let alone

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let alone — idiom

1. used to say that one thing is impossible or unlikely, and an even bigger thing i

1.慣用語
釋義

used to say that one thing is impossible or unlikely, and an even bigger thing is therefore more impossible or unlikely.

例句

We can barely pay rent this month, let alone buy a new sofa.

A toddler cannot read this map, let alone follow it.