"no comment" meaning in English

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Phrase

Audio: En-au-no comment.ogg
Head templates: {{head|en|phrase}} no comment
  1. (idiomatic) An "official" refusal to relay any further information, used for example in response to a question by a newspaper reporter or police officer. Tags: idiomatic Translations ("official" refusal to relay any further information): لا تعليق (Arabic), առանց մեկնաբանության (aṙancʻ meknabanutʻyan) (Armenian), 無可奉告 (Chinese Mandarin), 无可奉告 (wúkě fènggào) (Chinese Mandarin), bez komentáře (Czech), en kommentoi (Finnish), sans commentaire (French), kein Kommentar (German), no comment (Italian), ノーコメント (nōkomento) (Japanese), 何も言うことはありません (nani-mo iu koto-wa arimasen) (Japanese), ingen kommentar (Norwegian Bokmål), bez komentarza (Polish), sem comentários (Portuguese), без коммента́риев (bez kommentárijev) (Russian), sin comentarios (Spanish), inga kommentarer [plural] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-no_comment-en-phrase-uqjqNELI Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Terms with Arabic translations, Terms with Armenian translations, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 81 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Arabic translations: 91 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Armenian translations: 92 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 90 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 91 9 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 86 14 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 89 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 90 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 90 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 84 16 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations: 90 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 87 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 91 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 90 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 89 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 92 8 Disambiguation of '"official" refusal to relay any further information': 88 12
  2. (idiomatic) A refusal to make the obvious impolite retort. Tags: idiomatic Translations (refusal to say the obvious impolite retort): لا تعليق (Arabic), առանց մեկնաբանության (aṙancʻ meknabanutʻyan) (Armenian), en kommentoi (Finnish), sans commentaire (French), no comment (French), kein Kommentar (German), no comment (Italian), bez komentarza (Polish), sem comentários (Portuguese), без коммента́риев (bez kommentárijev) (Russian), коммента́рии изли́шни (kommentárii izlíšni) (Russian)
    Sense id: en-no_comment-en-phrase-nUjIAsX1 Disambiguation of 'refusal to say the obvious impolite retort': 20 80

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