meaning of sentence: " I wouldn't say I like it, if I didn't like it."

Question

wanting to know the tense form of the sentence and meaning

Answer 1

This sentence means that the person who liked something asserted that "like," and wishes his or her pronouncements to be taken literally and factually so that the listener shuts up (politely).

 

(There are few things more annoying than someone who refuses to believe you when you wish to be recognized as an honest and direct person.)