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Kirsche Posted 19 years ago
Vocabulary

Some idioms expressing dissagreements

I'll have to part company with you there, I'm afraid.

We'll have to agree to differ over that.

You can't talk until the cows come home. I won't accept that sheme

You might as well admit it! You haven't a leg to stand on.

I don't really get those sentences above. Can you please help me?

Thank you very much!
  

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I'll have to part company with you there, I'm afraid. = I will have to espouse a different opinion from yours ('We will have to leave each other') We'll have to agree to differ over that. = We will have to stop arguing about that.

— Mister Micawber

  • I'll have to part company with you there, I'm afraid.
  • = I will have to espouse a different opinion from yours ('We will have to leave each other') We'll have to agree to differ over that.
  • = We will have to stop arguing about that.
  • You can talk until the cows come home .
  • I won't accept that s c heme.
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I'll have to part company with you there, I'm afraid. = I will have to espouse a different opinion from yours ('We will have to leave each other')

We'll have to agree to differ over that. = We will have to stop arguing about that.

You can talk until the cows come home. I won't accept that scheme. = forever ('un
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Wow. I find these expressions very interesting.Now I have more choices to express my disagreement. However, I still have a question:

Can I use these phrases in formal writing ( such as essays or tests of English?) Or they are just suitable in informal English?
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The first two can be used formally-- in fact, they are rather formal. The second two are casual and should be avoided in formal writing.
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