take the number 11 bus
v. phr.— «“Taking the No. 11 bus” is slang for walking, with the 1’s representing your own two legs.» —“10 things you might not know about…“ by Mark Jacob Chicago Tribune Nov. 30, 2008. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
She sells seashells by the seashore. Who is the she in this tongue twister? Some claim it’s the young Mary Anning, who went on to become a famous 19th-century British paleontologist. Dubious perhaps, but the story of her rise from seaside...
There are lots of creative names for the @, also known in English as the at-sign. In Denmark and Sweden, it’s sometimes called the snabel-a, or “elephant trunk.” In Italian, it’s a chiocciola, or “snail. In Greek...