more at eleven
- idiom
- Archaic
:
más a las once
- Stay tuned for more at eleven!
Examples
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Breaking news: major earthquake in California, more at eleven.
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There’s been a major development in the case—more at eleven.
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Rumors are swirling about the company’s new project; more at eleven, as they say.
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She claimed she had met a celebrity, but wouldn’t tell us who—more at eleven, apparently.
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Rumors are swirling about the company's new project; more at eleven, as they say.
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There’s been a major development in the case—more at eleven.
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She claimed she had met a celebrity, but wouldn’t tell us who—more at eleven, apparently.
Surface Forms
Morphology
The phrase literally combines 'more' (additional information) with the temporal prepositional phrase 'at eleven' (at 11 o'clock), so a learner who knows the words can infer that further details will be given at 11. Although common as a broadcast tease, its meaning follows straightforward temporal/compositional logic found across languages, making it immediately understandable to B1 learners.
Etymology
More at eleven comes from TV news, where presenters would say 'more at eleven' to promise extra details on the 11 o'clock show. So today people use it to say 'more information will come later' or to tease a story.
