"you're telling me" meaning in English

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Phrase

Audio: En-au-you're telling me.ogg
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  1. (idiomatic, informal) Used to indicate that the speaker was in agreement with the preceding statement before it was made. Tags: idiomatic, informal Synonyms: I know Translations (used to indicate agreement before preceding statement): älä muuta virka (Finnish), veit sanat suustani (Finnish), à qui le dis-tu (French), à qui le dites-vous (French), εμένα μου λες (eména mou les) (Greek), a chi lo dici (Italian), nie musisz mi mówić (Polish), как будто я не знаю (kak budto ja ne znaju) (Russian), я и без тебя знаю (ja i bez tebja znaju) (Russian), ещё бы (ješčó by) (Russian), tha thu ag ràdh rium (Scottish Gaelic), det säger du (Swedish)
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          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "used to indicate agreement before preceding statement",
          "word": "älä muuta virka"
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          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "used to indicate agreement before preceding statement",
          "word": "veit sanat suustani"
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          "sense": "used to indicate agreement before preceding statement",
          "word": "à qui le dis-tu"
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          "sense": "used to indicate agreement before preceding statement",
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          "roman": "eména mou les",
          "sense": "used to indicate agreement before preceding statement",
          "word": "εμένα μου λες"
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          "code": "it",
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          "sense": "used to indicate agreement before preceding statement",
          "word": "a chi lo dici"
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          "sense": "used to indicate agreement before preceding statement",
          "word": "nie musisz mi mówić"
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          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "kak budto ja ne znaju",
          "sense": "used to indicate agreement before preceding statement",
          "word": "как будто я не знаю"
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          "roman": "ja i bez tebja znaju",
          "sense": "used to indicate agreement before preceding statement",
          "word": "я и без тебя знаю"
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          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "ješčó by",
          "sense": "used to indicate agreement before preceding statement",
          "word": "ещё бы"
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          "code": "gd",
          "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
          "sense": "used to indicate agreement before preceding statement",
          "word": "tha thu ag ràdh rium"
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          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "used to indicate agreement before preceding statement",
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      "sense": "used to indicate agreement before preceding statement",
      "word": "älä muuta virka"
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      "sense": "used to indicate agreement before preceding statement",
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      "sense": "used to indicate agreement before preceding statement",
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      "sense": "used to indicate agreement before preceding statement",
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      "sense": "used to indicate agreement before preceding statement",
      "word": "εμένα μου λες"
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      "sense": "used to indicate agreement before preceding statement",
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      "sense": "used to indicate agreement before preceding statement",
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      "roman": "kak budto ja ne znaju",
      "sense": "used to indicate agreement before preceding statement",
      "word": "как будто я не знаю"
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      "roman": "ja i bez tebja znaju",
      "sense": "used to indicate agreement before preceding statement",
      "word": "я и без тебя знаю"
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      "sense": "used to indicate agreement before preceding statement",
      "word": "ещё бы"
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      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "used to indicate agreement before preceding statement",
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      "code": "sv",
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