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Vlivef Posted 7 years ago
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Have a grudge against smb [+]

Hi,

If you could answer the following questions?

(1) It is true that the variations "have a grudge against smb" and "hold a grudge against smb" are both quite common in modern English? (The variant with "hold" is a bit more formal though?)

On the other hand, the expression "bear a grudge against smb" would sound rather antiquated to native speakers, wouldn't it?

(2) Are there some other idioms that you think are pretty close to [+] in meaning?

Your usage examples would be greatly appreciated!

  

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vlivef (1) It is true that the variations "have a grudge against smb" and "hold a grudge against smb" are both quite common in modern English? )On the other hand, the expression "bear a grudge against smb" would sound rather antiquated to native speakers, wouldn't it? content=have+a+grudge+against%2Chold+a+grudge+against%2C+bear+a+grudge+against&year_start=1800&year_end=2000&corpus=15&smoothing=3 vlivef On the other hand, the expression "bear a grudge against smb" would sound rather antiquated to native speakers, wouldn't it?

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  • vlivef (1) It is true that the variations "have a grudge against smb" and "hold a grudge against smb" are both quite common in modern English?
  • )On the other hand, the expression "bear a grudge against smb" would sound rather antiquated to native speakers, wouldn't it?
  • content=have+a+grudge+against%2Chold+a+grudge+against%2C+bear+a+grudge+against&year_start=1800&year_end=2000&corpus=15&smoothing=3 vlivef On the other hand, the expression "bear a grudge against smb" would sound rather antiquated to native speakers, wouldn't it?
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vlivef(1) It is true that the variations "have a grudge against smb" and "hold a grudge against smb" are both quite common in modern English? (The variant with "hold" is a bit more formal though?)On the other hand, the expression "bear a grudge against smb" would sound rather antiquated to native speakers, wouldn't it?

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