Math Related Idioms & Proverbs

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There are many idioms & proverbs which use topics & ideas from math. Let us see some of them.

Cardinal Numbers

Two is company; three is a crowd

It takes two to tango

One-way street

One way ticket

Put two and two together

Back to square one

A bird in hand is worth two in a bush

One tree does not make a forest

Kill two birds with one stone

Three cheers

The three Rs

As easy as one, two, three

Two heads are better than one

Give me five

A picture is worth a thousand words

One horse town

One track mind

Baker’s dozen

A catch 22

One in a million

A stich in time saves nine

On cloud nine

Ordinal Numbers

Third rate ….

First class

Sixth sense

Play second fiddle

Seventh heaven

The eleventh hour

Once in a blue moon

Second to none

Fractions

My better half

Operations

The mathematics of life is not the multiplication of wealth, but is the division of tasks, subtraction of greed and the addition of humility.

When things don't add up, start subtracting.

Divide and Conquer

Multiply like rabbits

Don't count your chickens before they hatch

Geometry

Going around in circles

A square meal

A square peg in a round hole

Point of no return

Fair and square

Love triangle

Measurements

A pound of flesh

Give an inch and he will take a mile

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure

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