English numerical idiomatic expressions

Idiomatic expressions are interesting in the fact they convey a full imagination in a ready-made formula native speakers use without even thinking about it. To memorize them during the early stages of language learning helps lifting the veil on both differences and similarities between languages.

Here are some English idiomatic expressions with the digit nine. Do you know others?

• A stitch in time saves nine
• Dressed to the nines
• Like a cat with nine lives
• To be on cloud nine

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Idiotismes numériques en anglais (in French)
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Expresiones idiomáticas numéricas del inglés (in Spanish)