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Anonymous Posted 15 years ago
Vocabulary

Is to burst someone's bubble a slang?

Or is it an informal usage of expression?

I genuinely can't think of other way to express same meaning.

help please?

TIA!
  

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It's a metaphor that is an idiom.

  • It's a metaphor that is an idiom.
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It's a metaphor that is an idiom.
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It's not slang. It's an idiom.

If you burst someone's bubble, you dissuade them from a false belief (usually about themselves).

See dictionary entries for disabuse and undeceive.

Here's a thesaurus entry that may interest you:
http://www.merriam-webster.com/the

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