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Baker’s dozen, 6 of 1 or half a dozen of another, 20 questions, 40 winks, 99 bottles of beer on the wall.

What are some sayings, expressions, adages, or idioms that include anything referring to a two-digit number?
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Posted - August 19, 2021

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  • 44602
    Fifteen men on a dead man's chest.
    23 skidoo.
    99 Luftballons.

    This post was edited by Element 99 at August 20, 2021 9:28 AM MDT
      August 19, 2021 8:46 AM MDT
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  • 840
    Hang ten
    Catch-22
    Nine-to-five
    Eighty-six 
    A dime a dozen
      August 19, 2021 9:51 AM MDT
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  • 53503

     

      Thank you. All of your entries except nine-to-five are in. Each of those two numbers are single digits. 

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      August 19, 2021 11:27 AM MDT
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  • 17592
    Sweet 16

     
      August 19, 2021 1:15 PM MDT
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  • 16763
    42 - the answer to the ultimate question of Life, the Universe and Everything.
      August 20, 2021 8:14 AM MDT
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