- little ［nothing］ short of O
- ほとんど［まったく］…以外のなにものでもない《◆Oは名詞・形容詞》
His success was little ～ of miraculous ［a miracle］． 彼の成功はほとんど奇跡であった．
English-Japanese dictionary. 2013.
little ［nothing］ short of O
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