| 词组 | by any stretch of the imagination |
| 释义 | Idiom by any stretch of the imagination(not) by any stretch of the imagination if you say that by no stretch of the imagination can you describe something or someone in a particular way, you mean that this way of describing them is certainly not correct.She was never a great player, not by any stretch of the imagination.He's pleasant looking but by no stretch of the imagination could you describe him as handsome. by any stretch of the imaginationAs much or as far as one is able to imagine or believe. Usually used in the negative. It's looking like we're not going to win by any stretch of the imagination. I can't see by any stretch of the imagination how we're going to pull this off. by any stretch of the imaginationas much as anyone could imagine; as much as is imaginable. (Often negative.) I don't see how anyone by any stretch of the imagination could fail to understand what my last sentence meant. by any stretch of the imaginationIf something is not true by any stretch of the imagination, it is definitely not true. The Danube was not by any stretch of the imagination blue. Note: People sometimes just say by any stretch. He is not regarded as a serious biographer by any stretch. |
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