Not a man for understatement
"Rodwell, not a man for understatement, describes his excitement over the treasures as akin to Howard Carter finding the tomb of Tutankhamun." (The Guardian.)
Does "not a man for understatement" mean 'a man whose opinions, statements, etc., count as serious, expert ones'?
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No, it means that he doesn't understate things, implying that he is prone to exaggeration, or bordering on that. The writer is commenting that the description "akin to Howard Carter finding the tomb of Tutankhamun" is possibly a little over the top.
- No, it means that he doesn't understate things, implying that he is prone to exaggeration, or bordering on that.
- The writer is commenting that the description "akin to Howard Carter finding the tomb of Tutankhamun" is possibly a little over the top.
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No, it means that he doesn't understate things, implying that he is prone to exaggeration, or bordering on that. The writer is commenting that the description "akin to Howard Carter finding the tomb of Tutankhamun" is possibly a little over the top.
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