you’re telling me! excl.
as affirmative, that’s absolutely right; I don’t disagree at all, I know only too well; occas, as interrog.
![]() | Silver Eagle 146: Harworth said: ‘She’s a wonderful girl.’ Larsen looked at him. ‘Are you telling me?’. | |
![]() | Devil’s Diplomats 27: [as interrog.] ‘I warn you, McCann, that Sidi is a dangerous man with a knife,’ smiled Levine. ‘You’re telling me?’. | |
![]() | Whizzbang Comics 14: ‘You’re telling me,’ laughs Red. | |
![]() | New Shoe 139: ‘You would go crook if I ordered you to shift all those logs right outside this pub.’ ‘You’re telling me,’ snorted Moss. | |
![]() | (con. 1930s) Lawd Today 134: ‘That nigger’s sick.’ ‘You telling me?’. | |
![]() | Christine 450: ‘But they don’t look anything alike.’ ‘You’re telling me,’ I said. | |
![]() | Indep. Rev. 25 Aug. 12: ‘You’re telling me,’ I thought, but said nothing. |