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no kidding

Idioms  
  1. Truly, seriously, as in No kidding, I really did lose my wallet. [Colloquial; first half of 1900s]


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"I arrived in the early morning and I played in the afternoon, no kidding."

From BBC Feb. 20, 2026

"Retrieving non-human-origin technical vehicles. Call it spacecraft, if you will. It's probably not the right parlance. But no kidding, non-human, exotic origin vehicles that have either landed or crashed," Grusch said.

From Salon Jun. 8, 2023

‘Well, yeah, no kidding, that’s what everybody’s doing.’

From Washington Post Dec. 13, 2022

“Let’s get this all the way across the finish line—not just small elements, not just a reactor on the ground, but, no kidding, let’s go build a spacecraft and put it in space,” he says.

From Scientific American Jan. 27, 2022

“Wow, Fernanda, sobrinha. You no kidding when you say this girl has talent!” the man says to Mrs. Walton in a thick Portuguese accent.

From "Like Vanessa" by Tami Charles

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