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no comment en · X

Pronunciation

Meanings

  1. (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.
  2. (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)