jebonfikri
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Hi, Teachers
I don't get the point about these
According to Seidl and McMordie, they divided idiom into three kinds of idiom
1. Form irregular, meaning clear, as in give someone to understand, do someone proud, do the dirty on someone.
2. Form regular, meaning unclear, as in have a bee in one’s bonnet, cut no ice, bring the house down.
3. Form irregular, meaning unclear, as in be at large, go great guns, be at daggers drawn.
What are the meaning Form Irregular and Form Regular above? What I think just Regular and Irregular verbs but I doubt about it.
Please tell me..
Thanks in advance.:-D
I don't get the point about these
According to Seidl and McMordie, they divided idiom into three kinds of idiom
1. Form irregular, meaning clear, as in give someone to understand, do someone proud, do the dirty on someone.
2. Form regular, meaning unclear, as in have a bee in one’s bonnet, cut no ice, bring the house down.
3. Form irregular, meaning unclear, as in be at large, go great guns, be at daggers drawn.
What are the meaning Form Irregular and Form Regular above? What I think just Regular and Irregular verbs but I doubt about it.
Please tell me..
Thanks in advance.:-D