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no_comment

no comment

English

Interjection

(idiomatic) An "official" refusal to relay any further information, used for example in response to a question by a newspaper reporter or police officer.
The district attorney said, "No comment," when the reporter asked if he knew the identity of the murder suspect, for fear that he (the culprit) might be a flight risk.
(idiomatic) A refusal to say the obvious impolite retort.

Translations

"official" refusal to relay any further information

Arabic: لا تعليق
Armenian: առանց մեկնաբանության ‎(aṙancʿ meknabanutʿyan)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 無可奉告 (zh), 无可奉告 (zh) ‎(wúkě fènggào)
Czech: bez komentáře
Finnish: en kommentoi (fi)
French: sans commentaire

German: kein Kommentar
Italian: no comment
Japanese: ノーコメント ‎(nōkomento), 何も言うことはありません ‎(nani-mo iu koto-wa arimasen)
Polish: bez komentarza
Portuguese: sem comentários
Russian: без коммента́риев (ru) ‎(bez kommentárijev)
Spanish: sin comentarios

refusal to say the obvious impolite retort

Arabic: لا تعليق
Armenian: առանց մեկնաբանության ‎(aṙancʿ meknabanutʿyan)
Finnish: en kommentoi (fi)
French: sans commentaire no comment (fr)
German: kein Kommentar

Italian: no comment
Polish: bez komentarza
Portuguese: sem comentários
Russian: без коммента́риев (ru) ‎(bez kommentárijev), коммента́рии изли́шни ‎(kommentárii izlíšni)

French

Etymology

Borrowed from English

Interjection

(idiomatic) no comment (a refusal to say the obvious impolite retort)

Cette année il a essayé de se fondre parmi les acteurs, actrices pour les prendre en photos mais certains s'y sont opposés avec un certain dédain revendiquant comme Guillaume Canet" son droit à l'image". No comment...

“Cannes : JM Barr écoeuré par l'attitude de Guillaume canet”, in (Please provide the title of the work), accessed 2009-06-05