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to put it mildly
USUK
used to say that the truth is even stronger or worse than your words
A kind of understatement, common in British English. Put it at the start or end of the sentence.
In context
The hotel was not what we expected, to put it mildly; there was no hot water.
To put it mildly, my first attempt at cooking was not a success.
More idioms about communication
- a bone of contentiona subject that people keep arguing about
- a broken recordsomeone who keeps repeating the same thing in an annoying way
- a heart-to-heartan honest, private conversation about personal feelings
- a moot pointUK: a question still open to argument. US: a question that no longer matters in practice.
- a red herringa fact or idea that takes attention away from the real issue