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Идиомы на тему Numbers

• million dollar question
  важный, но трудный вопрос

  The million dollar question for them was whether to move their business to Chicago or not.
• round off a number
  округлить цифру

  I had to round off the number as it was much too big.
• hundred to one chance/shot
  очень маленький шанс, один из сотни

  Tim only has a hundred to one chance at getting the grant that he has applied for.
• number of (things or people)
  какое-то (неопределённое) число вещей или людей

  There are a number of things Tim is going to do on the weekend.
• split (something) fifty-fifty
  разделить что-либо поровну

  "Let's split the household jobs fifty-fifty."
• one heck/hell of a (someone or something)
  уникальный, редкий (как хороший, так и плохой)

  Jim is one hell of a driver; he never pays attention to traffic signs.
• not touch (someone or something) with a ten-foot pole
  ни за что не притронуться к кому-либо \ чему-либо

  Those magazines are completely uninteresting to me, and I would not touch them with a ten-foot pole.
• in round figures/numbers
  округлённо, приблизительно

  Sally was able to learn, in round numbers, how much it would cost to buy a condo.