nozturk
a couple days = two days or a few days wihich one is it?
Jun 17, 2011 3:04 PM
Answers · 6
RCC
2
Literally, couple means two. But the phrase can be used as an idiom at times which usually means a few days, ranging from 2 to 5 days. The speaker is not so precise as to how many days it will be, but is sure that it falls between the range of days given.
June 17, 2011
alancoots
This is correct. "A few" will usually mean two or three, but occasionally many more. It is relative. That is, "a few" ants in a colony of millions could mean a thousand. "A couple" is less relative, and almost always means two or three.
June 17, 2011 · Reply
Dennis Rittmeier
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I rarely hear it being used to mean specifically 2 days. Most people mean "a few days" when they say "a couple of days"
June 17, 2011
achu35
It means it is not one day - so any number of days other than one
June 17, 2011
achu35
correction; it does not mean a lot of days; in short a few days
couple is a pair as in a couple
June 17, 2011 · Reply
julynalle
do you mean "a couple of days"?
i think it means several days, it's possible to say it two days too.
June 17, 2011
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