Meanings
- idiomaticnegativeusuallySufficient; important or significant enough to be worth mentioning.
no [X] to speak of
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not enough to speak of
Q: How many people heeded the advice to bring an umbrella? A: Not enough to speak of.
There was no air conditioning to speak of. [ = There was some, but it was wholly inadequate.]
While he spoke thus, the good man leaped with joy; and as he was a widower, they advised him to put himself agian to the ranks. 'No raillery,' said he, 'if I were always as young, I might yet do something to speak of.
1792, Jean François Marmontel, C. Dennis, Robert Lloyd, Moral Tales By M. Marmontel Translated From the French by C. Dennis and R. Lloyd, page 130There were no tall buildings to speak of, certainly nothing in the way of skyscrapers, no brownstones […]
1980, Charlotte Vale Allen, Promises, page 79
Translations
Dutch vermeldenswaardig, noemenswaardig
- vermeldenswaardigTranslations
- noemenswaardigTranslations
French digne d'être mentionné, digne de ce nom
- digne d'être mentionnéTranslations
- digne de ce nomTranslations
Polish but see za bardzo
- but see za bardzoTranslations
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