Not as long as
Hello,
A: Should we be expecting him anytime soon?
B: Not as long as the cigars and brandy hold out.
Titanic (film)
How can I interpret “not as long as”?
Top answer
There is a bit of a temporal mismatch between "any time soon" and "not as long as", but a native speaker would effortlessly ignore that. We should not expect him to come here until after the cigars and brandy that he loves so much are all used up where he is now.
- There is a bit of a temporal mismatch between "any time soon" and "not as long as", but a native speaker would effortlessly ignore that.
- We should not expect him to come here until after the cigars and brandy that he loves so much are all used up where he is now.
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There is a bit of a temporal mismatch between "any time soon" and "not as long as", but a native speaker would effortlessly ignore that. We should not expect him to come here until after the cigars and brandy that he loves so much are all used up where he is now.
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