Annie Wilson, a friend and former classmate, is celebrating the 5th anniversary of her blog, poetic and chic. I was inspired by her recent post to make a quick list of phrases, cultural items and other such things involving the number or ordinal 5.
1. the five senses
2. five-day forecast
3. five finger discount
4. five and dime
5. five-star rating
6. "five golden rings"
7. five alarm chili
8. "four out of five dentists"
9. Five Years
10. the five-second rule
11. the Jackson 5ive
12. Take Five
13. Slaughterhouse Five
14. to plead the 5th
15. gimme five
16. Working 9 to 5
17. "five dollar footlong"
18. Hawaii Five-O
19. 5 o'clock shadow
20. Five Easy Pieces
21. Saks Fifth Avenue
22. five year plan
23. five word stories
24. five card stud
25. "it's 5 o'clock somewhere"
26. Five Napkin Burger
27. Beethoven's Fifth
28. Henry V
29. "Number 5 is alive!!"
30. Five characters in search of an exit
*The saying "five by five" originated in radio communication but is now used in a more general sense to mean "hear you loud and clear."
