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 goryslav

link 8.07.2009 23:06 
Subject: have corner on truth
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have corner on truth

Выражение встречается в следующем контексте:
He does not subscribe to the fashionable notion that physics somehow has a corner on truth; in fact, he shuns exclusively physical approaches.

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 Annaa

link 8.07.2009 23:12 
http://www.idiomcenter.com/dictionary/corner-on-the-truth

На всякий случай, если ссылка побьется, как тут часто случается в последнее время

have a corner on the truth (think that only you have the truth) — быть истиной в последней инстации; претендовать на монополию на истину

Example 1: I can’t believe she actually said that! Does she really think that she has a corner on the truth?
Example 2: You folks have no corner on the truth — you have an opinion just like everyone else.

Example 3: I would characterize that as an effort to convince us that they knew best, they had the corner on the truth, and that our, our role was to sit quietly and consume the information that they wished to provide to us.

Frequency of usage: sometimes

 

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