ask a silly/stupid question (and you'll get a silly/stupid answer)
ask a silly/stupid question (and you'll get a silly/stupid answer)
A response to an unsatisfying answer or to one that is a put-down. Eric Partridge believed this nineteenth-century retort evolved from the proverb ask me no questions, I’ll tell you no lies, but the two clichés are not identical.
See also: ask, get, question, silly, stupid
The Dictionary of Clichés by Christine Ammer
- cat got your tongue, has the
- more (to it) than meets the eye
- you (can) bet your (sweet) life)
- get into the swing of (things), to
- go(ing) to town
- letter perfect
- up to scratch, (to come/be)
- like a ton of bricks, (come down)
- level best, to do one's
- dressed to kill/to the nines