Idioms

the hell you say

the hell you say

An expression of intense disagreement, dismissal, or incredulity. A: "I am the manager of this branch—what I say goes!" B: "The hell you say! If it weren't for me, this branch would have closed months ago!" A: "We just hired a guy called Tom McFadden. He's supposed to be one of the top financial advisors from Detroit." B: "The hell you say! I knew McFadden when we were kids. He's just a con man—he's never even been to Detroit!"

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The hell you say!

Nonsense!; I don't believe it! A: I won the lottery! B: The hell you say!

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One of my colleagues on the Board of Regents, who voted against removing quotas from admission, Roy Brophy, wrote an op-ed piece that said, "If CCRI does not qualify for the ballot, I'm going to offer a motion to rescind [the ban on race-based preferences] because that will clearly confirm that the regents were out of step with the voters." And I thought, "The hell you say."

"Racial preferences are dead." (University of California Regent Ward Connerly)(Interview)

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