Re: USAGE: idioms with variable objects (was: deeply embedded VSO nightmare)

Muke Tever scripsit:

> "All your base are belong to X"?  (= X is in a position of superiority over
> you)
But "base" is not truly part of this idiom, if it even counts as an idiom,
as I have seen it substituted with other things:

Microsoft company slogan:  "All your bits are belong to us!"

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John Cowan           http://www.ccil.org/~cowan              cowan@ccil.org
Please leave your values        |       Check your assumptions.  In fact,
   at the front desk.           |          check your assumptions at the door.
     --sign in Paris hotel      |            --Miles Vorkosigan

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