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Chivalry Posted 12 years ago
Grammar

"Close shop"

I heard it on a movie in which somebody to a grad student to close down his online site or something or get expelled.

The context:
"Close shop or you won't have a school to pay for."

Why wasn't it "close YOUR shop"?

Is this a common expression??
  

Top answer

Is this a common expression?? ), but it is a semi-fixed phrase. You'll find more examples if you search 'open(ed) shop', I think.

— Mister Micawber

  • Is this a common expression??
  • ), but it is a semi-fixed phrase.
  • You'll find more examples if you search 'open(ed) shop', I think.
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chivalryWhy wasn't it "close YOUR shop"?Is this a common expression??
Not particularly common (how many people have to close shop?), but it is a semi-fixed phrase. You'll find more examples if you search 'open(ed) shop', I think.
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When the only sound in the empty street
Is the heavy tread of the heavy feet
That belong to a lonesome cop I open shop

Love For Sale as recorded by Ella Fitzgerald

CB
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Cool BreezeWhen the only sound in the empty street Is the heavy tread of the heavy feet That belong to a lonesome cop I open shopLove For Sale as recorded by Ella FitzgeraldCB
Thanks Cool Breeze, but that quote from the book seems to be really pedantic and pretentious(not to judge Ella Fitzegerald's writing style, but my point is that her writing is definitely
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chivalrybut my point is that her writing is definitely not in the common language that we practice in our daily lives).
Oh, but it is!
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chivalryElla Fitzegerald's writing style
Ella Fitzgerald was a world famous jazz singer. She is one of dozens of singers who recorded Cole Porter's song Love For Sale. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Love for_Sale%28song%29

CB
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Mister Micawber chivalrybut my point is that her writing is definitely not in the common language that we practice in our daily lives).Oh, but it is!
Oh I didn't see that it was "LoveShop" in the LYRICS,
I was referring to shops being used as a general terms, with no specific name or title to it:)
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chivalryI was referring to shops being used as a general terms, with no specific name or title to it
That makes no difference, really—'to close shop' or 'to close up shop' is to cease business operations. It is a current phrase.
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Mister Micawber chivalryI was referring to shops being used as a general terms, with no specific name or title to itThat makes no difference, really—'to close shop' or 'to close up shop' is to cease business operations. It is a current phrase.
You still didn't catch what I meant-I meant to "close shop" or "close up shop", not "close up A/THE shop".
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chivalryI meant to "close shop" or "close up shop", not "close up A/THE shop".
All of those are OK.
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