countverb
đếm, tính
/kaʊnt/Related words and phrases
Idioms
…and countingused to say that a total is continuing to increase
The movie's ticket sales add up to $39 million, and counting. be able to count somebody/something on (the fingers of) one handused to say that the total number of somebody/something is very small
She could count on the fingers of one hand the people she actually enjoyed being with.Although she knew lots of people, she could count her friends on the fingers of one hand. count your blessingsto be grateful for the good things in your life
count the cost (of something)to feel the bad effects of a mistake, an accident, etc.
The town is now counting the cost of its failure to provide adequate flood protection. count sheepto imagine that sheep are jumping over a fence and to count them, as a way of getting to sleep
don’t count your chickens (before they are hatched)(saying)you should not be too confident that something will be successful, because something may still go wrong
stand up and be countedto say publicly that you support somebody or you agree with something
Everyone needs to stand up and be counted in order to make them see the strength of our conviction. who’s counting?(informal)used to say that you do not care how many times something happens
I've seen the film five times, but who's counting?