Comments on: Idiomatic English http://www.dailywritingtips.com/idiomatic-english/ Sat, 21 Nov 2009 02:00:10 -0600 hourly 1 By: kim chui http://www.dailywritingtips.com/idiomatic-english/comment-page-1/#comment-158300 kim chui Tue, 28 Jul 2009 05:30:38 +0000 http://www.dailywritingtips.com/idiomatic-english/#comment-158300 exmple of idiomatic expresion exmple of idiomatic expresion

]]> By: Maeve http://www.dailywritingtips.com/idiomatic-english/comment-page-1/#comment-31294 Maeve Fri, 22 Aug 2008 14:00:03 +0000 http://www.dailywritingtips.com/idiomatic-english/#comment-31294 Raymart, An idiomatic expression is a turn of speech that makes sense in one language, but if translated literally into another no longer makes sense. Some examples: <i>put out the cat, put out the light, take a walk, take a bath, take a moment</i>. The use of English prepositions is largely idiomatic. It is almost impossible to formulate rules to account for the use of <i>on, in, at,</i> for example. Once I had a French guest who was telling me that he thought he'd lost his glasses when he bent over while exiting the plane. Only he translated the French idiom <i>se pendre</i> so what he said was "I bent myself." That's an idiom. Raymart,
An idiomatic expression is a turn of speech that makes sense in one language, but if translated literally into another no longer makes sense.

Some examples: put out the cat, put out the light, take a walk, take a bath, take a moment.

The use of English prepositions is largely idiomatic. It is almost impossible to formulate rules to account for the use of on, in, at, for example.

Once I had a French guest who was telling me that he thought he’d lost his glasses when he bent over while exiting the plane. Only he translated the French idiom se pendre so what he said was “I bent myself.”

That’s an idiom.

]]> By: Raymart http://www.dailywritingtips.com/idiomatic-english/comment-page-1/#comment-31093 Raymart Wed, 20 Aug 2008 23:59:09 +0000 http://www.dailywritingtips.com/idiomatic-english/#comment-31093 "Make possible the impossible"!!!!!! “Make possible the impossible”!!!!!!

]]> By: Raymart http://www.dailywritingtips.com/idiomatic-english/comment-page-1/#comment-31092 Raymart Wed, 20 Aug 2008 23:57:05 +0000 http://www.dailywritingtips.com/idiomatic-english/#comment-31092 What you mean the words"idiomatic expression" What you mean the words”idiomatic expression”

]]> By: anna http://www.dailywritingtips.com/idiomatic-english/comment-page-1/#comment-13446 anna Thu, 06 Mar 2008 05:48:19 +0000 http://www.dailywritingtips.com/idiomatic-english/#comment-13446 let's make me feel!!!!!!! let’s make me feel!!!!!!!

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