said the blind man
- idiom
- Offensive
:
dijo el ciego
- “I understand everything now,” he said, and his friend replied, “I see, said the blind man.”
Examples
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After hearing a far-fetched excuse, he rolled his eyes and muttered, “Right, said the blind man.”
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Whenever someone made a dubious claim, she would respond with, “Sure you do, said the blind man.”
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I see they finally fixed the roof, said the blind man.
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Oh, you think you're winning? said the blind man.
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After hearing an unbelievable story, he shook his head and said, “Sure, said the blind man.”
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Whenever she made an overly confident statement, he would respond sarcastically, “Right, said the blind man.”
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He exclaimed, “I see your point!” to which she replied, “Uh-huh, said the blind man.”
Synonyms
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9.9
To ask someone to repeat what they said because you do not believe it
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8.1
Shows that something is clear in a joking or sarcastic way
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9.8
A short phrase showing surprise and not believing what someone said
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7.4
Shows surprise or mild doubt about what someone just said
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9.9
A phrase people say to show strong surprise or that they do not believe what someone just said
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7.7
Said when you doubt what someone says, often ironically
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9.9
A short mocking word used online to show something is obvious
A strong spoken reaction showing surprise and disbelief
Antonyms
How Sarcastic
Surface Forms
Morphology
The individual words are transparent, but the expression functions as an ironic/sarcastic tag: it creates a pragmatic joke by juxtaposing 'blind' with statements that imply seeing. A B1 learner who knows the words might sometimes infer the intended sarcasm from context, but the conventionalized humorous/disbelieving use is not fully predictable from the parts alone.
Etymology
Said the blind man is a short joke response that plays on the picture of a blind person hearing someone say 'I see'. Because a blind person cannot 'see', the reply becomes ironic and is used to show you do not believe what was said.