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Tuesday, May 8, 2012

OTHER INVERSE EXPRESSIONS


In response to "I COULDN'T CARE LESS", a friend called and said, "How about other sarcastic inverse expressions?" I asked which ones and she said, "Like "TELL ME ABOUT IT!" which obviously means "DO NOT tell me about it because I already know about it already!"

She continued, "There's also the omnipresent "RIGHT!" (said with verbal elongation "RI-I-I-GHT"!) and "YA THINK?", both equally sarcastic and irritating! Then there's the Yiddish expression "I SHOULD BE SO LUCKY!" which has the same sarcastic inversion as "I COULD CARE LESS!"

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

We used to say "Right Arm" when people would say "Right On"!