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six (oh) and waist (medicine)


six (oh)



[Language: Old English; Origin:]
the number 6
::six months ago
::She arrived just after six (=six o'clock) .
::He learnt to play the violin when he was six (=six years old) .
six figures/digits
used to talk about a number that is between 100,000 and 1,000,000
::The final cost of the project will easily run into six figures (=be over one hundred thousand pounds or dollars) .
at sixes and sevens
informal disorganised and confused
::When the visitors arrived we were still at sixes and sevens.
it's six of one and half a dozen of the Other
spoken used to say that both people or groups who are involved in a situation are equally responsible for something bad that happens
::In any family quarrel, it's usually six of one and half a dozen of the Other.
knock/hit sb for six
BrE spoken to affect someone strongly in a bad way
::Losing his job really knocked him for six.
[C] a hit in cricket that scores six runs because the ball crosses the edge of the playing area before touching the ground

waist (medicine)


waist


The portion of the trunk between the ribs and the pelvis.

Origin: A.S. Waext

Waist of the heart, an obsolete term for the middle segment of the cardiac silhouette, on the chest X-ray, containing the pulmonary salient.