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Anonymous Posted 10 years ago
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a green lining
(Cheap oil has a green lining, as it drags down the global price of natural gas, which crowds out coal, a dirtier fuel. But in the long run, cheap fossil fuels reduce the incentive to act on climate change...)
Cheap oil 'has a green lining.'
->has a green lining.
->has a silver lining?
-> has merits of its own?
-> has some fine qualities?
->has a great advantage in many ways to ~?
I want to know whether you, a native speaker of English, use "green lining" as a fixed phrase in the given context or not."
Cheap oil 'has a green lining.'
->has a green lining.
->has a silver lining?
-> has merits of its own?
-> has some fine qualities?
->has a great advantage in many ways to ~?
I want to know whether you, a native speaker of English, use "green lining" as a fixed phrase in the given context or not."
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" It is not a fixed phrase; it has likely been coined by the writer as a pun. It is based on the fixed phrase 'a silver lining', meaning a good point to something otherwise bad.
- " It is not a fixed phrase; it has likely been coined by the writer as a pun.
- It is based on the fixed phrase 'a silver lining', meaning a good point to something otherwise bad.
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AnonymousI want to know whether you, a native speaker of English, use "green lining" as a fixed phrase in the given context or not."It is not a fixed phrase; it has likely been coined by the writer as a pun. It is based on the fixed phrase 'a silver lining', meaning a good point to something otherwise bad.
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