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Geosalamandra Posted 15 years ago
Vocabulary
Brush lips
The other day I came across a phrase brush lips. I've never seen it before. Is it formal? How frequently is it used?
Here is the context:
The clothing giant Benetton is once again in the headlines over a controversial advertising campaign. The company has a history of using shocking ads for its products. This time it has used doctored photos of world leaders looking like they are kissing. One of these shows what looks like Pope Benedict XVI brushing lips with Imam Ahmed el Tayyeb.
Here is the context:
The clothing giant Benetton is once again in the headlines over a controversial advertising campaign. The company has a history of using shocking ads for its products. This time it has used doctored photos of world leaders looking like they are kissing. One of these shows what looks like Pope Benedict XVI brushing lips with Imam Ahmed el Tayyeb.
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You can view the simulated picture by clicking here and scrolling down a bit. This is made to look like they are having a proper snog rather than brushing lips , which refers to a fleeting and passionless mouth-to-mouth kiss. It is neither formal nor informal and is in fairly common use.
- You can view the simulated picture by clicking here and scrolling down a bit.
- This is made to look like they are having a proper snog rather than brushing lips , which refers to a fleeting and passionless mouth-to-mouth kiss.
- It is neither formal nor informal and is in fairly common use.
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You can view the simulated picture by clicking here and scrolling down a bit.
This is made to look like they are having a proper snog rather than brushing lips, which refers to a fleeting and passionless mouth-to-mouth kiss.
It is neither formal nor informal and is in fairly common us
This is made to look like they are having a proper snog rather than brushing lips, which refers to a fleeting and passionless mouth-to-mouth kiss.
It is neither formal nor informal and is in fairly common us
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Hello, geosalamandra — and welcome to English Forums.
You can often use your own common sense to decide whether a word or phrase is formal or informal. This phrase is talking about a light kiss in a popular advertisement. The article appears to be from a newspaper or similiar widespread medium.
Now, what does that tell you about formality and frequency of use?
You can often use your own common sense to decide whether a word or phrase is formal or informal. This phrase is talking about a light kiss in a popular advertisement. The article appears to be from a newspaper or similiar widespread medium.
Now, what does that tell you about formality and frequency of use?
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Yeah, I've seen the pictures)) Thanks for the explanation the kind of kiss brush lips is.
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To Mister Micawber:
For non-native speakers it is not always easy to judge that sort of things. I actually didn't find this collocation in the corpus.
P.S. Thanks for welcoming me)
For non-native speakers it is not always easy to judge that sort of things. I actually didn't find this collocation in the corpus.
P.S. Thanks for welcoming me)
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