The boys soon had the new student's number.
The girls got their new roommate's number the first week of school.
Словарь американских идиом. — СПб., Изд-во "Лань". Оригинал: A.Маккей, М.Т.Боткер, Дж.И.Гейтс. 1997.
have one's number — See: GET ONE S NUMBER … Dictionary of American idioms
have one's number — See: GET ONE S NUMBER … Dictionary of American idioms
have one's number on it — verb Te be destined for someone. Ill catch that fish. It has my number on it … Wiktionary
get\ one's\ number — • get one s number • have one s number v. phr. informal To find out or know what kind of person somebody is. The boys soon had the new student s number. The girls got their new roommate s number the first week of school … Словарь американских идиом
get one's number — or[have one s number] {v. phr.}, {informal} To find out or know what kind of person somebody is. * /The boys soon had the new student s number./ * /The girls got their new roommate s number the first week of school./ … Dictionary of American idioms
get one's number — or[have one s number] {v. phr.}, {informal} To find out or know what kind of person somebody is. * /The boys soon had the new student s number./ * /The girls got their new roommate s number the first week of school./ … Dictionary of American idioms
one's number is up — To say that one s number is up means that either a person is in serious difficulty and something bad is going to happen, or the time has come when they will die. The police have located the escaped prisoner so it looks as if his number is… … English Idioms & idiomatic expressions
To have one's handful — handful hand ful (h[a^]nd f[.u]l), n.; pl. {handfuls} (h[a^]nd f[.u]lz). [AS. handfull.] 1. As much as the hand will grasp or contain. Addison. [1913 Webster] 2. A hand s breadth; four inches. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] Knap the tongs together about a … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
number — numberable, adj. numberer, n. /num beuhr/, n. 1. a numeral or group of numerals. 2. the sum, total, count, or aggregate of a collection of units, or the like: A number of people were hurt in the accident. The number of homeless children in the… … Universalium
number — I (Roget s IV) n. 1. [A quantity] Syn. amount, sum total, totality, aggregate, whole, whole number, product, measurable quantity, recorded total, estimate, the lot, conglomeration, plenty, manifoldness, plenitude, abundance; see also quantity . 2 … English dictionary for students
