| 释义 |
by any stretch of the imagination 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.See also: any, by, imagination, of, stretchby 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.See also: any, by, imagination, of, stretchby any stretch of the imagination If 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.See also: any, by, imagination, of, stretch |