Sens: Big Five

les cinq super-puissances, Etats-Unis, Japon, Angleterre, France, et Italie durant la première guerre mondiale; Etats-Unis, Angleterre, France, Russie et Chine durant la seconde guerre mondiale

give me gimme (a) five Idiome

bat five hundred

hit half the times at bat, win half the competitions If you solve five problems out of ten, you're batting five hundred.

Group of Five

(See The Group of Five)

high five

celebrating by slapping each other's raised hand After scoring a goal, the players exchanged high fives.

nine-to-five job/attitude

a routine job in an office, attitude to life that reflects routine He has a nine-to-five attitude and is not doing very well as a salesperson in his company.

The Group of Five/ The Regina Five

artists K. Lockhead, A. McKay, D. Morton, T. Godwin, R. Bloore The Group of Five are famous for their bold, abstract paintings.

Five "O"

the police

five-o

the police

four-five

45 caliber gun

high-five

greeting where you slap hands together in the air, as opposed to low-five, where you slap hands at waist height

take five

Idiom(s): take five

Theme: INACTION

to take a five-minute rest period. (Slang.)
• Okay, everybody. Take five!
• Hey, Bob. I'm tired. Can we take five?

More Idioms/Phrases

take issue take heed take great pains take five take exception take away take an interest in take aim