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Dajes Posted 14 years ago
Grammar
What's the difference
What's the difference between OVERNIGHT and NIGHTLY?
Is 'overnight celebrity' a fixed phrase or is there any (grammatical) sense behind it?
Is 'overnight celebrity' a fixed phrase or is there any (grammatical) sense behind it?
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See a dictionary for the difference in meaning. "Overnight celebrity" is possible, I guess, on the model of such expressions as "overnight sensation" and "overnight success". They gained their status in a short period of time, almost as fast as the space of one night—you go to bed never having heard of them, and you wake up the next morning to find them famous.
- See a dictionary for the difference in meaning.
- "Overnight celebrity" is possible, I guess, on the model of such expressions as "overnight sensation" and "overnight success".
- They gained their status in a short period of time, almost as fast as the space of one night—you go to bed never having heard of them, and you wake up the next morning to find them famous.
- com/reference/dictionary/entry/overnight , def.
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See a dictionary for the difference in meaning. "Overnight celebrity" is possible, I guess, on the model of such expressions as "overnight sensation" and "overnight success". They gained their status in a short period of time, almost as fast as the space of one night—you go to bed never having heard of them, and you wake up the next morning to find them famous.
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