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I'm searching for a common way to say "I wouldn't go so far as to say that" in Mandarin. The only translation of this expression, that I found in a dictionary, is :
It's good, but I wouldn't go so far as to say that it's great.
挺好的，但是我不會極端到說棒極了。
However, since I have not found any other translation of "極端到" that expresses the idea of "go so far as to", I wonder if is this is a common way to say it.
It is more natural to say
还没有……到……地步
For example, 挺好的，但还没有好到那个地步。
Or
it tastes fine, but I would not go so far as to say that it is delicious
can be
味道还行，但还没有好吃到十分美味的地步
Well, if you were in a more oral conversation, you would normally say
但也没有很/特别……
但也不是很/特别……
For example
I went to the national park, which was a good trip, but I would not go so far as to say that it is wonderful
could be
我去了国家公园，感觉还行，但也不是特别好玩
It's good, but I wouldn't go so far as to say that it's great.
This sentence should be translated to 挺不錯的，但還不到非常好。
I never heard 極端到說棒極了, It's very odd, and no one would say that way.
至于 can be used to interpret it.
It's good, but I wouldn't go so far as to say that it's great. 挺好的，但(我)还不至于说它非常好。
As in oral expressions i might say
还好吧，但是也没那么好
where I would put stress on the bold part. This might not be the exact translation of the sentence you want to say [maybe we could translate it back to "It is good, but not that good", although this sentence might be seldomly used by natives], but it is a commonly used informal expression to say something like that in your sentence.
"过誉" is what you are looking for.
It's good, but I wouldn't go so far as to say that it's great. 它还不错，但我不会过誉其为伟大。
