| 单词 | to put too fine a point on |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto put too fine a point on (also upon) g. figurative to put too fine a point on (also upon): to express with unnecessary delicacy, to mince words (only in negative contexts). ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > obscurity > make obscure [verb (transitive)] > express vaguely or inexplicitly couch1563 to put too fine a point on (also upon)1852 1852 C. Dickens Bleak House in Harper's Mag. July 231/1 ‘Not to put too fine a point upon it—’ a favorite apology for plain-speaking with Mr. Snagsby, which he always offers with a sort of argumentative frankness. 1872 H. James in Nation (N.Y.) 14 Mar. 173/1 The ‘most delicate charm’ to Mr. Hawthorne was apparently simply the primal freshness and brightness of paint and varnish, and—not to put too fine a point upon it—the new gilding of the frame. 1935 C. Isherwood Mr. Norris changes Trains x. 155 He seems to have suggested, not to put too fine a point upon it, that you were an accomplice in my nefarious crimes. 1971 ‘E. Candy’ Words for Murder Perhaps iv. 44 One of the doctor's most cherished personal finds, now happily in the City Museum, was, not to put too fine a point on it, a fake. 1995 P. McCabe Dead School (1996) 239 Not to put too fine a point on it, they were all as thick as two short planks. < as lemmas |
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