Numbers

• all in one piece

  целым и невредимым

  As we packed all the breakable things carefully, we hoped that they would arrive all in one piece.
• all rolled up in one

  совмещать (два или более в одном)

  Julian Manners is a p.e. teacher and a football coach all rolled up in one.
• all-in-one

  всё вместе

  My record player has a recording and playing function all-in-one.
• as busy as a one-armed paperhanger

  очень занятый

  "Don't call on me today. Now I am as busy as a one-armed paperhanger."
• as one

  все как один

  The audience stood up as one and began to applaud the actors.
• at first

  вначале, с начала

  At first Ron wanted to go on a river trip with us, but then he changed his mind.
• at one time

  одно время

  At one time Jim had to combine work and studies at a community college.
• at one with (someone)

  разделять одни и те же взгляды с кем-либо

  Sam was at one with his wife on everything but money.
• at sixes and sevens

  приводить в недоумение, озадачить, поставить в тупик

  The students were at sixes and sevens when they looked at the timetable for the new semester.
• at the eleventh hour

  в самый последний момент

  Aunt Maria was in a great hurry, and she remembered to lock the door at the eleventh hour.
• back to square one

  вернуться к началу чего-либо

  Kelly was back to square one in her desire to renew her project.
• bat a thousand

  быть очень успешным

  Jeremy has been batting a thousand in his attempts to earn much money.
• by the dozen

  дюжиной, числом 12

  Sheila counted the chicks by the dozen.
• by the dozens

  (покупать) дюжину = 12 штук

  In English shops eggs are sold by the dozens.
• cast the first stone

  бросить первый камень, первым обвинить кого-либо

  "I know you did the wrong thing, but I don't want to cast the first stone and quarrel with you."
• catch forty winks

  немного поспать

  Wanda was very tired after her work in the garden, and she decided to catch forty winks.
• cut both/two ways

  поддерживать обе стороны в споре, "и нашим, и вашим"

  I don't think much of your argument as it cuts both ways.
• deep-six (someone or something)

  выбросить что-либо, избавиться от кого-либо \ чего-либо

  I am going to deep-six all my exercise books at the end of the school year.
• divide (something) fifty-fifty

  разделить что-либо пополам

  Nancy bought a nice cake and divided it fifty-fifty between the two of us.
• do (someone) one better

  делать лучше, чем кто-либо, превосходить кого-либо

  At the exam Marion did Emily one better and got better scores than her friend.
• do a number on (someone or something)

  повредить что-либо, обидеть кого-либо

  "I am sorry; I didn't mean to do a number on you."
• dressed to the nines

  элегантно одетый

  Vivian is always dressed to the nines.
• eleventh-hour decision

  решение, принятое в последний момент

  Eventually Miranda made an eleventh-hour decision to accept their proposal.
• every once in a while

  время от времени, изредка

  I am not a very good chess player; I play chess every once in a while.
• for one thing

  прежде всего, для начала

  I didn't care much for his speech: for one thing, the subject was not interesting, for another thing, his delivery was bad.
• forty winks

  короткий сон в дневное время

  If Ron, a truck driver, feels sleepy, he usually stops by the side of the road to catch forty winks.
• get (someone's) number

  составить мнение о ком-либо, "раскусить человека"

  Santana and Kim got their new roommate's number pretty soon.
• get the third degree

  быть допрошенным с пристрастием

  The student got the third degree after he had missed a lot of classes.
• give (someone) the third degree

  допросить кого-либо с пристрастием

  The detective gave the suspect the third degree.
• Give me five!

  Поздравь меня!" (эти слова обычно сопровождаются ударом ладони о чью-либо ладонь)

  "Give me five!" Allan said when he won in his first baseball game.
• give three cheers for (someone)

  хвалить кого-либо, прокричать троекратное 'ура' в честь кого-либо

  The football fans gave three cheers for their favorite team after they won the match.
• go fifty-fifty (on something)

  делить что-либо поровну

  My friend and I decided to go fifty-fifty on a new computer.
• have (someone's) number

  знать, иметь чей-либо номер телефона

  "Do you have Mike's number?" - "No, but I'll get it for you."
• have one too many

  выпить слишком много (спиртного), перебрать

  "I am afraid you have had one too many, so let me see you home."
• hole in one

  попасть с первого удара

  Lionel is a skilled golfer, and he got a hole in one during his first round.