you mean to tell me

Meaning

1. Editorial100% of films

   A rhetorical question showing disbelief, surprise, or challenge at what was just said or implied: are you seriously claiming that?

   You mean to tell me they never looked for Ancient artifacts?

In the movies · 16

• You mean to tell me they paid you good money for that?The Ghost and Mrs. Muir1947
• Do you mean to tell me you don't care for her at all?Persuasion2007
• You mean to tell me that this entire wedding was a setupSonic the Hedgehog 22022
• You mean to tell me they never looked for Ancient artifacts?Stargate: The Ark of Truth2008
• You mean to tell me that if I put you in at Union Carbide at 7The Wolf of Wall Street2013
• And the white guy goes, "You mean to tell me...The Boondock Saints1999
• Smalls, you mean to tell me that you went home and swiped a ball...The Sandlot1993
• You mean to tell me, all that stuffabout your aunt...The Secret Life of Bees2008

Learn it in full scenes

• The Ghost and Mrs. Muir1947
  • Lucy Leaves Her In-Laws' House
  • Lucy Insists on Gull Cottage
  • Lucy Rents the Haunted House
• Persuasion2007
  • Sir Walter Snubs the Navy
  • She Was Persuaded Eight Years Ago
  • Wentworth on Firmness of Character
• The Wolf of Wall Street2013
  • Jordan Belfort Introduces Himself
  • Jordan's First Lunch with Mark Hanna
  • Black Monday Crushes Jordan's Career

More expressions

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• do a favor
• give a hand