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Persian Learner Posted 10 years ago
Grammar

The difference between sland and idiom?

Hi.
I've just run into an expression whose identity is vague for me! Idiom or slang?

It's stuff it.

http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/stuff-it-them-you-etc?q=stuff+it says it's slang, while Oxford calls it idiom. Who lies?
  

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Persian Learner Who lies? Neither, they just have different interpretations on what is slang and what is an idiom. com/stuff+it Take back something, as in As for that memo of yours, you can just stuff it.

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  • Persian Learner Who lies?
  • Neither, they just have different interpretations on what is slang and what is an idiom.
  • com/stuff+it Take back something, as in As for that memo of yours, you can just stuff it.
  • This idiom is used, often as an interjection, to express contempt or defiance.
  • ” [ Vulgar slang; 1950s] When slang expressions penetrate into a wider range of speakers, and become a widely-used part of the language, they can become idioms.
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Persian LearnerWho lies?
Neither, they just have different interpretations on what is slang and what is an idiom.
http://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/stuff+it

Take back something, as in As for that memo of yours, you can just stuff it. This idio
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Persian LearnerCambridge says it's slang, while Oxford calls it idiom. Who lies? Who is lying?
What you've done here we call "jumping to conclusions". Just because two sources give you a different description of the same thing, it doesn't mean that one of them is lying. ("lying" is a very strong word, by the way
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