Words and">and Their Stories: Number One
18 February 2012
Now, the VOA Special English program WORDS AND THEIR STORIES.
Today I will tell about expressions using numbers. Let us start with the number one. Numbers can be tricky.
On the one and">hand
, they are simply numbers. On the other and">hand, they have meanings.
I for one
use these expressions a lot.
Many people consider themselves
number one
, the most important person. They are always
looking out for number one
and
taking care of number one
. It is as if they are the
one and only
person on Earth. Some people however, are not so self-centered. My brother is such a person. It is true – no joke. I am not trying to
pull a fast one
on you.
Some say singer Aaliyah was "one in a million"
First, you have to understand that my brother is
one in a million.
He is such a nice person. All his friends like him. They consider him
one of the boys
. Recently, my brother had a bad day at the office. It was just
one of those days
. Nothing went right. So he stopped at a local bar -- a drinking place -- after leaving work. My brother planned to have a glass of beer with his friends -- a
quick one
– before he went home. But a
quick one
turned into
one or two
, and soon those became
one too many.
As my brother was leaving, he ordered a last drink --
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