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What does "understatement" in the conversation below mean?
Person A: "You must feel stressed out now."
Person B: "That's an understatement."
Person A: "You must feel stressed out now."
Person B: "That's an understatement."
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An understatement is when you say something with less intensity than what how it really is.
- Getting out of the EU is bad for us.
- That's an understatement. (it will be more than bad)
In your example, we can assume Person B is extremely stressed out.
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- Inglês (RU)
It means that the word or description is not strong enough. Person B does not just feel stressed, but extremely stressed, or stressed as well as several further negative emotions.
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Thank you for your reply!
By the way, the example conversation you wrote is what you are thinking?
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@esejacky
I don't live in the UK, so I don't have much of an opinion. But, I can't see how that could be a good thing.
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Thank again!
I hope both people in the UK and in the EU don't suffer from the influence of Brexit.
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