phrase (片語)

phrase (片語)

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phrase

片語

phrase (片語)

片語 (phrase)

idiom

成語

idiom (成語)

成語 (idiom)

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2018-12-01

the difference between an idiom and a phrase:

Source (資訊來源):

https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/35260/difference-between-phrase-idiom-and-expression

Info cited on 2018-12-01-WD6 (資訊引用於 中華民國107年12月1日) by 湯偉晉 (WeiJin Tang)

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the difference between an idiom and a phrase:

A phrase is “a small group of words standing together as a conceptual unit”, while an idiom is “a group of words established by usage as having a meaning not deducible from those of the individual words”. So, the difference is that an idiom as an established meaning not directly linked to the individual words. Any idiom is a phrase.

As an example, “raining cats and dogs” is both an idiom and a phrase. “A herd of cats” is a phrase but not an idiom.

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