as bold as bold could be = ?

[Polyester]

"This guy is as bold as bold could be," said star Michael Keaton, referring to director and co-writer Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu.

What does it mean in red?

 

[MikeNewYork]

It means he was very very bold.

 

[Polyester]

as bold as, the "as" describes the bold, "adjective"?
as bold could be, it describes he will be bold very much?

 

[Raymott]

"As bold as bold could be" means "As bold as bold gets (becomes)". However bold he is, men don't get any bolder.

 

[Matthew Wai]

May I simply take 'as (adjective) as (adjective) could be' to mean 'most (adjective)'?

 

[Polyester]

"As bold as bold could be" means "As bold as bold gets (becomes)". However bold he is, men don't get any bolder.

Hello native speaker,

Can I say "Matthew wai is as bold as bold at asking native speaker question about English on the Internet"?

 

[Rover_KE]

No.

 

[Polyester]

What's wrong?
Don't make sense?

 

[MikeNewYork]

"As bold as bold" is not idiomatic English.

 

[Polyester]

MikeNewYork was as bold as love in his girlfriend.

Does it make sense? Or correct?

 

[MikeNewYork]

No.

 

[Polyester]

You are bold and brave person that I have never seen.

Correct?

 

[Rover_KE]

No.

You're going from bad to worse.

 

[Raymott]

You are bold and brave person that I have never seen.

You can quite easily forget the structure "as X as X could be". You'll never need to use it. It's idiomatic, and not common.

 

[Polyester]

So, why did I make more sentences wrong? Because it's not common. Because I can't handle it successfully.

 

[stanislaw.masny]

我們要去哪裡？

Not a teacher.

 

[Rover_KE]

So, why did I make more sentences wrong? Because it's not common. Because I can't handle it successfully.

You can use the construction as it appeared in post #1.

'It's as hot as hot can be.'

'He's as brave as brave can be.'

'She was as poor as poor could be.'

 

[Matthew Wai]

我們要去哪裡？

It translates as 'Where do we have to go?', which seems irrelevant to this thread.

Not a teacher.

 

[MikeNewYork]

So, why did I make more sentences wrong? Because it's not common. Because I can't handle it successfully.

You seem to be just placing words in random order. There needs to be a structure and a logic to forming sentences.

 

[Matthew Wai]

MikeNewYork was as bold as love in his girlfriend.

Would it make sense if it was changed to 'In chasing girls for love, MikeNewYork is as bold as bold can be.'?