to put it mildly
- Nghĩa tiếng Việt
- Nói giảm (thực ra nặng hơn)
- Định nghĩa tiếng Anh
- Used to say that a statement is a big understatement of how serious or extreme something really is.
Ví dụ: The exam was difficult, to put it mildly.

C213 từ · Thành thạo
Học các thành ngữ dùng trong tranh luận và thảo luận nâng cao như beg the question, a moot point và preaching to the choir để diễn đạt chính xác, trang trọng.

Ví dụ: The exam was difficult, to put it mildly.

Ví dụ: If the plan is so simple, it begs the question why nobody tried it sooner.

Ví dụ: Now that the shop has closed, price is a moot point.

Ví dụ: The committee talked in circles for an hour without deciding anything.

Ví dụ: The joke was funny in French, but it got lost in translation.

Ví dụ: Calling his ex-girlfriend's name was an embarrassing Freudian slip.

Ví dụ: Telling environmentalists to recycle is preaching to the choir.

Ví dụ: Calling the film 'watchable' is damning with faint praise.

Ví dụ: Their engagement was an open secret in the office.

Ví dụ: We're colleagues, in a manner of speaking — we've never actually met.

Ví dụ: Do not put words in someone's mouth and then argue with them.

Ví dụ: He praised the team and blamed them in the same breath.

Ví dụ: His comment about her work cut her to the quick.
