"well spotted" meaning in English

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Interjection

Forms: well spotted ! [canonical]
Head templates: {{en-interj|head=well spotted!}} well spotted!
  1. Used to express appreciation for someone calling attention to something that was going to be missed. Synonyms: good catch
    Sense id: en-well_spotted-en-intj-CCGdnELy Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Polish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 81 19 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 80 20 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 81 19 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 90 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 80 20 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 77 23 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 83 17 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 78 22
  2. (vulgar, colloquial, sarcastic, somewhat derogatory) A riposte used in the UK to someone who has just said something obvious. Tags: colloquial, derogatory, sarcastic, vulgar Synonyms: no shit, Sherlock
    Sense id: en-well_spotted-en-intj-skbv6Vbe
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: well done, well said Translations (well spotted): 觀察得很敏銳 (Chinese Mandarin), 观察得很敏锐 (guānchá de hěn mǐnruì) (Chinese Mandarin), hyvä huomio (Finnish), bien vu (French), dobra uwaga [feminine] (Polish)
Disambiguation of 'well spotted': 0 0
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      "sense": "well spotted",
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      "sense": "well spotted",
      "word": "觀察得很敏銳"
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