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Mr. Tom Posted 13 years ago
Vocabulary

The idiom "for a space"

Hi

Is the idiom "for a space" common in spoken English?

She was looking so fat that for a space I couldn't recognize her.
Her remark was so rude that for a space I was too shocked to speak.

Thanks,

Tom
  

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You sometimes come across for a space meaning for a period of time.

— Blue Jay

  • You sometimes come across for a space meaning for a period of time.
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You sometimes come across for a space meaning for a period of time.
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That doesn't sound right to me, but one thing I have learned here is that expressions that sound wrong in one part of the world are just fine in another.

I'd say "for a moment" or even "for a beat" (as in musical beat) but not "for a space."

EDIT: I swear your response was not there when I started... but it does go to show that people find different things natural.
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Mr. TomIs the idiom "for a space" common in spoken English?
I've never heard it, nor said it.
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BarbaraPAI'd say "for a moment"
I would too. I wouldn't say for a space is widely used, but I have come across it here and there.
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Some research in the Corpus of Global Web-Based English turned up a handful of matches, mostly from the UK, which might be why I recognize it.
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