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Jeffery216 Posted 8 years ago
Grammar

Has little to do with? Has to do with?

Is "Has little to do with" an idiom or something like phrasal verb? I understand that it's totally opposite meaning with "Has to do with", but I am really don't know why it cause

For example:

has little to do with money / has to do with money

Why "has little to do with money" not equal to "has to do with little money"....?

I am a Hong Kong-er, sometimes I just straightforward to translate the meaning: (

  

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jeffery216 has to do with money involves money; concerns money; is related to money jeffery216 has little to do with money does not involve money very much; does not concern money very much; is not very closely related to money (little = not much) CJ

  • jeffery216 has to do with money involves money; concerns money; is related to money jeffery216 has little to do with money does not involve money very much; does not concern money very much; is not very closely related to money (little = not much) CJ
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jeffery216has to do with money

involves money; concerns money; is related to money

jeffery216has little to do with money

does not involve money very much; does not concern money very much; is not very closely related to money

(little = not much)

CJ

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jeffery216Is "Has little to do with" an idiom or something like phrasal verb? I understand that it's totally opposite meaning with "Has to do with", but I am really don't know why it cause

It depends on who you ask. Some dictionaries label it as a phrasal verb, others don't.

jeffery216Why "has little to do with money" not equal t

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