Idiom
who are you telling
Meaning
Used in response to an assertion that one is already fully aware of.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“It is so hot today. Who are you telling?”
“I know this project is stressful; who are you telling, since I have been working on it all week?”
“When he complained about the relentless bureaucracy of the department, she simply nodded and replied, who are you telling?”
Examples
simple
“It is so hot today. Who are you telling?”
contextual
“I know this project is stressful; who are you telling, since I have been working on it all week?”
complex
“When he complained about the relentless bureaucracy of the department, she simply nodded and replied, who are you telling?”
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