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Is this expression against idiom? Sun May 28, 2006 12:53 pm  Is this expression against idiom?
 

at one of entrances of a building ,a sign say "please use other doors".
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Is this expression against idiom? Sun May 28, 2006 13:30 pm  Is this expression against idiom?
 

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Not an idiom, but the grammar is slightly foreshortened in sign-speak. It is asking you to use the other doors, because these doors (the ones that the sign is hung on) are out of order or otherwise not to be used.
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