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  • CyborgMarx [any, any]
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    4 years ago

    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

    • WoofWoof91 [comrade/them]
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      4 years ago

      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

      • CyborgMarx [any, any]
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        4 years ago

        It's almost like the term is devoid of content and only makes sense when used as a synonym for "idiom"

        • Abraxiel
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          4 years ago

          You should both log off for a while.

          • CyborgMarx [any, any]
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            4 years ago

            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

            • WoofWoof91 [comrade/them]
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              4 years ago

              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

              • CyborgMarx [any, any]
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                4 years ago

                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 👍