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Could not agree more

English translation: I agree to the utmost

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English term or phrase:Could not agree more
Selected answer:I agree to the utmost
Entered by: Rajan Chopra

14:25 Mar 29, 2003
English language (monolingual) [PRO]
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English term or phrase: Could not agree more
While agreeing to one of my answers on this site, one of my colleagues passed the above remark. This may be quite simple but I am unable to make a sense of it.

Could you help me in arriving at the implied meaning?
Rajan Chopra
India
Local time: 12:48
I agree to the utmost
Explanation:
My degree of agreement is so high that I could not agree more strenuously, even if I tried.


Fuad
Selected response from:

Fuad Yahya
Grading comment
Thanks!
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



SUMMARY OF ALL EXPLANATIONS PROVIDED
5 +7I agree to the utmost
Fuad Yahya
5 +6I fully agree with you
Monica Colangelo
5I absolutely/ completely agree with and could not agree more
Сергей Лузан


  

Answers


1 min   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +7
I agree to the utmost


Explanation:
My degree of agreement is so high that I could not agree more strenuously, even if I tried.


Fuad

Fuad Yahya
Native speaker of: Native in ArabicArabic, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 23
Grading comment
Thanks!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Sheila Hardie: yes, or 'I fully agree with you':-)
2 mins
agree  Anna Bittner
7 mins
agree  RHELLER: absolutely - could not agree more :-)
8 mins
agree  pcovs
34 mins
agree  Andrea Ali
34 mins
agree  Empty Whiskey Glass: I couldn't agree more
1 hr
agree  Сергей Лузан
4 hrs
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5 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +6
I fully agree with you


Explanation:
To put it simply.

Monica Colangelo
Argentina
Local time: 04:18
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Emilia Carneiro
1 min
  -> Gracias, Emilia
agree  Andrea Ali: I fully (100%) agree with you
30 mins
  -> Y tiene laburo... ¿dónde está la justicia?
agree  Georgios Paraskevopoulos
43 mins
  -> Thanks, Georgios
agree  Sarah Ponting
1 hr
  -> Hi, there and thanks, Sarah.
agree  Сергей Лузан: post-grading
4 hrs
  -> Thanks, Sergey
agree  vixen
1 day 18 hrs
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23 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
I absolutely/ completely agree with and could not agree more


Explanation:
And so s/he did.
Good luck, langclinic!

Сергей Лузан
Russian Federation
Local time: 10:18
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in RussianRussian
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