{"id":6509,"date":"2018-03-31T20:49:48","date_gmt":"2018-04-01T00:49:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/english\/?p=6509"},"modified":"2018-10-23T16:42:47","modified_gmt":"2018-10-23T20:42:47","slug":"idioms-with-numbers-in-english-part-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/english\/idioms-with-numbers-in-english-part-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Idioms with numbers in English &#8211; Part 2"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What\u2019s up, guys? How have you been doing?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Last month we covered some idioms in English related to numbers. So how about we go to the second share of our lesson. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It takes two to tango, so join me and let\u2019s go!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-8067\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/ingles\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2017\/12\/1-350x57.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"81\" \/><\/p>\n<p><b>to put two and two together<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> &#8211; to join the pieces, to correctly guess something based on information, to have a realization<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The police finally\u00a0<em>put two and two together<\/em> and discovered who committed the crime<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When I saw the two of them at the bar, I<em> put two and two together<\/em> and realized they were having an affair<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-8068\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/ingles\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2017\/12\/2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"81\" \/><\/p>\n<p><b>that makes two of us<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> &#8211; when you agree with something that the other person is saying<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">-I have no ideia what is going on -T<em>hat makes two of us!<\/em>\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">-The month barely started and I\u2019m already running out of money &#8211; Well, t<em>hat makes two of us<\/em><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-8069\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/ingles\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2017\/12\/3.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"81\" \/><\/p>\n<p><b>to be on cloud nine &#8211; <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">to be happy and in ecstasy when something good happens<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I\u2019ve been<em> on cloud nine<\/em> since I met that girl on the coffee shop<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The couple was <em>on cloud nine<\/em> when the wife found out she was pregnant\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-8070\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/ingles\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2017\/12\/4.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"81\" \/><\/p>\n<p><b>(to be the) third wheel &#8211;\u00a0<\/b>literally, to be an extra unnecessary presence, to get in the way of a couple when they are together<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Don\u2019t go with them to the restaurant, you are going to be the <em>third wheel<\/em><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mark and Janet invited me to go on a trip to the beach with them, but I don\u2019t want to be <em>a third wheel<\/em>\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-8071\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/ingles\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2017\/12\/5.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"81\" \/><\/p>\n<p><b>one of a kind &#8211; <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">when something is veyr unique and special<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This wine was expensive, but it\u00a0 was worth it because it is truly <em>one-of-a-kind\u00a0<\/em><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Spending spring in Venice is a <em>one-of-a-kind<\/em> experience, you should try it<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-8072\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/ingles\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2017\/12\/6.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"81\" \/><\/p>\n<p><b>one for the road &#8211; <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">to order a last drink before you leave the bar<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">-The bar is closing -Can we at least have <em>one for the road<\/em>?\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Let\u2019s just have <em>one for the road<\/em> before calling a cab<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Check out our <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/english\/idioms-with-numbers-in-english-part-1\/\">previous post about idioms with numbers<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You guys are one of a kind!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Have a great week!\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<img width=\"350\" height=\"57\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2018\/03\/1-350x57-350x57.png\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><p>What\u2019s up, guys? How have you been doing? Last month we covered some idioms in English related to numbers. So how about we go to the second share of our lesson. It takes two to tango, so join me and let\u2019s go! to put two and two together &#8211; to join the pieces, to correctly&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"post-item__readmore\"><a class=\"btn btn--md\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/english\/idioms-with-numbers-in-english-part-2\/\">Continue Reading<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":136,"featured_media":6511,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":""},"categories":[135139,135370],"tags":[333437,82,480223,274038],"class_list":["post-6509","post","type-post","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-english-language","category-english-vocabulary","tag-english-expressions","tag-idioms","tag-idioms-in-english","tag-idioms-with-numbers"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6509","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/136"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6509"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6509\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6825,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6509\/revisions\/6825"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6511"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6509"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6509"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6509"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}