What's on your mind, if you will allow the overstatement?
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- The speaker asks what someone is thinking while downplaying the question.
- In plain terms
- What are you thinking about if I can ask a big question?
- What can you take from it?
- Asking a simple question can be phrased as a large inquiry.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- How do you ask big questions?
- Does tone matter?
Another view
The phrasing is often more casual than literal.
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