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Numbers in English Idioms

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Publication: Studia Universitatis Petru Maior. Philologia, 10, p. 247
p-ISSN:1582-9960
Publisher:Universitatea Petru Maior
Place:Târgu Mureș
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Abstract:
  • Idioms are most fascinating because of what they tell us about the way of thinking and the outlook upon life of the people who speak the language that has produced them. The present paper is not an attempt to exhaustively list all the English idioms that contain numbers, but to present the probable or possible origin of a few more interesting or intriguing ‘specimens’.
  • Idiomurile sunt fascinante prin prisma a ceea ce ne spun despre modul de gândire şi perspectiva asupra vieţii a oamenilor care vorbesc limba în care ele au fost produse. Articolul de faţă nu îşi propune să ofere o listă exhaustivă a idiomurilor engleze care conţin numere, ci să prezinte originile probabile sau posibile ale unui număr restrâns de astfel de „specimene” interesante şi intrigante.
Key words:idiom, number, language, English, origin
Language: English
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