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Pull the other one!
You do not believe what someone has just said.
"Helen, mountain climbing? Pull the other one - she can't even climb a ladder without feeling sick!"
Be in two minds about sthg.
To be unable to decide about something
"I was in two minds whether or not to call her after the argument."
The third planet from the sun
Earth
"We live on the third rock from the sun"
Four-eyes
An offensive way of talking to someone who wears glasses
"Nice glasses, four-eyes!"
Give me five!
To hit sb's open hand with your own to celebrate doing sthg. well or achieving sthg., esp. in sports
"Hi there little buddy, give me five!"
Put all your eggs in one basket
To depend for your success on a single person or plan of action
"I'm applying for several jobs because I don't really want to put all my eggs in one basket."
Put two and two together
To guess the truth about a situation from what you have seen or heard
"How did you know they were having an affair?"
"I'd seen them out together a couple of times, so I just put two and two together."
Two's company, three's a crowd!
Two is the best amount of people to go somewhere - three people is too many
"I don't think I'll come to the cinema with you and your new girlfriend because two's company and three's a crowd."
On all fours
crawling with your hands and knees on the ground
"I got down on all fours trying to find the coin I had dropped."
Put two and two together and make five
Understand a particular situation wrongly, often in a way that is more shocking or exciting than the truth
"Wow, so you got promoted to Sales Manager? When you said you'd moved on from your old job, I just put two and two together and made five."
Public enemy number one
Sb. or sthg. that many people do not like or approve of
"Inflation has been public enemy number one for this government."
Not give/care two hoots
To not care about something or someone
"I don't give two hoots what you think."
Third time lucky!
To try something twice but only succeed on the third attempt.
"Here goes - third time luck I guess!"
The four/all corners of the world/earth
Many different parts of the world
"She had invited relatives from the four corners of the world to her 80th birthday party."
Not last five minutes
To fail or be unsuccessful very soon.
"He wouldn't last five minutes in the police force - it's far too tough for him."
Only got one pair of hands!
You are busy and cannot do any more than you are already doing.
"She only has one pair of hands, so I don't know how she'll get that all done before the deadline."
To cut both ways
To have two different effects at the same time, usually one good and one bad
"Censorship cuts two ways; it prevents people from being corrupted, but it often also prevents them from knowing what is really going on."
Be three sheets to the wind
To be drunk.
"Bobby was already three sheets to the wind when we arrived."
Four-score
eighty
"The days of our years are threescore years and ten; and if by reason of strength they be fourscore years."
A bunch of fives
If you give sb a bunch of fives, you hit them hard with your hand closed
"That kid is in the nurse's office with a bloody nose because the bully gave him a bunch of fives in the face."
One after the other
Many, in a series
"I eat chocolates one after the other until the whole box is gone."
Put in your two cents' worth
Give your spoken opinion on a particular matter.
"I thought I'd just throw in my two cents' worth."
The three Rs
Used to refer to the basic areas of education: reading, writing, and mathematics (arithmetic)
Be scattered to the four winds
A group of things or people go or are sent to different places that are far away from each other
"It was the finest collection of paintings in Denmark, but during the last war, it was broken up and scattered to the four winds."
Take five
Stop working and relax for a short period of time
"I'm tired of walking, let's take five."