not to mention
465
3.7
- idiom
:
por no mencionar
- Yeah, well, not to mention the load it takes off my bank account.
- not to mention the cost
- not to mention political
- not to mention the names
were starving or diseases, not to mention human made difficulties
- were starving or diseases, not to mention human made difficulties
- So, and not to mention they're amazing human beings.
- I'm obsessed with this branding and not to mention that this scent, it's so good.
- Man, they are trying to demonize her, not to mention RFK Junior.
- Anyway, look at how much stuff came off of these pruners, not to mention like the stuff below.
- It's frustration, not to mention humiliation.
- And not to mention you have people in there moving the bed.
- Greeks, I think, are especially vulnerable given what Turkey's been doing, not to mention Israel.
- And then not to mention what conditions they're in when they're in prison and not to mention what happens when they get out.
- And that might be better for brain health as well in the long run for people, not to mention outdoor exercises.
- No, it wasn't because you'd start to lose a little bit of the quality and not to mention the negative health effects.
- All right, there's a lot more room down here and we are going to need it for this honking, not to mention heavy test bench.
- Porsche is like way behind, you know, not to mention Tesla's self driving either.
Examples
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Arab-Israeli economic cooperation is exciting because of its political benefits, not to mention its economic effects.
Academic text (1994) -
What little there was to eat was too bad even for dogs, not to mention humans.
Academic text (1993) -
Have you thought about your wife and child, not to mention your sick father?
Fiction book (1990) -
And, not to mention, our client's flight just took off for Japan.
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And not to mention some good publicity.
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Greeks, I think, are especially vulnerable given what Turkey's been doing, not to mention Israel.
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Render an area the size of Pennsylvania permanently uninhabitable... not to mention the cancer that would show up later.
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This job requires long hours and intense focus, not to mention the need for teamwork.
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The project is behind schedule, not to mention that we are over budget.
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He lost his wallet at the concert, not to mention his phone during the chaos.
Synonyms
210
3.6
Adds an extra point that supports what was said
185
3.4
To say that one thing is even less likely or possible than another
175
3.8
Adds extra information that supports a previous statement
6
6.1
To mention an extra fact that makes the situation seem more surprising or serious
1
8.2
To add a stronger or clearer idea after a previous statement
How Emphatic
Surface Forms
Morphology
The literal parts ('not' + 'to' + 'mention') suggest withholding mention, but the conventional discourse use is to add or emphasize an additional point (e.g. '...not to mention X' = 'and even more importantly X'), which is not fully predictable from the words alone. Because the connection between the literal wording and its pragmatic, contrastive function is recognizable but formulaic and requires some exposure (though many languages have similar constructions), this is best classified as semi-transparent.
Etymology
Not to mention comes from the idea of someone naming one problem and then adding another so obvious or bigger that they say they will not even mention it. So we use it to show something is even more important or obvious than what we just said, or 'let alone'.