VOCABULARY - IDIOMS

Captain Obvious

Meaning:

conversation to draw attention to a self-evident fact.

Examples:

  • Thank you, Captain Obvious. Of course, it's a map.
  • Yes, I know, this might be Captain Obvious.
  • Oh, you should change your name to Captain Obvious.
  • That's what I'm doing, Captain Obvious.
  • Thanks for the intel, Captain Obvious.
  • Well, thank you, Captain Obvious.
  • Look, I don't want to be Captain Obvious here, but it seems like the only stuff that got banished to the storage locker was yours.
  • Thank you, captain obvious. Of course, it's a map.
  • I hate to be Captain obvious, but this has to be the work of the same guy.
  • Let me play captain obvious and say that keeping stolen money here is grounds for all our arrests.