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Significats de fixed phrase en anglès

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зафиксированная фраза
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frase hecha
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frase feta

Phrase whose parts are fixed in a certain order, even if the phrase could be changed without harming the literal meaning.

frase feta
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Examples for "set phrase"
Examples for "set phrase"
1
There is no formal moral, obtruding itself in set phrase.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 17, No. 104, June, 1866 / A Magazin...
2
In set phrase, and as one who performs a duty frigidly pleasant, he congratulated her on her rumored union.
Sandra Belloni (originally Emilia in England) — Complete
3
In Spanish, it is a set phrase, less dramatic than it sounds when translated literally, but he soon looked pretty silly.
The Guardian
4
Each begins with the set phrase "Hello, my name is X and I am an addictive eater" to which everyone replies "Hello X".
The Irish Times
5
But Asako only knew a few set phrases of her native tongue.
Kimono
1
The filmy look and the fixed expression of them horrified me.
The Moonstone
2
There was a determined, fixed expression on the pale lips that frightened me.
Five Nights: A Novel
3
Anna Carroll, quite pale, with an odd, fixed expression, stood near her brother.
The Debtor: A Novel
4
The first shows him, evidently in pain, staring before him with a fixed expression.
A Wodehouse Miscellany: Articles & Stories
5
His heavy-lidded eyes had the fixed expression of a statue's.
Something New