Kim also called for improved relations with the South, an idea mentioned in speeches more often than it is met. He said the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics would be a good opportunity to showcase the status of the Korean nation.
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more often than it is met = more than one time he said this?
it = the idea?
Is this expression common?
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more often than it is met = more than one time he said this? No, completely wrong. The intended meaning seems to be that relations with the south rarely or never seem to improve.
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more often than it is met = more than one time he said this? No, completely wrong. The intended meaning seems to be that relations with the south rarely or never seem to improve.
it = the idea? Yes
Is this expression common? No. It's completely wrong.
We don't 'meet an idea'. We implement an idea. We achieve a goal.