There are several idioms formed with numbers. Check them out!<\/p>\n
Cero<\/strong><\/p>\n ser un cero a la izquierda<\/strong> – to be useless<\/p>\n Uno<\/strong><\/p>\n una y no m\u00e1s, Santo Tom\u00e1s<\/strong> – once is enough<\/p>\n Dos<\/strong><\/p>\n cada dos por tres<\/strong> – very frequently Tres<\/strong><\/p>\n dar tres cuartos al pregonero<\/strong> – to let a secret out Cuatro<\/strong><\/p>\n echar un cuarto a espadas<\/strong> – to intervene, give an opinion Cinco<\/strong><\/p>\n Choca esos cinco<\/strong> – Give me five!<\/p>\n Siete<\/strong><\/p>\n hacerse un siete en la ropa<\/strong> – to have a tear your clothes Diez<\/strong><\/p>\n hacer las diez de \u00faltimas <\/strong>– to end up with nothing<\/p>\n Once<\/strong><\/p>\n meterse en camisa de once varas<\/strong> – to poke your nose in (where it is not your concern)<\/p>\n trece<\/strong> Cuarenta<\/strong><\/p>\n cantarle las cuarenta<\/strong> – to give someone a piece of your mind<\/p>\n Cien<\/strong><\/p>\n poner a uno a cien<\/strong> – to (cause to) get in a state of high excitement Mil, mill\u00f3n<\/strong><\/p>\n Mil gracias \/Un mill\u00f3n de gracias<\/strong> – Many thanks Nos vemos prontito!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" There are several idioms formed with numbers. Check them out! Cero ser un cero a la izquierda – to be useless Uno una y no m\u00e1s, Santo Tom\u00e1s – once is enough Dos cada dos por tres – very frequently estar entre dos fuegos – to be caught in the crossfire estar entre dos aguas…<\/p>\n
\nestar entre dos fuegos<\/strong> – to be caught in the crossfire
\nestar entre dos aguas<\/strong> – to sit on the fence
\nestar a dos velas<\/strong> – to be without something (money, sex)
\ncomo dos y dos son cuatro<\/strong> – as sure as eggs is eggs<\/p>\n
\nbuscar tres pies al gato<\/strong> – to make things more complicated than they are
\ndonde Cristo dio las tres voces<\/strong> – in a very distant, solitary place
\nA la tercera va la vencida<\/strong> – third time lucky
\nNi a la de tres<\/strong> – Nothing doing!
\nno ver tres en un burro<\/strong> – to see nothing (because it is so dark)<\/p>\n
\nestar a la cuarta pregunta<\/strong> \u2013 to be pennyless
\nEstaban\/hab\u00eda cuatro gatos.<\/strong> – There were very few people ther<\/p>\n
\nestar en el s\u00e9ptimo cielo<\/strong> – to be in seventh heaven
\nandar\/recorrer las siete partidas<\/strong> – to keep going over (an idea)
\ntener siete vidas<\/strong> – to have nine lives
\np\u00edcaro de siete suelas<\/strong> – helluva rascal<\/p>\n
\nmantenerse en sus trece<\/strong> – to stick to your guns
\nmartes y trece<\/strong> – Tuesday the thirteenth (considered an unlucky day, like Friday the thirteenth in the English-speaking world)<\/p>\n
\nDentro de cien a\u00f1os todos calvos. <\/strong>– in the future it won’t matter<\/p>\n
\nVendr\u00e1 a las mil quinientas.<\/strong> – He\u2019ll come well beyond the agreed time.<\/p>\n