“Beyond the pale" is an idiom________.

Of five groups of idioms,_________is the largest group.

Idioms nominal in nature function as_________in sentences.

Due to structural________of idioms,the word order of the idiom“ tit for tat" cannot be turned into“tat for tit

The same idiom may show_________differences when it is assigned different meanings.

White elephant" is an idiom______  in nature.

true idioms

Which of the following may NOT lead to ambiguity?

The ambiguity in He is a hard businessman.“ is caused by______.

In some cases, the meanings of a word may be influenced by the ______ in which it occurs. This is what we call grammatical context.