| EmpanadaRica |
August 25, 2009 06:38 AM |
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Originally Posted by pjt33
(Post 47483)
I would use "highly strung" rather than "high-strung".
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The person who used this word was South African, in fact. :)
But I think this may be a distriction between AmEn and BrEn?
According to the Cambridge Dictionary at least:
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Definition
highly-strung Show phonetics
adjective (US high-strung)
very nervous and easily upset:
a highly-strung young woman
a highly-strung racehorse
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http://dictionary.cambridge.org/defi...7035&dict=CALD |
