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TinaMr Posted 12 years ago
Vocabulary

idioms

can these two idioms: "" to play it by ear" and "on the spur of the moment" be used in the same situations?
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It doesn't seem as if they often would be. "play it by ear" has connotations of caution and restraint, which are not obviously compatible with "spur of the moment".

— GPY

  • It doesn't seem as if they often would be.
  • "play it by ear" has connotations of caution and restraint, which are not obviously compatible with "spur of the moment".
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It doesn't seem as if they often would be. "play it by ear" has connotations of caution and restraint, which are not obviously compatible with "spur of the moment".
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GPY, thank you very much! I didn't know about this connotation. In this case, there is a difference, of course.
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