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Masanori Takaoka Posted 12 years ago
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Does anybody have any good books to figure out the origin of idiomatic expressions like "turn down", "for good" etc.
Actually I've working on these two recently.
Thank u.
Actually I've working on these two recently.
Thank u.
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woord=voorgoed&src=NL&des=EN Maybe 'for good' is rooted in Dutch ('voorgoed'). Unfortunately I can't say a book with these kind of origins. Oxford electronic version contains word origins but you are interested in idioms.
- woord=voorgoed&src=NL&des=EN Maybe 'for good' is rooted in Dutch ('voorgoed').
- Unfortunately I can't say a book with these kind of origins.
- Oxford electronic version contains word origins but you are interested in idioms.
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I'm really not familiar with it but you could check this link:
http://english.stackexchange.com/questions/40771/why-does-for-good-mean-forever
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