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Polish idioms involving colour


z_darius  14 | 3960  
18 May 2011 /  #31
2+ could also mean a million.
Koala  1 | 332  
18 May 2011 /  #32
2+ simply means plural. There's no upper limit for a phraseme, but I don't think there are any consisting of a million words.
Maaarysia  
18 May 2011 /  #33
What about "prowadzić barwne życie", "życzyć komuś kolorowych snów"? Are they count?
z_darius  14 | 3960  
18 May 2011 /  #34
2+ simply means plural. There's no upper limit for a phraseme, but I don't think there are any consisting of a million words.

Plural has no upper limit, does it?
And I never said a million words would be allowed in a phraseme or idiom, did I?

Oh, and why use + if 2 (without the +) is already plural?
Koala  1 | 332  
18 May 2011 /  #35
I'm not sure if you're trolling me or you're simply unfamiliar with the convention. I'm assuming you're not so malicious, so let me rephrase that sentence:

"Phrasemes on the other hand are any commonly used phrases comprising at least two words. A single word cannot be classified as a phraseme"

"x+" where x may be any number is a convention to quickly type "at least x" or "x or more" (>= in mathematics).
z_darius  14 | 3960  
18 May 2011 /  #36
awesome!
as one user said once here, get yourself a cookie
OP MissMarple  1 | 1  
22 May 2011 /  #37
Wow!

Thanks to everybody!!

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