What is a fine point?

[nq:1]A newscaster said something this morning about the mess-up in the Ukrainian election, followed by "not to put too fine ... overstated theseriousness of the problem or that she may have understated it? It is an expression I've never truly understood.[/nq]
I take it as similar to "to be blunt", "not to mince words", or "to put it simply" a "fine point" being a subtle one. A slightly odd co

I thought that "not to put too fine a point on it" meant "I will not emphasize this any more". I see it as the person mentioning the subject, but allowing that the point is not important enough to dwell on.
However, I don't use the expression so I may have it wrong.

When I've heard it on other occasions I thought it meant a subtle point had been made, but this was more a question, it seemed, of whether she thought she had exaggerated or not. I don't know if she misused the phrase since, as I said, I don't really know what it means. I wish I'd copied down her full sentence so people might see why I found it difficult to interpret.
She might have meant "to

[nq:2]it". seriousness I take it as similar to "to be ... argument, or figuratively as the point on some sharp tool.[/nq]
[nq:1]I thought that "not to put too fine a point on it" meant "I will not emphasize this any more". ... point is not important enough to dwell on. However, I don't use the expression so I may have it wrong.[/nq]
I think that is what she meant. She didn't want to dwell

[nq:2]I take it as similar to "to be blunt", "not ... argument, or figuratively as the point on some sharp tool.[/nq]
[nq:1]When I've heard it on other occasions I thought it meant a subtle point had been made, but this was ... hope the Ukrainians find a way to throw the *** out, not to put too fine a point on it.[/nq]
You don't trust the Supreme Court to decide? ****, the guy got almost h

[nq:1]A newscaster said something this morning about the mess-up in the Ukrainian election, followed by "not to put too fine ... the seriousness of the problem or that she may have understated it? It is an expression I've never truly understood.[/nq]
I could be totally wrong, but I'd take it as her not wanting to got into great detail on the subject.
"Fine point = great detail", I think.

[nq:2]I thought that "not to put too fine a point ... don't use the expression so I may have it wrong.[/nq]
[nq:1]I think that is what she meant. She didn't want to dwell on whether or not we can accept that fraud took place, based on the evidence at hand. Something like that.[/nq]
If I used the expression, that's what I'd mean by it also =20 "don't read too much into this at this point (i

[nq:1]A newscaster said something this morning about the mess-up in the Ukrainian election, followed by "not to put too fine ... the seriousness of the problem or that she may have understated it? It is an expression I've never truly understood.[/nq]
It has to be the fav bureaucratic expression on the sitcom "Yes, Minister". In that case, not to put a too fine point on it, it means about nothi

[nq:2]A newscaster said something this morning about the mess-up in ... understated it? It is an expression I've never truly understood.[/nq]
[nq:1]I could be totally wrong, but I'd take it as her not wanting to got into great detail on the subject. "Fine point = great detail", I think.[/nq]
Interesting the lack of the sarcastic possible aspect here.

[nq:1]A newscaster said something this morning about the mess-up in the Ukrainian election, followed by "not to put too fine ... the seriousness of the problem or that she may have understated it? It is an expression I've never truly understood.[/nq]
To put it bluntly..

Steve Hayes from Tshwane, South Africa