"Real English 33-run the numbers"

I took it easy over the Obon vacation.  I walked, cycled, went to the spa, read a lot, watched a little TV, took some naps, drank some good beer and wine, and ate "take-out"sushi twice.  My favorite sushi is yellowtail, but "white tuna," otherwise known as Toro, isn't too far behind.  In addition, sea bream, shrimp, salmon roe, eel, mackerel, squid, and octopus are also on my "Like!" list.  Sea urchin and herring roe are on my "I'll eat it, but I would never order it!" list.  At the moment, there isn't any sushi on my "Pass!" list.  

Going back to the TV I said I watched above, I watched a lot of CNN.  As I have gotten older, I watch CNN more and more.  When I was a child, my father always used to watch CNN.  He was addicted to it...a CNN-aholic!  I thought CNN was boring and I could never understand why he watched it all of the time, until recently.  I guess you could say I am following in his footsteps.

Anyway, because of the Presidential Election coming up in November and the Olympics ended, there are a lot of political shows on CNN recently.  On one of these shows, I saw an announcer interview Paul Ryan, Mitt Romney's running mate and the Vice-Presidential Candidate for the GOP.  A short excerpt from their interview was something like this:

Announcer:  So what about the Budget plan?

Ryan:  I haven't run the numbers on that yet.

Announcer:  OK, well then, how about the medical plan?

Ryan:  I haven't run the numbers on that either.  But, as soon as I do,  I will let you know.

In the news about this election, as well as in a lot of other business and economic and political-related news, you will hear this expression used often.  "Run the numbers" means "do the calculations (especially of financial data)" or "to analyze or evaluate economic data."  Consultants and financial advisers and politicians use this expression regularly.

Some useful expressions for you are:

1.  Run the numbers by me and let me see if it makes sense (to do it.*)

to do it=to make an investment, to make a purchase, to begin a project

2.  At first, I thought that I could afford that car.  But after I ran the numbers again, I realized that it was out of my league.