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| Dictionary of the F-Word | |
QUOTES:
(1) Thornton Melon's (Rodney Dangerfield) graduation speech in Back to School (1986): ' It's a jungle out there. You've got to look out for number one... but don't step in number-two .'
(2) Penguin/Oswald Cobblepot (Danny De Vito) because his parents threw him in the sewers Batman Returns (1992): ' I was their number one son and they treated me like number-two .'
2. One's own self.
3. To be number one / numero uno , to be-the-first or the best at something.
QUOTES:
(1) Lone Star (Bill Pullman) in Spaceballs (1987): ' I'm numero uno on Dark Helmet's hit list .'
(2) Lionel Twain (Truman Capote), claiming to be the greatest detective, and Sam Diamond (Peter Falk) in Murder by Death (1976):
-- Lionel: ' Look at me! I'm the greatest! I'm number one! '
-- Sam: ' To me you look like number-two . Know what I mean? '
4. Look after number one / take care of number one , to look after one's-own interests.
5. My number one , one's sweetheart .
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