Cock and Hen
idiom Slang
Cockney rhyming slang · East London
ten
- 01
a hundred and ten percent
A level of effort beyond what one can usually sustain; great exertion.
- 02
card of ten
A bold front, an instance of standing one's ground.
- 03
count to ten
An expression used to describe or recommend a process for pausing to regain one's composure when one is on the verge of losing one's temper.
- 04
five will get you ten
I strongly believe.
- 05
handbags at ten paces
Synonym of handbags at dawn (“a catty squabble”).
- 06
nine times out of ten
Very often, mostly, most of the time.
- 07
ten a penny
So common as to be practically or almost worthless.
- 08
three score and ten
Seventy, being the number of years in a full lifetime of traditionally-expected duration.