"You 're telling me" - What kind of expression is this?
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May then I suggest the term colloquials.
of or relating to conversation : conversational.
used in or characteristic of familiar and informal conversation; also : unacceptably informal.
using conversational style.
Example: the new coworker's rudeness soon began—to use a colloquial expression—to rub me the wrong way.
- or if you may colloquial expressions CEs.
also: colloquialism, colloquy.