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yinfly14
23 nov 2018

  • Chinês Tradicional (Taiwan)
  • Inglês (EUA)
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Qual é a diferença entre slang e idiom ?Podes indicar apenas respostas exemplo.

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Sideadde
23 nov 2018

  • Inglês (EUA)
  • Inglês (RU)

An idiom is a regional or local term or phrase. It makes no sense based on the words used. A good example is the English phrase "raining cats and dogs" There is no literal meaning to those words in that order. It physically can not rain either cats or dogs let alone both of them. The phrase to an English speaker means "It is raining heavily" The only word even relevant to the situation is raining. Cats and dogs are not large animals and most of the time you don't ever see all that many of them in any one place. So its only by repetition that it even means anything. Slang is more using words for non-traditional means. Like when cool a word normaly used to describe temperature is used to describe worth or importance.

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jimpjorps
23 nov 2018

  • Inglês (EUA)

slang = an informal way of saying something
idiom = a phrase that has a meaning that is not related to the literal meaning of the words in the phrase

A: Hey bro, I'm gonna go to the store. Want anything?
B: Oh yeah, I could eat a horse. Get me a sandwich.
A: What kind?
B: I'm easy. Whatever they've got.
A: Cool. When I get there I'll text you and take a pic of what they've got.
B: Thanks, man.

In this conversation, words like "hey bro" and "gonna" and "text" are slang. If A were speaking formally, he would say "excuse me" and "going to" and "send you a text message".

Phrases like "I could eat a horse" and "I'm easy" are idioms. For example, "I could eat a horse" means "I'm very hungry", not literally "I am capable of eating a horse". "I'm easy" means "I don't care", not "I am not complicated".

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