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Idioms: numbers

ENGLISH IDIOMS: Numbers

IDIOM 1: 'in two shakes of a lamb's tail'
-> MEANING: very quickly and without difficulty
-> EXAMPLE:Wait one minute. I will be able to help you in two shakes of a lamb's tail.

IDIOM 2: 'two wrongs don't make a right'
-> MEANING: you can't justify a wrong action by saying that someone else did the same thing to you
-> EXAMPLE: Two wrongs don't make a right and if someone does something bad to you you should not try and hurt them as well.

IDIOM 3: ' seventh heaven'
-> MEANING: in a situation of great happiness
-> EXAMPLE: She has been in seventh heaven since she moved to the new department.

IDIOM 4: " six feet under "
-> MEANING: dead and buried
-> EXAMPLE: My uncle has been six feet under for over five years now.

IDIOM 5: " on all fours "
-> MEANING: on one's hands and knees
-> EXAMPLE: The man was down on all fours in the store looking for the keys to his car.

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