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PostPosted: Thu Oct 19, 2006 5:28 pm    Post subject: truth Reply with quote
Nothing could be further from the truth.

Could some one explain the above sentence?

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PostPosted: Thu Oct 19, 2006 11:23 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
When something is false, it is not true. The expression, "Nothing could be further from the truth" means that something is false, very far from the truth, so far from the truth that it couldn't be further from the truth.
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