да ну?

• ДА НУ?<!> coll

[Interj; Invar; fixed WO]

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⇒ (used as an expression of surprise, incredulity etc in response to s.o.'s statement) is that in fact true?:

- you don't say!;

- is that so?;

- come <go> on!;

- really?;

- you've got to be kidding!;

- [when expressing utter disbelief] come off it!

     ♦ "Ты слышал? - говорит он мне. - Иванько отказался от своих притязаний". - "Да ну!" - "Абсолютно точно" (Войнович 3). "Did you hear?" he said to me. "Ivanko gave up his claim." "Come on!" "Absolutely" (3a).

     ♦ "Говори же!" - "Ничего особенного! Просто меня собираются пригласить в Михайловский театр". - "Да ну?" (Каверин 1). "Well, tell me!" "Oh, it's nothing special. Just that I'm being offered a job at the Mikhailovsky Theatre." "Go on!" (1a).

     ♦ "...Не знаешь, с какого бока к тебе и подойти". - "Да ну!" (Абрамов 1). "We're afraid to come near you nowadays." "Come off it!" (1a).