Expressed numerically
Specific numbers are used in some colloquial phrases:
Mettre des queues aux zeros (French) to add tails to noughts : to overcharge
Siete (Spanish,
Mein Rad hat eine Acht (German) my bike has an eight : a buckled wheel
Se mettre sur son trente et un (French) to put yourself on your thirty one : to get all dressed up
Ein Gesicht wie 37 Tage Regenwetter haben (German) to have a face like thirty-seven days of rain : a long face
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