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SuperESL Posted 13 years ago
Grammar
Friends
Hi,
"There are friends and there are friends."
Is this phrase a set phrase? I have seen it a couple of times. Also, does it mean something alone the lines of "there are expedient partners whom you call friends but whom you cannot fully trust and then there are real friends whom you can."?
Thank you.
"There are friends and there are friends."
Is this phrase a set phrase? I have seen it a couple of times. Also, does it mean something alone the lines of "there are expedient partners whom you call friends but whom you cannot fully trust and then there are real friends whom you can."?
Thank you.
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SuperESL Is this phrase a set phrase? It's a set pattern. As a fan of western films, I can watch pretty well any western, but there are westerns and there are westerns.
- SuperESL Is this phrase a set phrase?
- It's a set pattern.
- As a fan of western films, I can watch pretty well any western, but there are westerns and there are westerns.
- Some I love, and some I tolerate.
- "?
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SuperESLIs this phrase a set phrase?It's a set pattern. As a fan of western films, I can watch pretty well any western, but there are westerns and there are westerns. Some I love, and some I tolerate.
SuperESL Also, does it mean something alone the lines of "there are expedient partners whom you call friends but whom you cannot fully t
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That's the idea.
The set phrase is this.
There are X and then there are X.
It means that the second X is more extreme than the first X.
It commonly refers to something good, but not always.
The set phrase is this.
There are X and then there are X.
It means that the second X is more extreme than the first X.
It commonly refers to something good, but not always.
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