Ni. It was wide enough, but it was almost not wide enough.
In AusE, it means almost.Hi
This sentence was about a bench "the bench was just about wide enough". Does it mean almost?
Thanks a lot in advance
In AusE, it means almost.
If someone is just about tall enough to reach something, he can't reach it.
If someone is just tall enough, he can reach it (just).
Hi moonlike,Thanks dear Raymott
In AusE, it means almost.
If someone is just about tall enough to reach something, he can't reach it.
If someone is just tall enough, he can reach it (just).
Wow, that sounds really odd to me! I can't imagine "just about" being a negative. So "He is just about tall enough to reach it" means the same as "He is not quite tall enough to reach it"?
Do you use "He was only just tall enough to reach it"? to mean barely tall enough, but tall enough?
YesDo you use "He was only just tall enough to reach it"? to mean barely tall enough, but tall enough?
Also, if I say, "That English assignment just about killed me", it didn't kill, me but almost did.
I have just about enough rice to make a risotto = I need 300g of rice and I have 301g. Phew! I don't have to go shopping for rice. (We would also say, of course, "I have just enough rice ..." to mean the same thing.)
I hear this as you are happy with having just under the requisite amount
I find it weird that you British would use it to mean the opposite.
Hi
This sentence was about a bench "the bench was just about wide enough". Does it mean almost?
Thanks a lot in advance
Yes, but have you read the thread? It means that in BrE, but not in AusE or AmE (apparently).It means that the bench was wide enough, but that the speaker/author wanted to emphasize the narrowness of the margin by which it was.
Yes, it's a warning, meaning "almost enough to make me strangle you". But apparently in BrE, you'd have to be strangling someone already to say this, because there it means you've already had enough.I've had just about enough of you. (But even then, it still could mean "watch out, you're about to cross the line")