to say nothing of

Language: en

Meaning: (idiomatic)Anapophasisused to mention another important, usually related, point: not taking intoaccount,not to mention, withoutconsidering.She had already eaten a large lunch,to say nothing ofa full cooked breakfast that morning.1716,M. R., “The Last Time of His Magistracy”, in W[illiam]H[ylton]D[yer]Longstaffe, editor,Memoirs of the Life of Mr.Ambrose Barnes, Late Merchant and Sometime Alderman of Newcastle upon Tyne(The Publications of the Surtees Society; L), Durham: Published for the[Surtees] Society, by Andrews & Co. [et al.], published1867,→OCLC,page174:The prodigies of this reign can scarce be paralelled in any reign.To say nothing ofthe King's sister the Dutchess of Orleance being poysoned, nor what was the occasion of it:to say nothing ofthe Queen Mother and Prince Rupert's leaving the Court in discontent:to say nothing ofthe thousands that dyed of the plague:to say nothingof the conflagration of London,[…]1774March, “11.A Political Survey of Britain; being a Series of Reflections on the Situation, Lands, Inhabitants, Revenues, Colonies, and Commerce of This Island.[…]In Two Vols. By John Campbell, LL.D. Printed for the Author.[book review]”, in Sylvanus Urban [pseudonym;Edward Cave], editor,The Gentleman’s Magazine, and Historical Chronicle, volume XLIV, London: Printed[…], for D[avid]Henry, and sold byF[rancis]Newbery,[…],→OCLC,page132:In a word, there has hardly been any great event, in any part of Europe, in which the Britiſh crown by its miniſters, or the inhabitants of Britain by their valour, have not had a conſiderable part. SirThomas Chalonerattended theEmperor Charles V. in his African expedition. TheEarl of Eſſexcommanded the Engliſh auxiliaries in the ſervice ofHenry IV. of France.To ſay nothing ofour hoſtile expeditions, in ſupport of the claim of our monarchs to the crown of that kingdom; or of the aſſiſtances given to the French kings, in oppoſition to that claim by the Scots.1926October, Richard Savage, “The Stage Mommer: Canny Adviser to Aspiring Offspring, but Not Overpopular with Company Manager”, in Arthur Hornblow[Sr.], editor,Theatre Magazine, volume XLIV, number307, New York, N.Y.: The Theatre Magazine Company[…],→OCLC,page18:The Back-Stage Mother is difficult to evaluate.[…]As a rule, you find her some place where she doesn't belong. If she is not standing in the wings to watch heradorabledaughter perform, and thus interfering with the property-man, electrician, carpenter, stage manager, assistant stage manager and prompter,to say nothing ofblocking an important entrance where players must push her out of the road to get onto the stage, she is almost certain to be out in front, cornering the company manager in the lobby.2018February,Robert Draper, “They are Watching You—and Everything Else on the Planet: Technology and Our Increasing Demand for Security have Put Us All under Surveillance. Is Privacy Becoming just a Memory?”, inNational Geographic‎[1], Washington, D.C.:National Geographic Society,→ISSN,→OCLC, archived fromthe originalon14 June 2018:Today more than 2.5 trillion images are shared or stored on the Internet annually—to say nothing ofthe billions more photographs and videos people keep to themselves.

Examples:

EN: You've got a new personality, to say nothing of a new pose.
ES: ? Tienes nueva personalidad, por no hablar de nueva ropa!
EN: Did he threaten her to say nothing of what occurred?
ES: ¿La amenazó prohibiéndole hablar de lo ocurrido?
EN: To drive up in my new car me in my tuxedo, to say nothing of the opera hat?
ES: Para que yo la recoja con mi auto nuevo en mi esmoquin y sombrero de ópera.
EN: Four sandwiches to my two, and half my cake, to say nothing of criticizing my fishing.
ES: Sí, cuatro sándwiches, yo sólo dos, y medio bizcocho. Y no he pescado nada.
EN: There's never been fingerprints, to say nothing of motives.
ES: Nunca hemos encontrado huellas... por no hablar de un móvil.
EN: - I said the carastana on the Tagabroo is a very serious problem, to say nothing of the larasang fay.
ES: - Que la carastana en el Tagabroo es un problema grave, ni hablar del larasang.
EN: Rolf. It might be wise to say nothing of this to Mr. Ingston.
ES: Rolf, sería mejor no decir nada de esto al Sr. Ingston.
EN: Why, when I think of Stefan, to say nothing of Serge.
ES: Vaya, cuando pienso en Stefan, y no digamos Serge.
EN: The energy in this one, little apple could pulverize this university, this whole town, its fine hospitals, its libraries, its wonderful medical schools, to say nothing of all the people in it.
ES: La energía contenida en esta manzana podría pulverizar esta universidad. Toda esta ciudad. Sus grandes hospitales, sus bibliotecas, sus maravillosos colegios médicos, y eso sin mencionar a sus habitantes.
EN: In your own interests, to say nothing of mine, you must not do that.
ES: En interés suyo, por no decir el mío, no debe usted hacerlo.
EN: You don't expect me to cancel the debt, to say nothing of Gride?
ES: ¿No esperará que anule la deuda?
EN: What's wrong is that this patient isn't ready to go to staff... to say nothing of being discharged from the hospital, particularly to her husband.
ES: Que esa paciente no está lista para hablar de ser dada de alta, ni de irse con su esposo.
EN: There must be at least 12 people before me to say nothing of the ones who haven't been born yet.
ES: Debe haber al menos 12 personas antes que yo... por no hablar de las que aún no han nacido.
EN: Flannigan jeopardized an entire mission... to say nothing of the lives of his team.
ES: Flannigan puso en peligro una misión... para no hablar de las vidas del equipo.
EN: If Frank keeps on running, I'll have no witness, to say nothing of a job.
ES: Si Frank sigue huido, me quedaré sin testigo ni trabajo.

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