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you know nothing, Jon Snow

you know nothing, Jon Snow

9.9
Say someone does not know about something, often as a joke
  • idiom
  • Offensive
translation icon : no sabes nada, Jon Nieve
  • When he guessed the plot twist incorrectly, his cousin jokingly told him, 'you know nothing, Jon Snow.'

Examples

  • Why do you even think that? You know nothing, Jon Snow!

  • Whenever Mark tries to explain advanced physics, his friends tease him by saying, 'you know nothing, Jon Snow.'

  • After failing to use the coffee machine, Linda laughed and said to herself, 'you know nothing, Jon Snow.'

  • It's clear that you know nothing, Jon Snow about the situation.

  • When he tried to solve the riddle but got it completely wrong, his friend laughed and said, 'you know nothing, Jon Snow.'

  • After missing the obvious signs, she exclaimed, 'you know nothing, Jon Snow!' to her brother in jest.

  • As he confidently explained the rules of the game but got them all wrong, she smirked and said, 'you know nothing, Jon Snow.'

Synonyms

to know nothing
vsyou know nothing, Jon Snow
279 3.6

To have no idea about something

is used more playfully and emphatically to tease someone about ignorance
to don't have a clue
vsyou know nothing, Jon Snow
80 6.4

To not know anything about a subject or situation

is more teasing and personal when emphasizing another's lack of knowledge

How Ignorant

you know nothing, Jon Snow
  • Offensive
9.9

Surface Forms

you know nothing, Jon Snow main

Morphology

you + know + nothing, + Jon + Snow

The core meaning 'you are ignorant' is directly and compositionally derived from 'you' + 'know' + 'nothing'; the proper name 'Jon Snow' functions only as a vocative and does not alter the literal semantics. Although this is a pop-culture catchphrase, the negation 'know nothing' is transparent and easily inferable by a B1 learner who knows the constituent words.

Etymology

The phrase you know nothing, Jon Snow comes from the TV show 'Game of Thrones', where a woman named Ygritte tells the character Jon Snow he 'doesn't know much' about the world. So people now use it to tease someone for being wrong or 'not knowing' something.