كيف تنطق "nothing to speak of"

expression

NUH-thing tuh SPEEK uhv

NUTH-ing too SPEEK ov

التعريف

This expression is used to say that something is so small, unimportant, or unimpressive that it is not worth mentioning.

الإنجليزية الأمريكية

ˈnəθɪŋ/ /ˈtu/, /tə/, /tɪ/ /ˈspik/ /ˈəv

الإنجليزية البريطانية

nˈʌθɪŋ/ /tˈuː/ /spˈiːk/ /ˈɒv

أمريكي

NUH-thing tuh SPEEK uhv

بريطاني

NUTH-ing too SPEEK ov

After all that work, my salary bonus was nothing to speak of.

The rain was nothing to speak of—just a few drops.

Is there food left? Nothing to speak of, just some crumbs.

How was your weekend? Oh, nothing to speak of, really—just stayed home.