the hell you say

the hell you say

An expression of intense disagreement, dismissal, or incredulity. A: "I am the manager of this branch—what I say goes!" B: "The hell you say! If it weren't for me, this branch would have closed months ago!" A: "We just hired a guy called Tom McFadden. He's supposed to be one of the top financial advisors from Detroit." B: "The hell you say! I knew McFadden when we were kids. He's just a con man—he's never even been to Detroit!"
See also: hell, say
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

The hell you say!

Nonsense!; I don't believe it! A: I won the lottery! B: The hell you say!
See also: hell
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
See also:
  • The hell you say!
  • (I) can't say that I do
  • can't say that I do
  • go further
  • one's say
  • (one's) say
  • before you can say "knife"
  • before you can say knife
  • I'd say
  • speak from the/(one's) heart
References in periodicals archive
One of my colleagues on the Board of Regents, who voted against removing quotas from admission, Roy Brophy, wrote an op-ed piece that said, "If CCRI does not qualify for the ballot, I'm going to offer a motion to rescind [the ban on race-based preferences] because that will clearly confirm that the regents were out of step with the voters." And I thought, "The hell you say."
"Racial preferences are dead." (University of California Regent Ward Connerly)(Interview)