# you think

idiom

Source: https://englishreference.com/idiom/you-think
Updated: 2026-08-10

## Meaning

A sarcastic, rhetorical response to an obvious statement.

## Examples

- It is raining outside? You think?
- When I told him the store was closed for the holiday, he looked at the locked door and said, 'You think?'
- After I pointed out that the project was clearly failing, my colleague rolled his eyes and replied with a dry, 'You think?'

## Origin

An elliptical form of the interrogative *do you think so?* or a similar phrase, used to indicate skepticism.

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