set phrase

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Определение set phrase в Английский Язык Английский Язык словарь

A common expression whose words cannot be replaced by synonymous words without compromising the meaning

If it proves clearly unfeasible to make the audience laugh at a thin and far-fetched joke, it is always better to change the way the joke works . . . for instance, a pun based on the speaker's taking literally some set phrase or metaphor with a pun based on phonetic similarity.

A common expression whose wording is not subject to variation

Bally remarks in passing, as Hall does not, that the inversion in toujours est-il que is part of a set phrase and hence invariable.

Связанные Термины

set phrases

plural form of set phrase

Расстановка переносов

SET phrase

Турецкое произношение

set freyz

Произношение

/ˈset ˈfrāz/ /ˈsɛt ˈfreɪz/

Этимология

[ 'set ] (verb.) before 12th century. Middle English setten, from Old English settan; akin to Old High German sezzen to set, Old English sittan to sit.