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Meaning of it's all relative | Babel Free

Phrase CEFR C1

Definitions

A response to an anterior quantitative value or an anterior comment of it, used to say that something can be thought of in opposite ways depending on what one compares it to.

Examples

“$300 a day may seem like ⟳ a lot, but it's all relative.”

CEFR level

C1

Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.

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See also

it's an emergency it's an ill bird that fouls its own nest it's an ill wind it's an ill wind that blows nobody any good it's an ill wind that blows nobody good it's been 84 years

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