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Seems like A; Seems as if A (will occur soon)
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子 供 が 死 に 、 彼 女 は 悲 し み で 気 も 狂 わ ん ば か り で あ っ た 。 
She went nearly mad with grief after the child died.
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彼 女 と 別 れ た 夜 は 、 胸 も 張 り 裂 け ん ば か り だ っ た 。 
The night that I broke up with my girlfriend, it felt as if my chest would split apart.
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彼 女 は う ん ざ り 為 た と 言 わ ん ば か り に 僕 を 見 た 。 
She looked at me as if she was saying that she was fed up.
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父 は 煩 い と 言 わ ん ば か り に 、 リ モ コ ン で テ レ ビ を 消 し た 。 
Dad, giving the impression that it was noisy (to him), turned the TV off with the remote control.
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Construction
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AVerb: ない form
-ない
ん
ばかり
だ
Basic Examples:
飛ば乃許りだ (as if flying)

AVerb: ない form
-ない
ん
ばかり
の
Basic Examples:
憎ま乃許りの (seems to hate)

AVerb: ない form
-ない
ん
ばかり
に
Basic Examples:
言わんばかりに (as if saying)

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Grammar usage notes

する changes to せん in this formation (せんばかり).
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マイコー
Level: 301
another way this can be thought of is as 'all but ~ing'
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mysticfive
Level: 2027
Some action or appearance is on the verge of becoming something else. Not used to describe speaker's own appearance
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まことまじま
Level: 516

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mysticfive
Level: 2027
I would say this grammar pattern means more like 'all but ‾' - [ずっと待っていた！」と言わんばかり- he was all but saying 'I:ve been waiting forever!'
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15 years ago
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マイコー
Level: 301
Well, I got the above definition by consulting a few grammar sources; one source put it as 'as if ‾ were about to ‾' - so I think if you look at your example, I think they boil down to the same thing - 'he's all but said it', or 'as if he's about to say it'. What do you think?
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