Don't tell me that; Queen Anne's dead.
Queen Anne's dead
idiomThat is yesterday's news; everybody knows that already.
Origin
first recorded 18th c.In reference to Anne, Queen of Great Britain, who died in 1714.
You are telling me the store is closing, but Queen Anne's dead; we heard that weeks ago.
When he excitedly announced the merger as if it were a fresh secret, his colleagues simply sighed and reminded him that Queen Anne's dead.
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