that's for me to know and you to find out
A phrase used to reply to a question whose answer the speaker does not want to revealA phrase used to reply to a question whose answer the speaker does not want to reveal.
» That's out of the question.
Das ist ausgeschlossen. — weipipi
Das kommt nicht in Frage. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Об этом не может быть и речи. — marafon
Это исключено. — marafon
Ще чого не вистачало! — deniko
Це поза питанням. — ChickenKiev
Про це не може бути й мови. — deniko
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1 senses(childish, colloquial, informal)A phrase used to reply to a question whose answer the speaker does not want to reveal.
Examples
88 sentencesThat's out of the question.
Ще чого не вистачало! — deniko
ruОб этом не может быть и речи. — marafon
deDas ist ausgeschlossen. — weipipi
That's completely out of the question.
ruОб этом не может быть никакой речи. — odexed
That's absolutely out of the question.
That's simply out of the question.
ruОб этом просто не может быть и речи. — marafon
Sorry, that's out of the question.
Translations
2 languagesDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.