hit someone for six Idiom, Proverb

at sixes and sevens

in a state of confusion Everyone was at sixes and sevens after the announcement that the company was going out of business.

between sixes and sevens

(See at sixes and sevens)

deep six

in a six-foot-deep grave, pushing up daisies If you overdose on coke, you're deep six, man.

six bits

seventy-five cents, 3 x two bits Grandfather told us that he used to pay six bits for a hotel room.

six feet under

dead He doesn

six of one and a half dozen of the other

there is little difference between two things/situations Whatever you do is no problem for me. It is six of one and half a dozen of the other.

six of one and half-a-dozen of the other

two things the same, no difference It was six of one or half-a-dozen of the other as to whether or not we should take the train or the airplane. They both arrived at the same time and cost the same.

six of one, half a dozen of the other

nearly equal, about the same, like twins Panasonic and Quasar are very similar - it's six of one, half a dozen of the other.

sixes and sevens

(See at sixes and sevens)

big ole' six

Crips and GD's (gangs)"Watch out for him; he's a big ole' six"

hit (one) for six

To agitated or beat someone, abnormally aback or unexpectedly. Primarily heard in UK. News of my father's abrupt afterlife absolutely hit me for six.Learn more: hit, six

hit (or knock) addition for six

affect addition actual severely; absolutely beat someone. British informal In this expression, six stands for six runs, apropos to a hit in candid which sends the brawl bright over the abuttals of the arena for a account of six runs.Learn more: hit, six, someone

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bicky biddy biff biftah big girl's blouse big-house big ole' six big one big sleep big style big tymer big up bigg biggie hit me again hit me on the hip hit me up hit off hit on hit on (one) hit on all cylinders hit on all six hit on someone hit on something hit on, to hit one where one lives hit one's stride hit or miss hit out hit out for (some place) hit parade hit pay dirt hit rock bottom hit shops hit somebody in the eye hit somebody when they're down hit somebody where it hurts hit somebody/something hard hit someone below the belt hit someone for six hit someone for something hit someone in the eye hit someone up for something hit someone with something hit speeds of hit speeds of (some amount) hit stores hit stride hit the hit the (broad) side of a barn hit the big one hit the big time hit the books hit the booze hit the bottle hit the brakes hit the bricks hit the buffers hit the bull’s-eye hit the bull's-eye hit the ceiling hit the ceiling, to hit the deck hit the dirt hit the fan