"We pretty much had control of it," Gardenhire said with classic understatement Thursday.

"So far, so good," he said in a classic American understatement.

"That was macabre," he said in a classic understatement.

Or in classic British understatement, his job was made "redundant" when the factory closed.

"You appear upset," Philip said in a classic understatement.

Not really a nurturing environment, she added with classic English understatement.

"We need to regroup," said Riley, in a classic understatement.

We'll be doing a bit Of backroading, the old man had said, and if that wasn't a classic understatement, Butch didn't know what was.

The word nominal sounds to laymen watching the world over as a classic understatement.

"This," Harris wrote in a classic understatement, "is hard."