to say nothing of

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to say nothing of someone or something

not to even mention the importance of someone or something. John and Mary had to be taken care of, to say nothing of Bill, who would require even more attention. I'm having enough difficulty painting the house, to say nothing of the garage that is very much in need of paint.

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To say nothing of their habitual indolence, by what contrivance within the reach of so simple a people could such enormous masses have been moved or fixed in their places? Typee by Melville, Herman View in context But you see, I am sore myself; that horse is the pride of my heart, to say nothing of his being such a favorite with the master and mistress; and to think that his life may be flung away in this manner is more than I can bear. Black Beauty by Sewell, Anna View in context The task of conveying one female in safety through such scenes as we must encounter, to say nothing of attracting the attention of those who crowd the streets,' he answered, 'is enough. Barnaby Rudge - A Tale Of The Riots Of 'Eighty by Dickens, Charles View in context			to call own to cap it all to coin a phrase to credit to cut a long story short to date to death to die for To each his own to each own To err is human to face to go to have a hollow leg to have the hots for to heart's content to hell and gone to hell with to liking to make a long story short to my mind to no avail to put it another way to put it mildly to put too fine a point on it to say nothing of to say the least to shout about to some extent to speak of to that effect to the best of ability to the bitter end to the bone to the contrary to the core to the ends of the earth to the fore to the four winds to the gunwales to the hilt to the last to the letter to the manner born to the max to the nth degree to the point to the tune of To the victors belong the spoils to top it all to way of thinking			To run upon sorts To run wild To rustle up To sag to leeward To Sail Beyond the Sunset To sail fine To sail free To sail on a rhumb To saint it To sally To sally To sally To salt a mine To salt away to satisfaction to satisfaction to satisfaction to satisfaction to save (one's) life to save (one's) life to save (one's) life to save (one's) life To save appearances to save life to save life to save life to save life To save one's bacon To savor of the pan To say amen to to say nothing of To Say the Least To Say the Least To Say the Least To Say the Least to say the least of it to say the least of it To scale a debt, wages, etc. To scare away To scare up to schedule to schedule to schedule to schedule To scrape acquaintance To scratch a ticket To screw in To screw out To screw up To sear up To search out To see (anything) out To see (one) through To see about a thing To see how the squares go To see into a millstone To see on To see service To see stars To see the back of To see to

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