"water is wet" meaning in English

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Phrase

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  1. (sarcastic) A statement of the obvious. Tags: sarcastic Related terms: Captain Obvious, is the Pope Catholic Translations (Translations): 阿媽係女人 (Chinese Cantonese), apa e udă (Romanian), cha suaicheantas corra air cladach (Scottish Gaelic), el agua moja (Spanish)
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