It's not idiomatic, "I can see" is a positive declarative statement using an INTRANSITIVE VERB "see" to lead into another positive declarative statement in the form of a prediction, there's no "turning" because the phrase was already clear, there's no allusion
Neither the Merriam Webster, the Oxford English, nor the Cambridge dictionaries make any indication there needs to be allusion, it just means "a way of saying something"
MW Cambridge
Oxford isn't available online as far as i can tell, but I checked in my physical one
It only means something when used as a synonym for "idiom" which is why I've been disagreeing with you this whole time, THEY did not use an idiom which is why I asked them if they had anything to back up their declarative statement/prediction, then you went CRAZY!!! or as the brits say BONKERS!!! and tried to lop my head off
Well nephew I hope you learned a valuable lesson today
I CAN SEE THING HAPPENING IS A TURN OF PHRASE
YOU SAID IT ISN'T A TURN OF PHRASE
THAT IS WHAT WE'VE BEEN ARGUING
AND YOUR WEIRD DEFLECTIONS INTO MY NON EXISTENT WHITE KNIGHTING THAT I HAVENT BEEN DOING
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"I can see [thing i predict]" is an idiomatic way of saying "i predict [thing i predict]" which is what a turn of phrase is
And i literally have not defended them at all in this entire thread, go back and read it.
It's not idiomatic, "I can see" is a positive declarative statement using an INTRANSITIVE VERB "see" to lead into another positive declarative statement in the form of a prediction, there's no "turning" because the phrase was already clear, there's no allusion
Neither the Merriam Webster, the Oxford English, nor the Cambridge dictionaries make any indication there needs to be allusion, it just means "a way of saying something"
MW
Cambridge
Oxford isn't available online as far as i can tell, but I checked in my physical one
It's almost like the term is devoid of content and only makes sense when used as a synonym for "idiom"
You should both log off for a while.
Never!
Also fuck me, i can barely read this it's so squashed lol
you're right, but at the same time they should keep going because it's hilarious
Heck nah, I'm winning Dad
So you now argue that turn of phrase doesn't mean anything when proven wrong?
Lol
It only means something when used as a synonym for "idiom" which is why I've been disagreeing with you this whole time, THEY did not use an idiom which is why I asked them if they had anything to back up their declarative statement/prediction, then you went CRAZY!!! or as the brits say BONKERS!!! and tried to lop my head off
Well nephew I hope you learned a valuable lesson today
I CAN SEE THING HAPPENING IS A TURN OF PHRASE
YOU SAID IT ISN'T A TURN OF PHRASE
THAT IS WHAT WE'VE BEEN ARGUING
AND YOUR WEIRD DEFLECTIONS INTO MY NON EXISTENT WHITE KNIGHTING THAT I HAVENT BEEN DOING
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
It's a turn of phrase if you have a dumb definition of the term "turn of phrase"
I have a superior definition, which means I win
You can consider school out of session 👍
fuck it
ok