a dir tanto

Italian

Etymology

Literally, "to say much."

Adverb

a dir tanto

  1. Used to suggest an overstatement.
    • 2019, George Orwell, Nicola Gardini, transl., Nineteen Eighty-Four, Mondadori:
      In tutto, l'incidente era durato, a dir tanto, mezzo minuto.
      The whole incident could not have taken as much as half a minute.
      (literally, “All told, the incident lasted, to exaggerate, half a minute.”)
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