Does explicitly stating the intention of divorce negate the ruling when using the phrase 'You are to me like the back of my mother'?

Chapter on Explicit Divorce and Others

Al-Mughni

Book of Divorce

Book 39 · Issue 2 · Bab 2

Open in Qurani

Primary text

Even if the husband explicitly states, "I intend divorce by this," the statement does not become a divorce. This is because the phrasing is inherently unsuitable to function as an implicit reference for divorce.