd better not -----------all by yourself, or you'll---------------------

Mark: ---------------------  I'll probably give this to someone as a gift.

Jingjing: Great idea.  Well, see you next time, Mark.

Mark:  Seeyou, Jingjing.

New words andphrases

from dialogue 1

take 5  take ashort break, have a rest for five minutes

10-4  I understand, Iheard what you said

86 (someone)  kicksomeone out of a place of business  (86 something means to veto it)

all sixes and sevens  somethingthat doesn't make sense

in seventh heaven  veryhappy

from dialogue 2

9-to-5  aregular office job, with working hours between 9AM and 5PM

a one-horse town  a verysmall town, with few people and not much to offer

ten to one  verylikely

(give someone) thethird degree  give someone a hard time, keep asking the same questions

have one over theeight  bedrunk

never in a millionyears  veryunlikely, absolutely not