We use idioms to speak our mind with wit and a dash of humour to accentuate the message we intend to convey. So, let us try to use some of the idioms that use numbers in them to convey our message garnished with humour:
Have one over eight: Someone who is tipsy due to drinking too much alcohol
At the Eleventh Hour: Just at the final moment
Five o'clock shadow: Someone who has not shaved and stubles appear on his face
Have Forty Winks: Take a quick nap (sleep or rest for a short while.)
Now let us try to form a sentence using the idioms we have learnt the meaning of and listed them above.
Waiting for his project to complete successfully, Will had one over eight at the eleventh hour, so decided to have forty winks only to find five o'clock shadowing his face.
[This means: While Will was waiting for his project to complete successfully, at the final moment he was was influenced by the alcaholic drink he had and decided to take a short nap only to find that he had slept long enough to grow beard on his face.]
So, are we ready for some more after the warm up session?
Let us take a few more idioms:
A chance in a million: Rare and much awaited opportunity
Feel like a million dollar: Feel extremely good
Never in a million years: That which does not happen at all
Nine day wonder: Excitement lasting for a short time
For Neil Armstrong, the first man on the moon, it was a chance in a million making him feel like a million dollar, a nine day wonder that never had happened in a million years.
[This means: For Astronaut Neil Armsrtong, the first man to land on the moon, this was a rare opportunity he much waited for; he was proud of his achievement, though it was an excitement of short visit that has not happened at all.]
Let us now try to form a sentence using some of the eight idioms listed above:
At the eleventh hour the hare had forty winks making his excitement a nine day wonder giving the tortoise a chance in a million to feel like a million dollar.
Refer to the meaning of the idioms to see what the sentence means.
Shall we have you use the following idioms to form a sentence or two:
A drop in a bucket: a small part of a bigger whole(entity).
A penny saved is a penny earned: saving money little by little
A picture paints a thousand words: image impresses more than verbal description
A dime a dozen: Anything that is in common
Happy time making sentence by combining one or more of the idioms to discover your creative potential!
Have one over eight: Someone who is tipsy due to drinking too much alcohol
At the Eleventh Hour: Just at the final moment
Five o'clock shadow: Someone who has not shaved and stubles appear on his face
Have Forty Winks: Take a quick nap (sleep or rest for a short while.)
Now let us try to form a sentence using the idioms we have learnt the meaning of and listed them above.
Waiting for his project to complete successfully, Will had one over eight at the eleventh hour, so decided to have forty winks only to find five o'clock shadowing his face.
[This means: While Will was waiting for his project to complete successfully, at the final moment he was was influenced by the alcaholic drink he had and decided to take a short nap only to find that he had slept long enough to grow beard on his face.]
So, are we ready for some more after the warm up session?
Let us take a few more idioms:
A chance in a million: Rare and much awaited opportunity
Feel like a million dollar: Feel extremely good
Never in a million years: That which does not happen at all
Nine day wonder: Excitement lasting for a short time
For Neil Armstrong, the first man on the moon, it was a chance in a million making him feel like a million dollar, a nine day wonder that never had happened in a million years.
[This means: For Astronaut Neil Armsrtong, the first man to land on the moon, this was a rare opportunity he much waited for; he was proud of his achievement, though it was an excitement of short visit that has not happened at all.]
Let us now try to form a sentence using some of the eight idioms listed above:
At the eleventh hour the hare had forty winks making his excitement a nine day wonder giving the tortoise a chance in a million to feel like a million dollar.
Refer to the meaning of the idioms to see what the sentence means.
Shall we have you use the following idioms to form a sentence or two:
A drop in a bucket: a small part of a bigger whole(entity).
A penny saved is a penny earned: saving money little by little
A picture paints a thousand words: image impresses more than verbal description
A dime a dozen: Anything that is in common
Happy time making sentence by combining one or more of the idioms to discover your creative potential!
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