Hi! I found a phrase that compares a stern on a lemon in the dictionary. There was this sentence under the word. "This car is real lemon" The sentence means that the car is stern. I don't know well why they compare an old article to a lemon. I want to know the reason!! I'd appreciate your reply:) Ji-Hee
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[nq:1]Hi! I found a phrase that compares a stern on a lemon in the dictionary. There was this sentence under ...
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[nq:1]Hi!
I found a phrase that compares a stern on a lemon in the dictionary.
There was this sentence under ...
well why they compare an old article to a lemon.
I want to know the reason!!
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[nq:1]Hi! I found a phrase that compares a stern on a lemon in the dictionary. There was this sentence under ... well why they compare an old article to a lemon. I want to know the reason!! I'd appreciate your reply:)[/nq] I don't understand your use of "stern" here, but to call a car a lemon means that it's useless, full of faults, a very bad car to buy. Lemons are sour to taste, and this car
[nq:2]Hi! I found a phrase that compares a stern on ... I want to know the reason!! I'd appreciate your reply:)[/nq] [nq:1]I don't understand your use of "stern" here, but to call a car a lemon means that it's useless, full of faults, a very bad car to buy. Lemons are sour to taste, and this car leaves a (metaphorical) sour taste in the mouth.[/nq] I think the expression derives originally
Today, Ji-Hee Seo (Email Removed) wrote, in part: [nq:1]I found a phrase that compares a stern on a lemon in the dictionary. There was this sentence under the ... sentence means that the car is stern. I don't know well why they compare an old article to a lemon.[/nq] I don't fully understand this post, but a "lemon" is a car that is worth (at the time of sale) much less than it is sold for
[nq:1]Hi! I found a phrase that compares a stern on a lemon in the dictionary. There was this sentence under ... well why they compare an old article to a lemon. I want to know the reason!! I'd appreciate your reply:)[/nq] This post makes no sense at all. Evidently, you meant "stem" and not "stern", but the car is not compared to the stem of the lemon.
[nq:2]I found a phrase that compares a stern on a ... well why they compare an old article to a lemon.[/nq] [nq:1]I don't fully understand this post, but a "lemon" is a car that is worth (at the time of sale) much less than it is sold for, but doesn't seem to be.[/nq] I don't think it's value as much as it is mechanical problems. Recurring mechanical problems diminish the value, but the "l
[nq:1]I found a phrase that compares a stern on a lemon in the dictionary. There was this sentence under the ... well why they compare an old article to a lemon. I want to know the reason!! I'd appreciate your reply:)[/nq] A car that is a lemon is one that continually give you trouble, breaks down, etc., one problem after another with it. It just doens't work right. Some states in the U.S. eve
[nq:2]I found a phrase that compares a stern on a ... I want to know the reason!! I'd appreciate your reply:)[/nq] [nq:1]A car that is a lemon is one that continually give you trouble, breaks down, etc., one problem after another ... has to replace the car. At least I think that's what happens. (1) It looked even worse without the hyphen.[/nq] Improve it by writing Lemon Laws, for that is
wrote, in part: [nq:2]Some states in the U.S. even have anti-lemon(1) laws. (1) It looked even worse without the hyphen.[/nq] [nq:1]Improve it by writing Lemon Laws, for that is what they are.[/nq] Individual states have laws, and any given state may call its law Lemon Law or Lemon Laws (e.g., Arkansas Code of 1987 section 4-105), but states don't have Lemon Laws any more than countr
[nq:2]Improve it by writing Lemon Laws, for that is what they are.[/nq] [nq:1]Individual states have laws, and any given state may call its law Lemon Law or Lemon Laws (e.g., Arkansas Code of 1987 section 4-105), but states don't have Lemon Laws any more than countries have Kings. They have lemon laws, in lowercase.[/nq] I think either version is defensible.
[nq:2]I found a phrase that compares a stern on a ... I want to know the reason!! I'd appreciate your reply:)[/nq] [nq:1]A car that is a lemon is one that continually give you trouble, breaks down, etc., one problem after another ... has to replace the car. At least I think that's what happens. (1) It looked even worse without the hyphen.[/nq] They're regularly called "lemon laws", which d