don't look now
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[edit]Phrase
[edit]- Used to alert the listener of danger, so that one may flee while the attacker thinks they are still unseen.
- (sarcastic) Used to point out something the speaker feels is obvious.
- Oh, yeah? Well, don't look now, but we're on the grass!
- 1986, Tom Armstrong, Marvin (comic):
- Dad: You shouldn't be afraid of the ocean, Marvin. Just think of it as a giant bathtub.
Marvin: Well, don't look now, but my rubber ducky just grew a fin.