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21:29 Apr 2, 2013 |
English language (monolingual) [PRO] Slang / Similar and Interchangeable idioms | |||||
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4 +2 | "...no place doing" common enough |
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somebody "have (got) no place doing something" "...no place doing" common enough Explanation: I haven't been able to find this expression in dictionaries either but that doesn't mean it is not used. There are lots of expressions that you will not find in dictionaries. As you say, all you need to do is Google ""have no place doing", then "have no place telling", and it's quite obvious that the expression is in current use with nothing formal or pompous about it. So yes, I understand what Tony is saying about the use of this expression in formal ways but but I believeit's still in use as meaning "(you/he/she/they) have/ has no business (=place) telling/doing. It is probably more common to use the expression "it's not your/his etc place to... " but I've also heard it the other way http://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/not place -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 22 hrs (2013-04-03 19:54:48 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- Yes, so besides having the meaning, have no place/business telling... this also has the meaning "have no RIGHT to tell ..." i.e. not have the authority to... |
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Reference: NS OED Reference information: Definition #9 A proper or appropriate position; fig. a fitting time or occasion; reasonable opportuinty or grounds I'm not sure this is terribly current usage, and certainly not slang; to my ears, it is a rather dated and quite formal expression. |
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