Timeline for Idiom for a person who is above any question
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| Jul 20, 2021 at 17:00 | vote | accept | Bhats | ||
| Dec 7, 2017 at 1:13 | history | edited | k1eran | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Jun 27, 2016 at 17:38 | comment | added | Barmar | Almost any compliment can be made questionable with appropriate qualifiers or sarcastic tone of voice. But the basic meaning of this phrase is complimentary. | |
| Jun 24, 2016 at 11:53 | comment | added | k1eran | I saw discussion in the above-the-law answer by @Rathony regarding whether that one is a phrase or a idiom, and I admit "is considered beyond reproach" is closer to a phrase that "above-the-law" is. I think the lines between phrases and idioms may be sometimes blurry however! | |
| Jun 24, 2016 at 11:53 | comment | added | k1eran | @kris The OP's question was tagged with phrase-requests and idiom-requests. | |
| Jun 23, 2016 at 12:50 | comment | added | Kris | "beyond reproach" is an idiom? | |
| Jun 22, 2016 at 10:30 | comment | added | Jasper | @jpmc26 I agree, it does have a bit of that connotation. However, it is a very flexible term and by changing the sentence structure or the context you can easily use the term to more exactly what you mean. If you're worried about the forced part, for example, you can make it "people are supposed to consider him beyond reproach" or "his words are to be considered beyond reproach" | |
| Jun 21, 2016 at 16:50 | comment | added | jpmc26 | @Jasper It would still carry the connotation that many think highly of them, which is also probably unintended. It certainly wouldn't suggest that most fear the person. So yes, highly critical, but it implies your opinion is uncommon, which isn't what the question describes. | |
| Jun 21, 2016 at 16:48 | history | edited | k1eran | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Jun 21, 2016 at 15:31 | comment | added | Jasper | @jpmc26 But if you change is beyond reproach to is considered to be beyond reproach (or considers his own {x} to be beyond reproach) and it quickly turns into a highly critical claim. | |
| Jun 21, 2016 at 0:44 | comment | added | jpmc26 | @Mazura A figure of speech, yes, but its connotation is positive as Andrey suggests. This would be a compliment; it wouldn't imply the person is guilty of much wrongdoing. | |
| Jun 20, 2016 at 19:23 | history | edited | k1eran | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Jun 20, 2016 at 18:06 | comment | added | talrnu | The word irreproachable exists, too. | |
| Jun 20, 2016 at 16:33 | comment | added | Mazura | No one is perfect (except those nine people ;). This is always a figure of speech. | |
| Jun 20, 2016 at 16:31 | history | edited | k1eran | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Jun 20, 2016 at 16:24 | history | edited | k1eran | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Jun 20, 2016 at 16:13 | comment | added | Andrey | I think "beyond reproach" implies that the subject is in fact perfect. That is not what is being asked here | |
| Jun 20, 2016 at 15:43 | comment | added | Mazura | Above reproach vs. Beyond reproach : ngram | |
| Jun 20, 2016 at 15:15 | history | edited | k1eran | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Jun 20, 2016 at 15:08 | history | answered | k1eran | CC BY-SA 3.0 |