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Anonymous Posted 14 years ago
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English idioms

Why do people impute different meanings to the same idiomatic expression?
  

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For the same reason that we do it with individual words. Everyone's idiolect is slightly different.

  • For the same reason that we do it with individual words.
  • Everyone's idiolect is slightly different.
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For the same reason that we do it with individual words. Everyone's idiolect is slightly different.

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