NUMBERS unit 4

give sb the third degree

question sb in detail

one-track mind

Suy nghĩ đơn chiều

play second fiddle

Đóng vai phụ

second/third rate

kém chất lượng

sixth sense

instinct

be on cloud nine / in seventh heaven

be very happy

at the eleventh hour

at the last moment

become second nature

Trở thành phản xạ tự nhiên

have second thoughts

have doubts

two heads are better than one

Said when two people can figure something out or solve a problem better together than either could separately.

back to square one

Start over

sell sb a pig in a poke

Deceive

dress up to the nines

Dress up formally

a nine-day wonder

a flash in the pan

a nine-to-five job

Công việc hành chính giờ giấc ổn định

a one-off

độc nhất vô nhị

kill two birds with one stone

Một mũi tên trúng hai đích

at sixes and sevens

Confused

cuts two ways

double-edged

a hundred to one shot

cơ hội mong manh

ten to one

Highly probable

six of one and half a dozen of the other

no real difference

think twice before doing sth

consider carefully

at a fraction of the cost

Very cheaply

within an inch of doing sth

very close to

Pull a fast one

play a trick on

One and the same

cùng một người/vật

One good turn deserves another

return the favor

Two can play at that game

pay sb back in their own coin.

Put two and two together

figure out

Nine times out of ten

Almost always

A stitch in time saves nine

Early action prevents bigger trouble