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Soheil1 Posted 13 years ago
Vocabulary
Elbow room
Hi.What's the difference between 'elbow room' and 'breathing room'?
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html ). I think they are both idioms meaning that you need some personal space. If you want to talk about their slight differences, you can think of them this way: You might use "elbow room" to mean that you need room to physically move around.
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- I think they are both idioms meaning that you need some personal space.
- If you want to talk about their slight differences, you can think of them this way: You might use "elbow room" to mean that you need room to physically move around.
- And you might use "breathing room" to mean that you need some personal space so you can focus and think.
- However, you could use "elbow room" literally.
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As a native English speaker, I don't feel like there is a lot of difference when they are used as idioms (http://www.really-learn-english.com/english-idioms.html). I think they are both idioms meaning that you need some personal space.
If you want to talk about their slight differences, y
If you want to talk about their slight differences, y
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