no duh
Pronunciation Interjection
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Pronunciation Interjection
- (chiefly, US, colloquial, sarcastic) An expression or exclamation that something is exceedingly obvious or apparent, or that one would have to be extremely foolish not to realize something immediately. [From 1962.]
- It says here not to drive with the sun shade covering the windshield of your car. No duh!
- 2005, Robin Jones Gunn, Gardenias For Breakfast, [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=PfL3Q-kw-88C&pg=PA99&dq=%22No+duh%22+-intitle:%22%22+-inauthor:%22%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=HV2_T5zkBfGViAf9najGCg&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=%22No%20duh%22%20-intitle%3A%22%22%20-inauthor%3A%22%22&f=false page 99],
- A long pause was followed by Hannah saying, “Well, no duh!”
- “What?”
- “That sign. Did you read that sign?”
- “No, what did it say?”
- “It said ‘State Prison Next Exit: Do Not Pick Up Hitchhikers.’ That′s why I said, no duh! Like they have to tell people not to pick up hitchhikers.”
- “That was a strange sign,” I agreed.
- 2008, Donald James Parker, All the Stillness of the Wind, [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=Q3FuUh7tY1YC&pg=PA127&dq=%22No+duh%22+-intitle:%22%22+-inauthor:%22%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=HV2_T5zkBfGViAf9najGCg&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=%22No%20duh%22%20-intitle%3A%22%22%20-inauthor%3A%22%22&f=false page 127],
- “I could maybe buy that one, for some who has advanced up the scale of faith. However, I have trouble believing it would be sellable to the general population.”
- “That′s a big ‘no duh.’ Now, I hope you don′t mind me keeping your feet to the fire. Let′s get back to your idea that maybe there are multiple paths to Heaven. And by the way, I hope you know you′re making me dizzy.”
- 2010, Joselin Linder, Elena Donovan Mauer, Have Sex Like You Just Met - No Matter How Long You've Been Together, [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=6kvl6TxfAgwC&pg=PT18&dq=%22No+duh%22+-intitle:%22%22+-inauthor:%22%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=HV2_T5zkBfGViAf9najGCg&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=%22No%20duh%22%20-intitle%3A%22%22%20-inauthor%3A%22%22&f=false page xvii],
- Ultimately, humans aren′t wholly monogamoue either. (Can we hear a “No duh,” from the bleacher seats?)
- no shit
- no shit, Sherlock
- thank you, Captain Obvious & you're welcome, Lieutenant Sarcasm (Captain Obvious, Lieutenant Sarcasm)
- no really
- oh really
- really
- no kidding
- you don't say
- duh
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