you don't say

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you don't say

1. Really?; no kidding!; is that so? (sometimes used sarcastically in response to the obvious)

   Synonyms: really; no kidding; oh really; no really; no shit; no shit, Sherlock; do tell

   They're going to have a baby? You don't say!

   Hey, guess what? There's a country called Brazil! –You don't say.

   • 2010, Jo Nesbø, translated by Don Bartlett, “The Snowman”, in The Snowman (Harry Hole; 7), London: Harvill Secker, →ISBN, part 5, page 403:

     ‘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 . . .’

   • 2023 July 19, Caspar Salmon, “Has Barbie killed the indie director? Why credible film-makers are selling out”, in The Guardian‎^[1], →ISSN:

     A 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.