WhatDoesThisMean :-S?

[Abbii-x]

Does anyone know what is meant by the phrase 'no sh*t sherlock'..ive heard it many of times & always wondered what it means!

[x3ecx]

hey, people say it when someone says something really stupid. it implies the person is not very bright as sherlock was ' very clever' as a detective so it is a sarcastic comment to the person who said somethin silly. sorry im terrible at explainin things! hope it helps anywho!
Bec x

[rja211077]

Not quite. It is said when someone says something that's obvious. Self-evident. A truism.

Sherlock (Holmes) would use his powers of deduction to dig well below the surface to come to his conclusions.

Obviously the statement is a sarcastic reference to the fact that the person making the self-evident statement has not had to put in quite so much effort or intellect.

[joko]

i'd agree with rja - like saying oranges are orange as though this is a revelation - its obvious and takes no brain power to know this

the 'no sh*t' bit, is like mock shock, "you don't say! "

it is indeed sarcastic