expression🎓 English idiom

you can say that again

I completely agree

What it means

An informal way of saying that you completely agree with what someone has just said. It is used to enthusiastically confirm a statement, not as a literal request to repeat it.

Examples

  • "This summer has been unbearably hot." "You can say that again!"
  • "That meeting was a complete waste of time." "You can say that again."
  • "Raising kids is exhausting work." "You can say that again, believe me."
  • "The traffic today was absolutely terrible." "You can say that again!"

Where it comes from

This conversational phrase developed in 20th-century American English as an emphatic way of expressing strong agreement.

Related idioms

#see eye to eye#on the same page#hit the nail on the head#all ears

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