Timeline for Using "at odds with" and "akin to" in the same sentence
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| Jul 31, 2013 at 19:28 | answer | added | bib | timeline score: 2 | |
| Jul 31, 2013 at 16:31 | comment | added | John Lawler | Then you probably need more words to clarify. You can't depend on formulas to include what you intend, especially when they're idiomatic and have parts left out. | |
| Jul 31, 2013 at 15:41 | comment | added | Arthur Mamou-Mani | @JohnLawler I meant "in complete opposition" like very different to this other city but similar to this third one in some ways (they are all very close to each other geographically). | |
| Jul 31, 2013 at 15:21 | comment | added | John Lawler | Why would you want to do that? At odds with means 'angry and fighting with'; akin to means 'related to'. They don't contrast; people fight with their relatives all the time. | |
| Jul 31, 2013 at 14:49 | history | asked | Arthur Mamou-Mani | CC BY-SA 3.0 |