'was anything other than'

[iereiy]

Can anyone explain the underlined phrase?
It seemed like nobody involved could get over the fact that infidelity was anything other than an act to be downplayed, concealed, or outright avoided. Thanks

 

[MikeNewYork]

"Infidelity" is something that is normally hidden. Why the other people were surprised by that is unclear.

 

[iereiy]

Correct me if I am wrong.

"can't get over it" means "surprised"
"can get over it" means "not surprise"

So "Nobody can get over it" can also be written as "no one is not surprised by" / "everyone is surprised by"

 

[Matthew Wai]

'can’t get over something
used for saying that you are very surprised by something'── quoted from http://www.macmillandictionary.com/dictionary/british/get-over

Not a teacher.

 

[iereiy]

Explanation from the site you have given me sounds different from what I get from http://www.english-test.net/forum/ftopic15983.html

 

[tedmc]

People involved in infidelity somehow cannot accept the fact that it should not be downplayed, concealed or outright avoided

 

[Matthew Wai]

infidelity was anything other than an act to be...

Does it mean 'infidelity was not an act to be...'?

Explanation from the site you have given me sounds different from what I get from http://www.english-test.net/forum/ftopic15983.html

What I got from your link is that 'I can't get over...' has a sense of being surprised, which is not different from the definition in the dictionary I quoted.

Not a teacher.

 

[iereiy]

"can't get over it" means "surprised"
"can get over it" means "not surprise"

So "Nobody can get over it" can also be written as "no one is not surprised by" / "everyone is surprised by"

Well just want to confirm. Is the above correct? I need to have an affirmative answer of "yes" or "no". So it will help me to understand better in future context. And to Matthew Wai, I have to apologise because I forgot to scroll down the site you gave.

 

[Matthew Wai]

"can get over it" means "not surprise"

I have consulted three dictionaries. I could only find 'can’t get over something' in the sense of being surprised but not 'can get over something' in the sense of not being surprised.

And to Matthew Wai, I have to apologise

阁下言重了。

Not a teacher.

 

[TheParser]

***** NOT A TEACHER *****

In my opinion, Tedmc's definition of "to get over something" seems very appropriate for the sentence that we are discussing.

James: Why are you always so sad?

Mona: Because Raul promised to marry me and then he married Martha instead.

James: OMG, Mona! That was five years ago. Get over it! ( = accept it!) Move on with your life.

 

[Barb_D]

There are too many nested negatives to understand the original for me.
Does it mean this?
John: I'm so sad.
Bill: Why?
John: Laura cheated on me.
Bill: So what? People cheat. It's a fact of life.
John: What? Really?! I can't get over the fact that you are downplaying how significant this is to me!