no comment en · X
Pronunciation
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Meanings
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(idiomatic) An official refusal to relay any further information, used for example in response to a question by a newspaper reporter or police officer.
The district attorney said, "No comment," when the reporter asked if he knew the identity of the murder suspect, for fear that the culprit might be a flight risk.
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(idiomatic, sarcastic) A refusal to make the obvious impolite retort.
Wrex: And Shepard--I like what you've done with the Normandy. Got tired of always hanging around the cargo bay before. Wrex: I still don't have a window like Liara does... but maybe that's because I don't kiss as well. [laughter] Shepard: No comment. Wrex: Yeah [laughter]... I missed this place.
2012, BioWare, Mass Effect 3, Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →OCLC, PC, scene: Normandy SR-2:
Translations (30)
cmn 不予置評 /不予置评 ("official" refusal to relay any further information) · ar لا تعليق (refusal to say the obvious impolite retort) · de kein Kommentar ("official" refusal to relay any further information) · ru без коммента́риев ("official" refusal to relay any further information) · de kein Kommentar (refusal to say the obvious impolite retort) · it no comment (refusal to say the obvious impolite retort) · pt sem comentários ("official" refusal to relay any further information) · fr sans commentaire ("official" refusal to relay any further information) · pl bez komentarza (refusal to say the obvious impolite retort) · ja ノーコメント ("official" refusal to relay any further information) · fi en kommentoi (refusal to say the obvious impolite retort) · fi en kommentoi ("official" refusal to relay any further information) · cmn 無可奉告 /无可奉告 ("official" refusal to relay any further information) · pt sem comentários (refusal to say the obvious impolite retort) · ru без коммента́риев (refusal to say the obvious impolite retort) · cs bez komentáře ("official" refusal to relay any further information) · ko 노코멘트 ("official" refusal to relay any further information) · ar لا تعليق ("official" refusal to relay any further information) · fr no comment (refusal to say the obvious impolite retort) · vi miễn bàn (refusal to say the obvious impolite retort) · ja 何も言うことはありません ("official" refusal to relay any further information) · hy առանց մեկնաբանության (refusal to say the obvious impolite retort) · ru коммента́рии изли́шни (refusal to say the obvious impolite retort) · it no comment ("official" refusal to relay any further information) · pl bez komentarza ("official" refusal to relay any further information) · sv inga kommentarer ("official" refusal to relay any further information) · nb ingen kommentar ("official" refusal to relay any further information) · es sin comentarios ("official" refusal to relay any further information) · hy առանց մեկնաբանության ("official" refusal to relay any further information) · fr sans commentaire (refusal to say the obvious impolite retort)