It seems to me that that is suggesting that those who said that ' that's a different pair of shoes' was not a natural English idiom had made a mistake. They haven't. It is not a natural English idiom to most native speakers. It may perhaps, be used in some regional dialects.
That you have found the expression in a dictionary compiled by a Chinese scholar born in 1903, a play performed in the late 19th century, a book written in the 1860s, and an unnamed dictionary do not make it one.
Mr fivejedjon, We are veteran friends. I respect you very much. You are full of knowledge on English and Chinese literature. From you I learrned a great deal. I think those answers above yours are very thin, especually their attitude is very disgusting. Their knowledge range is very narroow, even not knowing of a pair of shoes,
like a frog in a well as the Chinese said, it only knowing the sky is as big as the well. I should admit what I collected are very few. We cannot cut off history ,facing these great
English writers, how can we say they are wrong?
I am here to discuss English questions .
let's return to
our mutton : what is the difference between to break and to break in as for to train?
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