yeah, right

See also: yeah right

English

(General American) IPA^(key): /jɛə̯ ɹaɪt/, /jæ ɹaɪt/, (disbelief) [jɛə̯˥˨ ɹaɪt˥˩], (affirmative) [jɛə̯˥˧ (.) ɹaɪt˥˧], (disbelief) [jæə̯˥˨ ɹaɪt˥˩], (affirmative) [jæə̯˥˧ (.) ɹaɪt˥˧]
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(idiomatic, emphatic, colloquial) A sarcastic expression of disbelief.
Your dog ate your homework? Yeah, right.
(colloquial, literally) Correct; affirmative; yes; yes, that is correct.
- 2007, Matthew B.J. Delaney, Jinn: A Novel:
  “You were watching the front.”
  “Oh yeah, right. So I'm watching the front, and I hear this commotion upstairs. So as I'm looking up, something catches my eye.”

sarcasm to express disbelief

Armenian: չէ, հա՞ (čʻē, ha^?)
Danish: sikkert (da), helt klart, ja klart nok
Dutch: tuurlijk (nl), vast (nl), ja hoor
Finnish: niin varmaan, niin vissiin, just (fi)
French: mon œil (fr), mais bien sûr (fr), tu parles (fr)
German: ja, klar
Hebrew: עָלֶק (álek)
Italian: se, lallero
Navajo: ęʼęh, isdaʼ
Norwegian:
Bokmål: særlig (no), veldig (no), sikkert (no), det skal du få meg til å tro (try to make me believe that)
Polish: tak jasne, ta jasne, no na bank, akurat (pl), akuratnie (pl) (colloquial)
Portuguese: sei (pt), claro (pt)
Russian: ага, коне́чно (aga, konéčno), ну да (nu da)
Scottish Gaelic: mas fhìor
Spanish: sí, cómo no, claro (es)
Swedish: jo tjena, sällan (sv), säkert (sv), visst (sv)

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