let alone | Idiomator

Meaning: (idiomatic,chiefly in the negative)Much less;to say nothing of;used after one negative clause to introduce another, usually broader and more important clause, whose negation is implied by the negation of the first. However either of these instances mentioned can be applied with the use of let alone.He couldn't boil water,let aloneprepare a dinner for eight.1953December, Cecil J. Allen, “British Locomotive Performance and Performance”, inRailway Magazine, page838:My last run this month is an amazing performance of an "A2/3" Pacific, No. 60524,Herringbone(could there possibly be a more infelicitous name for a locomotive than this,let alonefor the unhappy horse which first had to bear it?),[…].; (idiomatic,chiefly in the positive,rare)Not to mention, as well as;used after one item, to introduce a further item which is entailed by the first.(Can we add anexamplefor this sense?)

Examples:

EN: This man, let alone may become as great a power for good as he was for evil.
ES: "Déjelo libre, puede sembrar tanto bien como maldad sembraba antes."
EN: The Police will give you no protection in the Chinese quarter let alone in the subterranean city.
ES: La Policía no te protegerá en el barrio chino.
EN: let alone an murderer!"
ES: ¡...y mucho menos un asesino!
EN: You shouldn't think such things, let alone speak them
ES: Esas cosas ni las pienses, ni mucho menos las digas.
EN: The waters, the candles, all the pilgrimages and gymnastics we did, let alone the rest.
ES: Las aguas, las velas... Todas las peregrinaciones y gimnasia que hicimos, sin mencionar el resto
EN: You couldn't even shoot straight with Burke, let alone me.
ES: Déjame tranquilo.
EN: But we can't feed ourselves let alone a dame. Don't worry about that.
ES: Pero la comida apenas alcanza para dos.
EN: I think it's perfectly awful to think a thing like that let alone help.
ES: - ¿Cómo puedes pensar algo así?
EN: Now, we haven't got enough jobs here for men, let alone kids.
ES: Los hombres están en paro, entonces los muchachos...
EN: I told you I wanted only to be let alone.
ES: Te dije que lo único que quería era que me dejaras en paz.
EN: I haven't got 150 cents, let alone dollars.
ES: No tengo 150 centavos. Mucho menos, dólares.
EN: Ah, I know I'm not worth anything, let alone a great man's life.
ES: Sé bien que no valgo nada. Y menos aún la vida de un gran hombre.
EN: You seem to forget that during the hours of darkness the vampire can't even be harmed, let alone destroyed.
ES: Parece olvidar que durante las horas de oscuridad el vampiro no puede ser dañado y aún menos, destruido.
EN: Where I come from, no decent body'd touch this showboat riffraff with a ten-foot pole, let alone havin' their daughters mixed up with 'em.
ES: De donde yo soy, nadie decente... tocaría a esta chusma del barco ni con un palo de tres metros, y mucho menos dejaría que su hija se mezclara con todos ellos.
EN: She won't be fit for anything for a week, let alone tomorrow night.
ES: Y no servirá para nada durante una semana... y menos para mañana por la noche.

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