15:57 Nov 8, 2020 |
English language (monolingual) [Non-PRO] General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters / play on words | |||||||
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| Selected response from: Tony M France Local time: 16:57 | ||||||
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4 +5 | cheap (= inexpensive) sound like cheep (sound birds make) |
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4 +2 | inexpensive |
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cheap (= inexpensive) sound like cheep (sound birds make) Explanation: It's just a play on words, because in EN the generic noise birds make is rendered onomatopœically as 'cheep', which sounds like its homonym 'cheap', which means inexpensive (often with a negative connotation of low quality etc.) |
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