once or twice

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once or twice

1. (idiomatic) A small, indefinite number of times.

   Have you changed a tyre before? — Yes, once or twice.

Usage notesEdit

This is often used figuratively, to mean "many, many times."

TranslationsEdit

a small, indefinite number of times

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 一兩次, 一两次 ‎(yī liǎng cì)

• Estonian: kord või paar
• Finnish: pari kertaa

• French: une fois ou deux
• German: ein- oder zweimal
• Hungarian: egyszer vagy kétszer
• Japanese: 一、二度 ‎(ichi, ni-do), 一、二回 ‎(ichi, ni-kai)
• Russian: па́ру раз ‎(páru raz), оди́н-два ра́за ‎(odín-dva ráza)