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Saturday, July 28, 2018

TELL ME ABOUT IT!


In response to the article CARELESS,  Mona Lisa called and said, "How about other sarcastic inverse expressions?" I asked which ones and she said, "Such as '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!"

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