set phrase

Etymology
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Noun

 * 1)  An established expression whose wording is subject to little or no variation, and which may or may not be idiomatic.
 * 2)  An idiomatic expression in general.
 * 3) * 1992, Stanislaw Baranczak, "How to Translate Shakespeare's Humor?: (Reflections of a Polish Translator)", in the Performing Arts Journal, volume 14, number 3, page 83:
 * If it proves clearly unfeasible to make the audience laugh at a thin and far-fetched joke, it is always better to change the way the joke works . . . for instance, a pun based on the speaker's taking literally some set phrase or metaphor with a pun based on phonetic similarity.
 * 1) * 1992, Stanislaw Baranczak, "How to Translate Shakespeare's Humor?: (Reflections of a Polish Translator)", in the Performing Arts Journal, volume 14, number 3, page 83:
 * If it proves clearly unfeasible to make the audience laugh at a thin and far-fetched joke, it is always better to change the way the joke works . . . for instance, a pun based on the speaker's taking literally some set phrase or metaphor with a pun based on phonetic similarity.

Usage notes
Specific kinds of set phrase may include: idioms, whose meanings cannot be determined from their parts; proverbs, whose meanings can be derived from their parts and which express practical wisdom and often take the form of complete sentences; and catchphrases, set phrases associated with a specific person or group. Most idioms and proverbs are not set phrases, however, as significant variation is often possible. Also many idiomatic expressions do not form single units but allow intervening terms.

Set phrases are often clichés or colloquialisms, but these terms may include expressions other than set phrases.

Translations

 * Belarusian: усто́йлівае словазлучэ́нне
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 固定搭配
 * Finnish: kiteymä, vakiintunut ilmaus,
 * French:, phraséologisme
 * German: feststehende Wendung,, ,
 * Japanese:
 * Korean:
 * Polish:, , idiomat, idiomatyzm, ,
 * Russian:, усто́йчивое выраже́ние
 * Swedish: fast uttryck
 * Ukrainian: уста́лене словосполу́чення, ста́ле словосполу́чення, уста́лений ви́слів, ста́лий ви́раз


 * Catalan: ,
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: ,
 * Finnish:
 * French:, phraséologisme
 * German: feststehende Redensart,
 * Hungarian:
 * Italian: frase fatta, locuzione cristallizzata
 * Japanese:
 * Korean:, , 성구
 * Polish:, , idiomat, idiomatyzm, ,
 * Portuguese: expressão idiomática
 * Russian: ,
 * Spanish: frase hecha,
 * Swedish: