help me? I want to know why?

wostudent · Post by **wostudent** » Sat Apr 28, 2007 3:31 pm

I saw a sentence in a English text book for Chinese :It was a dream come true.

Can you explain why here "come true " not "that had come true" is used ?

sabridv85 · Post by **sabridv85** » Sat Apr 28, 2007 8:05 pm

I have never thought about it. But maybe it's because it's a set expression and there is some kind of elipsis there ("that had" has been omitted because you can infer it) But I'm not quite sure about it.

Allan · Post by **Allan** » Fri May 25, 2007 2:47 am

It's an idomatic usage.

http://www.yourdictionary.com/ahd/c/c0501000.html