After we missed the final target, Dad told us, 'close only counts in horseshoes and hand grenades,' to remind us that being nearly right isn't always good enough.

The people who truly remember the incident are so few that to be able to count on one's fingers allows you to name each one.

Archaeologists rely on the Mayan Long Count calendar to correlate inscription dates across different sites.

If you ask why I love this town, let me count the ways.

At the anniversary dinner, he took her hand and said, 'let us count the ways your love has made me a better person.'

I can count on the fingers of one hand the people I trust with my secrets.

When the exam was postponed at the last minute, I could only count one's lucky stars and breathe a sigh of relief.

I'm counting on the fingers of one hand the days left until the deadline.

The mistakes in last year's report were counted on the fingers of one hand.

Volunteers were standing up and being counted before the march began.