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Meaning of under the sun | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C1

Definitions

In existence.

idiomatic

Equivalents

Examples

“Meronym: sublunary”
“I returned, and saw vnder the Sunne, That the race is not to the swift, nor the battell to the strong, neither yet bread to the wise, nor yet riches to men of vnderstanding, nor yet fauour to men of skil; but time and chance happeneth to them all.”
“She argued boldly with me, on every subject under the sun, law and politics included; and, when I got the better of her, never hesitated to stop me by putting her hand on my lips, or by dragging me out into the garden in the middle of a sentence.”
“He was a most likeable and generous man, a Whitworth Scholar, and possessed of a fund of knowledge which seemed to cover every subject under the sun.”
“I have also adopted a stance, familiar from consumer culture, which suggests that the goods under question can do anything under the sun.”
“Despite winning every award under the sun and being critically acclaimed + beloved, Schitt's Creek didn't become household-name-levels of popular until its last few seasons.”

CEFR level

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

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