Question

It’s acceptable if an elementary school student can’t do this simple calculation, but it’s unbelievable that a college student can’t even do it. N1 shougakusei nara iza shirazu, daigakusei ga konna kantan na keisan ga dekinai nante shinjirarenai.

Accepted Answer

小学生ならいざ知らず、大学生がこんな簡単な計算ができないなんて信じられない。 I don’t know about A, but B; A is acceptable, but B ならいざしらず

English	It’s acceptable if an elementary school student can’t do this simple calculation, but it’s unbelievable that a college student can’t even do it.
Japanese	小学生ならいざ知らず、大学生がこんな簡単な計算ができないなんて信じられない。
Level	N1
Meaning	I don’t know about A, but B; A is acceptable, but B
Romanized	shougakusei nara iza shirazu, daigakusei ga konna kantan na keisan ga dekinai nante shinjirarenai.
Vocab	ならいざしらず

It’s Student Can’t Ga Acceptable If Elementary School Simple