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Eipjoo Posted 13 years ago
Vocabulary
saying something
In the example:
"How did I get the Stone out of the mirror?"
"Ah, now, I'm glad you asked me that. It was one of my more brilliant ideas, and between you and me, that's saying something. You see, only one who wanted to find the Stone -- find it, but not use it -- would be able to get it, otherwise they'd just see themselves making gold or drinking Elixir of Life.
What does the clause ‘that’s saying something’ mean?
"How did I get the Stone out of the mirror?"
"Ah, now, I'm glad you asked me that. It was one of my more brilliant ideas, and between you and me, that's saying something. You see, only one who wanted to find the Stone -- find it, but not use it -- would be able to get it, otherwise they'd just see themselves making gold or drinking Elixir of Life.
What does the clause ‘that’s saying something’ mean?
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that's saying something = that is a significant statement. Here it is used because the speaker (in his own estimation) always has brilliant ideas, so saying that this last idea was 'more brilliant' suggests that it was very, very brilliant indeed .
- that's saying something = that is a significant statement.
- Here it is used because the speaker (in his own estimation) always has brilliant ideas, so saying that this last idea was 'more brilliant' suggests that it was very, very brilliant indeed .
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that's saying something = that is a significant statement.
Here it is used because the speaker (in his own estimation) always has brilliant ideas, so saying that this last idea was 'more brilliant' suggests that it was very, very brilliant indeed.
Here it is used because the speaker (in his own estimation) always has brilliant ideas, so saying that this last idea was 'more brilliant' suggests that it was very, very brilliant indeed.
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