set phrase
An established expression whose wording is subject to little or no variation, and…An established expression whose wording is subject to little or no variation, and which may or may not be idiomatic.
» This is a set phrase of his.
Meaning
2 sensesAn established expression whose wording is subject to little or no variation, and which may or may not be idiomatic.
feststehende Wendung, formelhafte Wendung, Wortverbindung
усто́йчивое словосочета́ниеustójčivoje slovosočetánije, усто́йчивое выраже́ниеustójčivoje vyražénije
уста́лене словосполу́ченняustálene slovospolúčennja, ста́ле словосполу́ченняstále slovospolúčennja, уста́лений ви́слівustálenyj výsliv
An idiomatic expression in general.
feststehende Redensart, Floskel
усто́йчивое словосочета́ниеustójčivoje slovosočetánije, фразеологи́ческая едини́цаfrazeologíčeskaja jediníca
- an expression whose meanings cannot be inferred from the meanings of the words that make it up
Examples
1 sentencesThis is a set phrase of his.
Translations
8 languagesBy meaning 1
By meaning 2
By meaning 2
Origin
From set + phrase.From set + phrase.
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Forms
plural: set phrases| Singular | set phrase |
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regular
Synonyms
8 synonyms- an expression whose meanings cannot be inferred from the meanings of the words that make it up:idiomidiomatic expressionphrasal idiomphrase