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Sunday 22 December 2019

specialised expressions



There are certain phrases in which some word is restricted to a certain connections,so that no other word can be substituted for it:-
1.Bevy of ladies__we never say 'a bevy of gentlmen.'
2.Bosom friend__we  never speak "Bosom enemy."
3.Broad daylight__we do not speak "broad moonlight"but bright moonlight."
4.Burning question__we should not say "burning problem."
5.Drawn battle __we never say"a drawn fight"but we can say a drawn match."
6.Fast friend__we do not  speak of 'a fast enemy"or"a fast foe."
7.Foregone conclusion__we never speak of a" foregone result"or a foregone consequence."
8.Golden age __we do not speak of "golden time or period"
9.Gratuitous insult__we do not speak of "gratuitous abuse".
10.Honest penny __ we do not speak of "turning an honest six pence."
11.Implicit confidence__we do not say,implicit love or hatred."but we say 'implicit faith'or"implicit reliance."
12.Leading question__we should not say "a leading inquiry."
13.Livelong day or night__we cannot say "a livelong hour,or week,or year."
14.Maiden speech__ we cannot say "a maiden song"or a maiden attempt."
15.Market rate or market value__we cannot say "trade rate" or trade value."
16.Moot point__we cannot say "a moot question."
17.Open secret__we cannot say"an open point."
18.Out of doors__we never say "out of door"or" out of gates."
19.Retrench expenditure__we not say "retrench trade or business."
20.Sinews of war__we cannot say "the muscles of war."
21.Snail's pace__we cannot say 'snail's movement.'
22.Spin in yarn or yarns__(traveller's tale;rambling discourse).we never say'spin a thread.'
23.Standing army__ we never say"standing navy or regiment."
24.Standing joke__we never say "a standing jest."
25.Standing rule__(established rule).we can never say "standing practice or custom or habit."
26.Standing orders__we cannot say "standing instructions."
27.Stubborn fact__ we can never say "an abstinate fact"or "stubborn truth."
28.Sworn friends__ we can never say "a sworn enemy."we may say "an avowed enemy."
29.Tall talk__we never speak of "lofty talk."
30.Vials of wrath__ we cannot say"vials of anger,or indignation,or fury."
31.Watery grave__ we do not speak of " a watery tomb."
32.Whirlgig of time__we cannot say "whirgig of period."
33.White lie__we do not say"white falsehood."
34.Willing slave__ we do not speak of willing servant."
35.Standing nuisance__we never say"a standing trouble."we may say"a constant trouble."
36.Standing water__(stagnant water).We can never say "standing need."

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