Phraseological fusions are word-groups with a completely changed meaning but, in contrast to the unities, they are demotivated, that is, their meaning cannot be ..............................
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Phraseological fusions are word-groups with a completely changed meaning but, in contrast to the unities, they are demotivated, that is, their meaning cannot be ........................................ the meanings of the constituent parts; the metaphor, on which the shift of meaning was based, has lost its clarity and is obscure.