Idiomatic variants and synonymous idioms in English

Giang Dang Nguyen

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Abstract. This article is about the following issues:

- Defining the concepts of “idiomatic variants” and “synonymous idioms”

- Criteria for the distinction between idiomatic variants and synonymous idioms

- Forms and signs of idiomatic variants and synonymous idioms

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[2] Thomas Hill, Dictionary of English Idioms, Longman, 1979.
[3] The American heritage dictionary of the English language, Houghton Mifflin, Boston, 2000.
Webster's new world college dictionary, Wiley Publishing, Ohio, 2005.