"no kidding" meaning in English

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Interjection

Head templates: {{en-interj}} no kidding
  1. (colloquial) An exclamation of amazement. Tags: colloquial Synonyms (amazement): really, no shit, never, no, no way, wow, is that so Translations (exclamation of amazement): 講真?! (Chinese Cantonese), 讲真?! (gong² zan¹?!) (Chinese Cantonese), 當真?! (Chinese Mandarin), 当真?! (dàngzhēn?!) (Chinese Mandarin), 不會吧 (Chinese Mandarin), 不会吧 (bùhuìba) (Chinese Mandarin), ihanko totta (Finnish), ei kai (Finnish), sans blague (French), sans dec (French), la vache [colloquial] (French), kein Quatsch (German), im Ernst [colloquial] (German), echt (German), sul serio (Italian), seriamente (Italian), scherzi a parte (Italian), ma dai (Italian), non dirmi (Italian), não brinca (Portuguese), неуже́ли? (neužéli?) (Russian), ¿en serio? (Spanish), se där (Swedish), jaha (Swedish), jaså (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-no_kidding-en-intj-TTt1yugM Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 56 44 Disambiguation of 'amazement': 99 1 Disambiguation of 'exclamation of amazement': 100 0
  2. (colloquial, sarcastic) Said in response to an obvious statement. Tags: colloquial, sarcastic Synonyms (response to the obvious): duh, really, no shit, oh really, no really, you don't say, seriously Translations (response to obvious statement): no és broma (Catalan), 可不是嘛 (kě bùshì ma) (Chinese Mandarin), ihanko totta (Finnish), ei kai (Finnish), sans blague (French), sans dec [colloquial] (French), ach was (German), was du nicht sagst (German), eh si (Italian), eh già (Italian), proprio così (Italian), não digas-me (Portuguese), não me digas (Portuguese), não diga-me (Portuguese), não me diga (Portuguese), sem brincadeira (Portuguese), ¡No me digas! (Spanish), de verdad (Spanish), en serio (Spanish), no es broma (Spanish), no me digas (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-no_kidding-en-intj-gqqfkRls Disambiguation of 'response to the obvious': 2 98 Disambiguation of 'response to obvious statement': 1 99

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    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "response to obvious statement",
      "word": "no me digas"
    }
  ],
  "word": "no kidding"
}

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