knocked the bottom out of my life. 5. Cowperwood had decided that he didn't care to
sail under any false colours so far as Addison was concerned. 6. Falstaff... I was
beaten myself into all the colours of the rainbow. 7. About three weeks after the
elephant's disappearance I was about to say one morning, that I should have to strike
my colours and retire, when the great detective arrested the thought by proposing one
more superb and masterly move. 8. We lived among bankers and city big wigs.
Questions:
1.
What do we mean by the term 'fixed context'? Do
phraseological units given
above belong to 'phrasemes' or 'idioms'?
2.
To which group do these phraseological units belong if we follow
V.V.Vinogradov's classification?
Exercise 2.
In the
following sentences, there is an idiom in bold. Decide on the key word,
then look in your dictionary to see if you are right. Suggest a non-idiomatic variant.
1.Don't believe what he said about Trish. He was
talking through his hat. He doesn't
even know her.
2.Come here!
I've got a bone to pick with you! Why did you tell Anne about ken
and me splitting up? I told you not to tell anyone.
3. I don't think correct spelling is terribly important, but my teacher has
a bee in his
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