Hey Peter:
Here I think you overstate your case. And don't lump me together with Kevin as here I am arguing the same side as you.
While I'm consistent in claiming that each word within its linguistic semantic domain has one meaning, that may need two or more words to be translated in that the target language has no term with exactly the same semantic domain, this does not mean that complex lexemes (where two or more lexemes combine to create a third meaning) or idiomatic phrases don't exist. In fact, I believe that recognizing that each lexeme has basically one meaning makes it easier to recognize complex lexemes and idioms, as well as metaphorical statements.
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