I couldn't agree more with John.
I couldn't agree more with John.
(OP)
Someone said this the other day. What does it mean?
If I could not agree more with John, that must mean I could agree less with John. This mean I agree less with with John, does it not?
If I could not agree more with John, that must mean I could agree less with John. This mean I agree less with with John, does it not?
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RE: I couldn't agree more with John.
RE: I couldn't agree more with John.
The fact that you could agree less doesn't mean that you do.
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RE: I couldn't agree more with John.
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"I have had my results for a long time, but I do not yet know how I am to arrive at them." Karl Friedrich Gauss
RE: I couldn't agree more with John.
RE: I couldn't agree more with John.
"It's the least I could do"
If it is the least you could do why are you telling me and why don't you try doing a bit more?
RE: I couldn't agree more with John.
Because the point was "you don't need to thank me so profusely for it."
RE: I couldn't agree more with John.
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RE: I couldn't agree more with John.
The general context is "I'm not very interested in what you are saying, so I'm not paying attention. If I were, I would probably be even less interested."
RE: I couldn't agree more with John.
Mint,
I would have thought "I couldn't agree more" to be equivalent to "I could care less". If you invert could to couldn't and less to more, logically, they are equivalent. However, other posters say the opposit.
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RE: I couldn't agree more with John.
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RE: I couldn't agree more with John.
What is the connection?
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RE: I couldn't agree more with John.
No connection at all with your post - comparing insults with MintJulep - didn't notice you stepping into the crossfire while I was typing.
Think the sneaky bit about Mint's line is the "If I thought about it" tag - there's an implied personal insult along the lines of "Even without thinking about it, just because it came from you, I already know I'm not really interested. I'm sure (again, because it's you)that if I did give it some thought, I'd be even less inspired." - which is pretty good going for nine simple words, none of which is in itself insulting.
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RE: I couldn't agree more with John.
If you think about it as a scale going from agreeing or caring as little as possible to agreeing or caring as much as possible, then the statements above translate to:
(ALAP as little as possible, AMAP as much as possible)
Couldn't agree more: Agree ALAP -----------X Agree AMAP (all the way to the "agree AMAP" side of the scale)
Could care less: Care ALAP -XXXXXXXXXX Care AMAP
(anywhere on the scale except the "Care ALAP" end.
RE: I couldn't agree more with John.
quit trying to apply logic to language ... ok, the english language.
whilst "I couldn't agree more" might be logically equivalent to "I could agree less" because if i completely agree with you then obviously i could agree with you less (as someone posted earlier) but that's not the point.
we all apreciate what "i agree with you" means ?
from there "i agree with you alot" follows (dare i say it) logically.
then in the extreme we have "i couldn't agree more" , which should be taken as it says, sort of like "i agree with you so much (100%, completely) that i can't agree with you more"
notice, however, the difference in "i can't agree with you anymore" which means something completely different !
RE: I couldn't agree more with John.
Isn't this going in the same direction as "I can't agree with you more."?
If you agree with someone 100%, is the phrase to be used "I agree with you 100%." or maybe "I agree with you completely."?
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