On one’s radar, trace
Hi,
1) I have a question about the idiom ‘on one’s radar’.
Can it be slightly modified when I’m talking about the process of something drawing my attention rather than already being aware of it?
Are these possible?
‘find its way into my radar’
‘get on my radar’
2) Can I trace something in my head?
“I couldn’t really trace the questions I’d most likely screwed up in the test in my head.”
Thank you
Top answer
There are live and dead metaphors. This one is totally alive. Anything you can say about a real radar set can be said in the expression.
- There are live and dead metaphors.
- This one is totally alive.
- Anything you can say about a real radar set can be said in the expression.
- Ann225 ‘find its way into my radar’ onto Ann225 ‘get on my radar’ In the right context, I guess.
- I would need to see a sentence.
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There are live and dead metaphors. This one is totally alive. Anything you can say about a real radar set can be said in the expression.
Ann225‘find its way into my radar’
onto
Ann225‘get on my radar’
In the right context, I guess. I would need to see a sentence.
Ann225“I couldn’t
0Ann225“I couldn’t really trace the questions I’d most likely screwed up in the test in my head.”
This is not something a native speaker would say. I would probably use the phrasal verb "to figure out".
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