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Queen Anne's dead
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English
Alternative forms
en Queen Anne is dead
Etymology
In reference to Anne, Queen of Great Britain, who died in 1714.
Phrase
phr Anne, Queen of Great Britain Queen Anne's dead
en colloquial idiomatic That is yesterday's news; everybody knows that already.
en no shit no shit, Sherlock vulgar vulgar
Translations
phrase for old news everyone already heard of
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 大清亡了
French: fr redécouvrir l'Amérique
Italian: it scoprire l'America
Polish: pl odkryć Amerykę
Russian: ru открыва́ть Аме́рику imperfective, ru откры́ть Аме́рику perfective
Ukrainian: uk відкри́ти Аме́рику to discover America
See also
en master of the obvious Captain Obvious
en eponyms