English Explanatory Dictionary

Queen Anne's dead

English dictionary entry

Meanings

phrase
  1. That is yesterday's news; everybody knows that already.

Word forms

Queen Anne's dead Queen Anne is dead

Etymology

In reference to Anne, Queen of Great Britain, who died in 1714.

Synonyms

no shit no shit, Sherlock

Related words

Captain Obvious master of the obvious
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