āĻ āĻ¨ā§āĻ¸āĻ¨ā§āĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻ āĻāĻŋāĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻāĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
no kidding
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no kidding
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āĻŽāĻāĻž āĻāĻ°āĻāĻŋ āĻ¨āĻž, āĻ¸āĻ¤ā§āĻ¯āĻŋ
used to highlight the sincerity or truthfulness of a statement
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
No kidding, the meeting got rescheduled to this afternoon.
āĻŽāĻāĻž āĻāĻ°āĻāĻŋ āĻ¨āĻž, āĻ¸āĻāĻžāĻāĻŋ āĻāĻ āĻŦāĻŋāĻā§āĻ˛ā§ āĻĒā§āĻ¨āĻ°āĻžāĻ¯āĻŧ āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻ§āĻžāĻ°āĻŋāĻ¤ āĻšāĻ¯āĻŧā§āĻā§āĨ¤
02
āĻŽāĻāĻž āĻāĻ°āĻā§ āĻ¨āĻž?, āĻ¸āĻ¤ā§āĻ¯āĻŋ?
used to convey genuine surprise or interest in response to something someone has just said
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
No kidding? Tell me more about it!
āĻŽāĻāĻž āĻāĻ°āĻā§ āĻ¨āĻž? āĻāĻŽāĻžāĻā§ āĻ āĻ¸āĻŽā§āĻĒāĻ°ā§āĻā§ āĻāĻ°āĻ āĻŦāĻ˛ā§āĻ¨!
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āĻŽāĻāĻž āĻ¨āĻž, āĻ¸āĻ¤ā§āĻ¯āĻŋāĻ
used sarcastically when someone states something very obvious
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
She spilled coffee on her white shirt and exclaimed, ' This might stain! ' No kidding!
āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻ¤āĻžāĻ° āĻ¸āĻžāĻĻāĻž āĻļāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻā§ āĻāĻĢāĻŋ āĻĢā§āĻ˛āĻ˛ā§āĻ¨ āĻāĻŦāĻ āĻāĻŋā§āĻāĻžāĻ° āĻāĻ°ā§ āĻŦāĻ˛āĻ˛ā§āĻ¨, 'āĻāĻāĻŋ āĻĻāĻžāĻ āĻĢā§āĻ˛āĻ¤ā§ āĻĒāĻžāĻ°ā§!' āĻŽāĻāĻž āĻ¨āĻ¯āĻŧ!
āĻ¨āĻŋāĻāĻāĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻ¤ā§ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ
