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Nokia88 Posted 18 years ago
Vocabulary

is here to stay / is probably here to stay

Dear teachers,



The meaning of the idiom from some dictionaries:

Be here to stay / have come to stay

= be permanent and generally accepted.



Examples:

A).I hope that (the idea of) equality of opportunity for men and women has come to/is here to stay.

B). Airport fingerprinting is here to stay.

C). http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/economics/article3221937.ece

excerpt:

Food price inflation is here to stay, warns chief of PepsiCo

D). http://www.cfr.org/publication/10722/brown.html
excerpt:
Well there is no easy solution, and that's perhaps the most important thing to notice. I think there is perhaps a hidden hope in some corners of the United States and in Israel that we can somehow undo these election results, maybe bring Fatah back to power. I think that that's a dream. If it did happen, the way that it would happen would be through violence and a military or security force coup, and that's a road that I think causes far deeper problems than solutions. So what we've got to do is I think realize that the Hamas government is probably here to stay, at least for four years, and to try and manage that situation by essentially trying to keep the Palestinian Authority alive and perhaps take what to me is remarkable in Arab politics, an embryonic two-party system emerging among Palestinians, and encourage that development.

How do I understand the meaning in C).

–“is here to stay” doesn’t seem to mean “be permanent and generally accepted”

As well as D).

–“Hamas government is probably here to stay, at least for four years”

doesn’t seem to mean “be permanent and generally accepted” too.


Thanks in advance.

  

Top answer

Hi, Are you sure the definition didn't say 'permanent or generally accepted'? That would make more sense. Best wishes, Clive

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Hi,

Are you sure the definition didn't say 'permanent or generally accepted'? That would make more sense.

Best wishes, Clive
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Hi,

Think of it the way I suggested. Some of your definitions follow that idea, too.

Don't think that something that is 'permanent in your life' is going to be 'eternal until the end of the universe'.

Clive
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CliveHi,

Think of it the way I suggested. Some of your definitions follow that idea, too.

Don't think that something that is 'permanent in your life' is going to be 'eternal until the end of the universe'.

Clive


I got it!

Things will stay only when they be
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Hi,

You're welcome.

Clive
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When you say, "...the Hamas government is probably here to stay, at least for four years,"- What's being said is this: While the political spectrum may change at the end of four years time, it is (at this point) unlikely that Hamas will be overthrown by Palestinians or other governments of the world. Don't believe this statement for a second though. It's
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Thank you very much!