Help on understanding the term “under no illusion”

Hi,

Is this comment suggesting that there will be teething problems or there will not be teething problems?

“I am under no illusion that there will be teething problems.”




I have a disagreement with a colleague!

Consider a simpler example.
I am under no illusion that she loves me. = I don't believe she loves me.

Thus,
“I am under

Thanks for reply Clive!

I'm 30 and have lived my life reading your example = I do believe she loves me! Perhaps that explains a lot!

I understand the negative of the "no illusion"!

I read it like....... myself being of "level headedness" or "fully aware", as "being under no illusion" and that "I think there will be teething problems", being that in my present sta

Hi Mike,

I'm afraid you're wrong. Well, at least, that you're misinterpretting the phrase. ("Wrong" is such an unfriendly word.

Hi Mike

Here is some additional input from Connecticut, USA:

I presume the intended meaning is that the person believes there will most likely be teething problems. However, that is not what it says.

An illusion is an erroneous belief. Therefore, the sentence actually means this:

- "I do not have this erroneous belief: There will be teething problems."
Th

Thanks everyone for your replies.


Unfortunately I have to give in to my colleague! Never mind.
Cheers
Mike

Muddy Waters: Mike,

"I am under no illusion that there will be teething problems."

The reason there is so much confusion is two-fold. First of all, the phrase "under no illusion" is confusing in itself. The reason, of course, is because of the word "no." An illusion is not simply an erroneous belief. An illusion is something that is not there to begin with. So, it is tantamount t

I'm translating a book, and just read this sentence:

"He was also under no illusion that he was seen as the butcher who sat at their table (...)"

Considering the context - the character knows everybody around him thinks he's a brutal murderer - I guess the phrase means:

He believed that he was seen as the butcher...

So I agree with you, Mike, that "under no

I'm sure this argument is long over, 8 years after your post, but in case it helps someone else, here is what I found:

be under no illusion/illusions (=not have a false idea):

We are under no illusion that this http://www.macmillandictionary.com/us/dictionary/american/m

https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/be_under_no illusion(or_illusions)

Funny how several words causes so much confusion. Now with illusion, one commented that an illusion is nothing, well isn't an illusion just your 'point of view' or 'opinion' that may or may not be correct?

So under no illusion, means your 'point of view' or 'how you see it' has not been altered by false information, information outside of what you have decided is correct and on which