In a Force to Be Reckoned with?
Definition of a Force to Be Reckoned with: Someone Who Is Strong and Cannot Be Ignored When He Won His First Three Matches, the Other Players Realized That He...
Is it a force to be reckoned with or a force not to be reckoned with?
I understand the phrase "to be reckoned with" means something that must be considered or dealt with, but does "not to be reckoned with" suggest something which is too significant/big to deal with (a force one cannot hope to influence), or something which is too insignificant to deal with (a force of no consequence).
Is force to be reckoned with an idiom?
A person or thing considered to be strong, powerful, or difficult to defeat. They say the young boxer is a force to be reckoned with, so I'm betting he'll win the match tonight.