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how long is a piece of string
Phrase
colloquial
humorous
often
rhetoric
Japanese Meaning
（皮肉や冗談を交えて）「答えが不定であったり、測り知れない、条件により変動する」という意味で使われる表現。例えば、『どのくらいかかるか』という質問に対して、具体的な数値が出せないための回答として用いられる。
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(colloquial, often humorous, rhetorical question) Used as a response to a question such as How long will it take?
or How big is it?
when the length or size is unknown, infinite, variable, or relative.
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how long is a piece of string
When I asked him when the project would be finished, he shrugged and replied, 'how long is a piece of string'.
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When I asked him when the project would be finished, he shrugged and replied, 'how long is a piece of string'.
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