Once in a blue moon - stress

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1. Once in a blue moon. (Blue moon? or blue MOon?)

2. Kill two birds with one stone. (TWo BIRd?)

3. See eye to eye. (EYe to EYe?)

4. Put wool over other people's eyes. (Put ~~ OTher..?)

5. The last straw( LAst STRaw?)

Where does the stress fall on that idiomatic expression?

Mister Micawber · Accepted Answer

1. Once in a 'blue 'moon.

2. Kill 'two birds with 'one stone.

3. See 'eye to 'eye.

4. Put the 'wool over someone's 'eyes.

5. The 'last 'straw

Where does the stress fall on that idiomatic expression?-- The rules are no different than for other utterances.

Canadian45 · Answer

moon7296pull the wool over people's eyes [Y]

c45

Moon7296 · Answer

John saw the kangaroo in the hat sitting on the mat and the large black cat photographing the scene.

I will put the major word stress indicating '<=.
Q1) Please correct if it is wrong.

'John 'saw the kanga'roo in the 'hat 'sitting on the 'mat and the 'large 'black 'cat 'photographing the 'scene.

Q2) Do we usually put stress on every content word like I did above?

Mister Micawber · Answer

John saw the kanga'roo in the hat sitting on the 'mat and the large black 'cat 'photographing the scene.-- That is how I read it to myself . (Note that we do not really have a digital 'on-off' stress system, but that there are levels of stress. Your additional ones would be secondary stresses.

Q2) Do we usually put stress on every content word like I did above?-- Basically, I think you are including too many stresses for a normal, conversational utterance. Please be aware, however, that there are few definitive choices—that stress varies considerably with intent and the greater context.

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