You've Got To Be Kidding! Idiom American Expressions and American Idioms - What does You've Got To Be Kidding! Idiom mean?

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You've got to be kidding! What does You've got to be kidding! mean?	: You can't be serious! (What you said can't be true. What you said is very surprising/hard to believe.) "	A: "Did you know that Bob quit his job?"B: "You've got to be kidding!"
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dry out What does "dry out" mean?	to lose moisture gradually	The beach towel dried out quickly.

pitch-black What does "pitch-black" mean?	to be very black	It was pitch-black when we left the restaurant to return home.
put (someone) to bed What does "put (someone) to bed" mean?	to help/make someone (often a child) go to bed	We put our child to bed early last night.
as soft as down What does "as soft as down" mean?	very soft to the touch (down is the soft and fine feathers from a goose or duck)	The fur on the little dog is as soft as down.
bowl (someone) over or bowl over (someone) What does "bowl (someone) over or bowl over (someone)" mean?	to surprise or overwhelm someone	The salesman bowled me over with his sales talk.
possessed by (something) What does "possessed by (something)" mean?	to be under the control of something, to be obsessed with something	The woman seemed to be possessed by her desire to be the best actress on the movie set.
bleep (something) out What does "bleep (something) out" mean?	to replace a word in a radio or television broadcast with a musical tone (often used to bleep out a bad word)	The remarks of the coach were bleeped out during the television interview.

flea market What does "flea market" mean?	a place where antiques or secondhand goods are sold	We went to a flea market last Saturday to try and buy some dishes.
dead letter What does "dead letter" mean?	a piece of mail that cannot be delivered or returned to the sender	The letter with no return address went back to the post office as a dead letter.
a fine how-do-you-do What does "a fine how-do-you-do" mean?	a predicament	We were in a fine how-do-you-do when the car stopped working.
run (someone) in What does "run (someone) in" mean?	to take someone to jail, to arrest someone	The police ran the man in for questioning about the robbery.

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You've Got To Be Kidding! Idiom