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Hans51 Posted 4 years ago
Grammar
Take it easy
Take it easy
I have learned that there is no specific meaning in ‘it’ in the idiom.
I was wondering if there is some case where ‘it’ is considered as some situation or something as a pronoun like ‘Take life(=it) easy’?
What do you native English speakers think?
Thank you so much as usual in advance.
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Hans51 there is no specific meaning in ‘it’ in the idiom. "
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Hans51there is no specific meaning in ‘it’ in the idiom.
The idiom basically means "relax."
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Hans51I was wondering if there is some case where ‘it’ is considered as some situation or something as a pronoun like ‘Take life(=it) easy’?
It can mean what is going on at the time, sort of, but "go easy" is better for that. Say a dog is stuck in a pipe, and you've got a rope around his hindquarters to pull him out with. An onlooker might warn you to take
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