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So "short sighted" is a metaphor in BrE but an idiom in AmE.
by alextgordon 11y ago
So "short sighted" is a metaphor in BrE but an idiom in AmE.
- TheSpiceIsLife 11y agoAt least one dictionary I have at hand says: myopic |mʌɪˈɒpɪk| adjective short-sighted. • lacking foresight or intellectual insight: the government still has a myopic attitude to public spending.