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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!
I genuinely can't think of other way to express same meaning.
help please?
TIA!
Top answer
It's a metaphor that is an idiom.
- 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
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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