Meanings
- Really?; no kidding!; is that so? (sometimes used sarcastically in response to the obvious)
They're going to have a baby? You don't say!
3 more examples
Hey, guess what? There's a country called Brazil! –You don't say.
‘And in fact I found something interesting in the sample of the boy you were talking about. The son of Hole’s girlfriend.’ / ‘My understanding is that their relationship is now a thing of the past.’ / ‘You don’t say? There was something in the blood sample, so I was wondering if there was anything in the family . . .’
2010, Jo Nesbø, translated by Don Bartlett, “The Snowman”, in The Snowman (Harry Hole; 7), London: Harvill Secker, →ISBN, part 5, page 403A recent article about Barbie in the New Yorker quoted no less a figure than Gerwig’s own agent as saying: “Is it a great thing that our great creative actors and film-makers live in a world where you can only take giant swings around consumer content and mass-produced products? I don’t know. But it is the business.” You don’t say.
2023 July 19, Caspar Salmon, “Has Barbie killed the indie director? Why credible film-makers are selling out”, in The Guardian, →ISSNSynonyms: really, no kidding, oh really, no really, no shit, no shit, Sherlock, do tell
Synonyms & antonyms
interjectionReally?; no kidding!; is that so? (sometimes used sarcastically in response to the obvious)
Translations
Bengali তাই নাকি
- তাই নাকি (tai naki)really? ; no kidding! ; Is that so?
Bulgarian не ду́май!, не ду́майте!
- не ду́май! (ne dúmaj!)really? ; no kidding! ; Is that so?
- не ду́майте! (ne dúmajte!)really? ; no kidding! ; Is that so?
Chinese Cantonese 講真嘅？ /讲真嘅？
- 講真嘅？ /讲真嘅？ (gong² zan¹ ge³?)really? ; no kidding! ; Is that so?
Chinese Mandarin 真的嗎 /真的吗, 難道... /难道...
- 真的嗎 /真的吗 (zhēn de ma?)really? ; no kidding! ; Is that so?
- 難道... /难道... (nándào...)really? ; no kidding! ; Is that so?
Danish det siger du ikke!
- det siger du ikke!really? ; no kidding! ; Is that so?
Dutch zou je denken?
- zou je denken?really? ; no kidding! ; Is that so?
Esperanto ne ŝerce
- ne ŝercereally? ; no kidding! ; Is that so?
Finnish ihanko totta?, no älä
- ihanko totta?really? ; no kidding! ; Is that so?
- no äläreally? ; no kidding! ; Is that so?
French sans blague, sans dec
- sans blaguereally? ; no kidding! ; Is that so?
- sans decreally? ; no kidding! ; Is that so?
German was Sie nicht sagen, was du nicht sagst
- was Sie nicht sagenreally? ; no kidding! ; Is that so?
- was du nicht sagstreally? ; no kidding! ; Is that so?
- was ihr nicht sagtreally? ; no kidding! ; Is that so?
Greek μη μου πείς, μη μου πείτε
- μη μου πείς (mi mou peís)really? ; no kidding! ; Is that so?
- μη μου πείτε (mi mou peíte)really? ; no kidding! ; Is that so?
Hungarian nem mondod, na ne
- nem mondodreally? ; no kidding! ; Is that so?
- na nereally? ; no kidding! ; Is that so?
- ne beszéljreally? ; no kidding! ; Is that so?
- na ne mondd!really? ; no kidding! ; Is that so?
Indonesian ajigila!, beneran?
- ajigila!really? ; no kidding! ; Is that so?
- beneran?really? ; no kidding! ; Is that so?
- oh begitureally? ; no kidding! ; Is that so?
- masa?really? ; no kidding! ; Is that so?
- masa'?really? ; no kidding! ; Is that so?
- serius?really? ; no kidding! ; Is that so?
- sungguhan?really? ; no kidding! ; Is that so?
- yang benar?really? ; no kidding! ; Is that so?
Italian ma dai!, non mi dire!
- ma dai!really? ; no kidding! ; Is that so?
- non mi dire!really? ; no kidding! ; Is that so?
Japanese ほんと?, うそ！
- ほんと? (honto)really? ; no kidding! ; Is that so?
- うそ！ (uso!)really? ; no kidding! ; Is that so?
- マジ? (maji)really? ; no kidding! ; Is that so?
Korean 진짜
- 진짜 (jinjja)really? ; no kidding! ; Is that so?
Māori āta koia
- āta koiareally? ; no kidding! ; Is that so?
Norwegian sier du det
- sier du detreally? ; no kidding! ; Is that so?
Polish co ty nie powiesz, nie gadaj
- co ty nie powieszreally? ; no kidding! ; Is that so?
- nie gadajreally? ; no kidding! ; Is that so?
Portuguese jura, não me diga
- jurareally? ; no kidding! ; Is that so?
- não me digareally? ; no kidding! ; Is that so?
- não me digasreally? ; no kidding! ; Is that so?
Romanian nu mai spune!, nu mai spuneți!
- nu mai spune!really? ; no kidding! ; Is that so?
- nu mai spuneți!really? ; no kidding! ; Is that so?
- ce spui?really? ; no kidding! ; Is that so?
Russian что вы говори́те!, что ты говори́шь!
- что вы говори́те! (što vy govoríte!)really? ; no kidding! ; Is that so?
- что ты говори́шь! (što ty govoríšʹ!)really? ; no kidding! ; Is that so?
- неуже́ли (neužéli)really? ; no kidding! ; Is that so?
- да ладно (da ladno)really? ; no kidding! ; Is that so?
Slovak nevrav
- nevravreally? ; no kidding! ; Is that so?
Spanish (usted) no me diga, (usted) cómo cree
- (usted) no me digareally? ; no kidding! ; Is that so?
- (usted) cómo creereally? ; no kidding! ; Is that so?
- (usted) qué me dicereally? ; no kidding! ; Is that so?
Swedish det menar du inte, säger du det?
- det menar du intereally? ; no kidding! ; Is that so?
- säger du det?really? ; no kidding! ; Is that so?
Tagalog hindi nga?
- hindi nga?really? ; no kidding! ; Is that so?
Turkish deme, deme ya
- demereally? ; no kidding! ; Is that so?
- deme yareally? ; no kidding! ; Is that so?
- ciddi olamazsınreally? ; no kidding! ; Is that so?
- hadi canım sen dereally? ; no kidding! ; Is that so?
- valla mıreally? ; no kidding! ; Is that so?
- hadi canımreally? ; no kidding! ; Is that so?
- yok artıkreally? ; no kidding! ; Is that so?
- yok daha nelerreally? ; no kidding! ; Is that so?
- daha nelerreally? ; no kidding! ; Is that so?
- yapma yareally? ; no kidding! ; Is that so?
Cite this entry
you don't say. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/you%20don't%20say
“you don't say.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/you%20don't%20say. Accessed November 5, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “you don't say,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/you%20don't%20say.
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