Significato: 7-Eleven®

n. 7-Eleven®, gruppo internazionale fondato nel 1927 nel Texas (USA) gestore della più grande catena di supermercati in tutto il mondo, tutti aventi lo stesso nome che indica letteralmente l'orario di attività (dalle sette del mattino alle undici di sera) in tutti i sette giorni della settimana

up to eleven Idioma

at the eleventh hour

" at the last minute; almost too late. "

seven come eleven

7 followed by 11 are lucky numbers """Seven come eleven,"" he whispered as he threw the dice."

eleventh-hour decision

Idiom(s): eleventh-hour decision

Theme: DECISION

a decision made at the last possible minute.
• Eleventh hour decisions are seldom satisfactory.
• The president's eleventh-hour decision was made in a great hurry, but it turned out to be correct.

Eleventh hour

If something happens at the eleventh hour, it happens right at the last minute.

at the eleventh hour|eleventh|eleventh hour|hour

prep. phr. At the last possible time. Aunt Mathilda got married at the eleventh hour; after all, she was already 49 years old.

eleventh hour|eleventh|hour

adj. phr. Pertaining to the last minutes; the last opportunity to accomplish a task. The editors made several eleventh hour changes in the headlines of the morning paper.

eleventh

eleventh
at the eleventh hour
Etymology: < Matt. 20:1-16
at the last moment; just before it is too late

up to eleven

To an intense, excessive, or acute degree; at or above the best bulk or accustomed threshold. (Coined in the 1984 ball blur This is Spinal Tap, apropos to the guitar player's amplifier activity to eleven, as against to the acceptable absolute of ten.) Some of the best nights we had back we were teenagers were spent aloof active aimlessly, cranking the car stereo up to eleven. Whenever our parents' angry got up to eleven, my sister and I fabricated ourselves scarce.Learn more: eleven, up

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