「Speaking English – How to use idiomatic pairs」
2つの意味の異なる単語をつなげて使うことにより、全く意味の異なる表現になる。
これを使いこなせれば、英語の話す・書く内容のクォリティが向上する(らしい)。
1)
high + low
→ everywhere, all over the places
ex.
I searched high and low for my glasses, but I couldn’t find them anywhere.
2)
spick + span
→ very very clean
ex.
Your house always spick and spam. How do you do it ?
3)
thick and thin
→ many good times and bad times, all kind of experiences
ex.
They have been married over 15 years and have been through thick and thin.
4)
touch + go
→ uncertain, a little bit risky
ex.
His condition is still touch and go.
5)
leaps + bounds
→ a lot, trimendously
ex.
Your English has improved leaps and bounds.
6)
now + then
→ not very often, infrequently
ex.
We only see each other now and then.
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