[Idiom] As single as i can be

[Hanem]

If a person is asked: Are you married?
He or She says: I am as single as I can be.
What does he/she mean by that? What's the meaning of ''as single as i can be''
Thanks

 

[emsr2d2]

If a person is asked "Are you married?" and he or she says "I am as single as I can be", what does he/she mean by that? What's the meaning of ''as single as I can be''?
Thanks.

Please see my corrections to your post (marked in red).

I have no idea what the person meant by "I am as single as I can be". He/she is single or married (or in an unmarried relationship). Where did you find this dialogue?

 

[MikeNewYork]

If a person is asked: Are you married?
He or She says: I am as single as I can be.
What does he/she mean by that? What's the meaning of ''as single as i can be''
Thanks

Without more context, I assume that this phrase is nothing more than an intensifier. Not only am I single, but I am as single as a person can be: unmarried, unattached, not in a relationship, not dating.

 

[Hanem]

Please see my corrections to your post (marked in red).

I have no idea what the person meant by "I am as single as I can be". He/she is single or married (or in an unmarried relationship). Where did you find this dialogue?

I did not find it anywhere, I heard the dialogue. To be more specific of what I have learned after that is that the person is single, never been married before and is not in a relationship. I just wanted to find out if that was the proper way to use this idiom.

 

[Rover_KE]

It's certainly not a standard, common or idiomatic response to the question.

 

[MikeNewYork]

It's certainly not a standard, common or idiomatic response to the question.

It is not rare in the US.

 

[emsr2d2]

It is not rare in the US.

Like Rover, I don't find it idiomatic. I don't think I've ever heard it.

 

[MikeNewYork]

Like Rover, I don't find it idiomatic. I don't think I've ever heard it.

You have to hang out in NY bars. :lol: