no shit

English

Pronunciation

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Interjection

no shit

1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see no,‎ shit.
2. (colloquial, vulgar) An exclamation of amazement or disbelief.
   • 1987 June 17, Stanley Kubrick, Michael Herr, Gustav Hasford, Full Metal Jacket, spoken by Gunnery Sergeant Hartman (R. Lee Ermey), distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures:

     Well, no shit. What have we got here? A fucking comedian. Private Joker.

3. (colloquial, vulgar, often sarcastic, somewhat derogatory) An ironic response to a statement of the obvious.
   • 1988, Die Hard, spoken by John McClane (Bruce Willis):

     LAPD Operator: Attention, whoever you are: this frequency is reserved for emergency calls only.
     John McClane: No fuckin' shit, lady! Do I sound like I'm orderin' a pizza?!

Synonyms

• (amazement): no kidding, no way
• (response to the obvious): really, oh really, you don't say

Derived terms

• no shit, Sherlock

Translations

vulgar: exclamation of amazement or disbelief

• Catalan: no fotis (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 不會吧／不会吧 (bù huì ba)

• Estonian: mida põrgut
• Finnish: ei helvetti, mitä helvettiä
• French: sans blague (fr), sans dec (fr)
• German: ohne Scheiß, kein Scheiß
• Polish: bez kitu (pl) (literally “no putty”), bez jaj (pl)
• Portuguese: nem fodendo (pt) (Brazil)
• Romanian: să mori tu (literally “may you die”)
• Russian: да ладно (ru) (da ladno)

vulgar: response to obvious statement

• Finnish: älä hitossa
• French: sans blague (fr), sans dec (fr)
• Italian: grazie al cazzo
• Portuguese: não fode (pt) (Brazil)
• Romanian: să mori tu
• Russian: да ладно (ru) (da ladno)

Anagrams

• Histon, Shinto, Shintō, hits on, shit on, tonish