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BoSsSy Posted 8 years ago
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Is "What it's like to + verb" an idiom/phrase?

Is "What it's like to + verb" an idiom/phrase?

  

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BoSsSy Is "What it's like to + verb" an idiom/phrase? I suppose you could think of "what it's like" as an idiom for "what it resembles", but I suspect that to native speakers "to be like" sounds literal. This reminds me of the Akins article in response to Nagel.

— CalifJim

  • BoSsSy Is "What it's like to + verb" an idiom/phrase?
  • I suppose you could think of "what it's like" as an idiom for "what it resembles", but I suspect that to native speakers "to be like" sounds literal.
  • This reminds me of the Akins article in response to Nagel.
  • What is it like to be boring and myopic?
  • (Kathleen Akins) CJ
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BoSsSy

Is "What it's like to + verb" an idiom/phrase?

I suppose you could think of "what it's like" as an idiom for "what it resembles", but I suspect that to native speakers "to be like" sounds literal.

This reminds me of the Akins article in response to Nagel.

What is it like to be boring and myopic? (Kathleen Akins)

CJ

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