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that's saying something

that's saying something phrase: said of something that has an even greater impact or effect than what is readily apparent, considering the context.

Phrase

that's saying something

  1. (idiomatic) Said of something that has an even greater impact or effect than what is readily apparent, considering the context.
    • Longbottom, if brains were gold you’d be poorer than Weasley, and that’s saying something.1997 June 26, J. K. Rowling [pseudonym; Joanne Rowling], Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone (Harry Potter; 1), London: Bloomsbury Publishing, →ISBN
    • I think Earth is a pretty great place. That's saying something, 'cause I've been through outer space.2015, ending theme song of Star vs. the Forces of Evil

Questions about that's saying something

What does that's saying something mean?
That's saying something means said of something that has an even greater impact or effect than what is readily apparent, considering the context.
What part of speech is that's saying something?
That's saying something is a phrase.

Words near that's saying something in the dictionary

  1. that's my
  2. that's news to me
  3. that's on period
  4. that's on periodt
  5. that's right
  6. that's saying something
  7. that's someone's funeral
  8. that's something
  9. that's that
  10. that's that on that
  11. that's the bunny

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