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Ayma Posted 21 years ago
Vocabulary
Sits at odds
I want to learn the maening of tis idiom / expression or phrase. I dont exactly know what category does it belong too. Please also tell me what is it? I really want to laern the idioms used commonly in writing and conversation. if some one can tell me about asite where we can type an idiom and get its definiotion or meaning and how it is used in sentences, that would be graet too.
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Hi, Welcome to the forum. If you google to search for 'meaning idiom dictionary', you wil find a lot of useful sites. sits at odds is an idiom that relates to contradictions.
- Hi, Welcome to the forum.
- If you google to search for 'meaning idiom dictionary', you wil find a lot of useful sites.
- sits at odds is an idiom that relates to contradictions.
- Here is a simple example.
- His smile sits at odds with his angry words means that his smile contradicts his angry words.
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Hi,
Welcome to the forum.
If you google to search for 'meaning idiom dictionary', you wil find a lot of useful sites.
sits at odds is an idiom that relates to contradictions. Here is a simple example. His smile sits at odds with his angry words means that his smile contradicts his angry words.
It's not an
Welcome to the forum.
If you google to search for 'meaning idiom dictionary', you wil find a lot of useful sites.
sits at odds is an idiom that relates to contradictions. Here is a simple example. His smile sits at odds with his angry words means that his smile contradicts his angry words.
It's not an
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Thanks Clive for you useful tip and for xplaining this phrase.
I appreciate your help. Its qite helpful to have joined this forum.
I appreciate your help. Its qite helpful to have joined this forum.
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"To be at odds" is much more common. ("His smile is at odds with his angry words.")
An early meaning of 'odd' was 'left over'; for instance, the change you are given when you pay for a newspaper might be called the 'odd money' or 'odd pence'. (Cf. also 'odds and ends'.)
From this, a sense of 'difference' emerged. So when two people are 'at odds', they 'have differences', i.e. are
An early meaning of 'odd' was 'left over'; for instance, the change you are given when you pay for a newspaper might be called the 'odd money' or 'odd pence'. (Cf. also 'odds and ends'.)
From this, a sense of 'difference' emerged. So when two people are 'at odds', they 'have differences', i.e. are
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