as far as I'm concerned
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4.1
- idiom
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en lo que a mí respecta
- But as far as I'm concerned, you have a very bad attitude toward authority.
- said as far as I'm concerned
- just as far as I'm concerned
- really, as far as I'm concerned
I mean, as far as I'm concerned, the fun just started.
- I mean, as far as I'm concerned, the fun just started.
- It's like, as far as I'm concerned, I'm taking stock.
- And this is where it gets really interesting as far as I'm concerned, very suggestive.
- OK, As far as I'm concerned, that's the problem.
- Like that's literally slow suicide as far as I'm concerned.
- I favor not ironing at all as far as I'm concerned.
- It works to go out as far as I'm concerned.
- That's what my grandmother used, colored perfectly fine as far as I'm concerned.
- Settling is not about not getting what you wanted as far as I'm concerned.
- But even if we fix that, we'd still not be really getting anywhere as far as I'm concerned.
- It's not a complete disaster, but it's definitely not a good thing as far as I'm concerned.
- You get the idea per brush, which is pretty damn good as far as I'm concerned.
Examples
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And the first rule, as far as I'm concerned, is ask if they have a second.
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The wildlife is suffering, and they have indigenous rights as far as I'm concerned.
Blog text (4) -
I mean, as far as I'm concerned, the fun just started.
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Well, as far as I'm concerned, that sounds like research, right?
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So as far as I'm concerned, this is a good answer.
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I was there because I was the guest speaker, but as far as I am concerned, that student stole the show.
Fiction book (2000) -
As far as I'm concerned, this meeting never happened.
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As far as I'm concerned, good tunes is good tunes.
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As far as I'm concerned, she's my wife.
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As far as I'm concerned, that movie was the best of the year.
Synonyms
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2.5
Said when you give your own opinion or experience
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3.5
What someone or a group thinks about something
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2.6
Someone thinks something is true
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7.4
To say what you think about something
How Personal
Surface Forms
Morphology
as + far + as + I'm + concerned
The phrase composes transparently: 'as far as' = 'to the extent that' and 'I'm concerned' = 'as regards me', so the combined sense is 'to the extent that it concerns me' → 'in my opinion'. This construction is predictable and has close parallels in many languages, so a B1 learner who knows the constituent meanings will likely infer the intended meaning.
Etymology
As far as I'm concerned comes from the image of distance: as far as marks how far something reaches and I'm concerned names the person who feels it. So, imagine someone drawing a line to show where their view stops to remember it means 'in my opinion'.