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not bear thinking about
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not
bear
thinking about
(
UK
)
To be too
frightening
or
upsetting
to even contemplate.
If the train had come just five seconds earlier... well, it just does
n't bear thinking about
!
References
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“
something doesn t bear thinking about
” in
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
,
Longman
.
“
not bear thinking about
” (US) / “
not bear thinking about
” (UK) in
Macmillan English Dictionary
.
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