[B-Greek] Idiom

George F Somsel gfsomsel at juno.com
Mon Jan 10 10:25:27 EST 2005


On Mon, 10 Jan 2005 23:00:18 +1100 "David McKay"
<david.mckay at ozemail.com.au> writes:
> 
> I am currently involved in a study of idiom in Koine Greek.  
> 
> Could a phrase be idiomatic even if it makes literal sense?
> 
> Gabe Chesster
> 
> G'day Gabe
> I reckon it could in English.
> e.g. Fred kicked the bucket.
> Where I come from tis is an idiom that means "Fred died."
> But it could possibly mean that as Fred was walking into the 
> laundry, he
> kicked a bucket there.
> David McKay
> davidDOTmckayATozemailDOTcomDOTau
> www.davidmckay.info
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And, unless I am entirely misunderstanding him, that was the point of
Jeffrey Gibson's "You're pulling my leg."

george
gfsomsel
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