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hellohan06
 
Reply Wed 24 May, 2006 01:46 am
we can use "lean on/upon one's shoulder ",it is right.I want to know that if it is right to use "over/down"in place of "on/upon"?
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Reply Wed 24 May, 2006 07:28 am
To "lean on" someone is to use them for support.

To "lean over" is to be bend over, whether to threaten or to snoop.

They are different idioms.
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