likely story
Doubtful excuse, sarcastically
Likely story is a sarcastic expression used to dismiss something someone has said as implausible or untrue.
Despite the words themselves, the phrase conveys the opposite meaning—that the story is not likely at all.
You forgot your homework again? Likely story.
It functions as a standalone retort, suggesting the speaker doesn't believe the explanation offered.
- incredulousExpressing unwillingness to believe
- implausibleUnlikely to be true
- dubiousOf uncertain reliability
- hard to swallowDifficult to accept
- suspectBelieve to be likely
questionable · excuse · doubtful · snark · facetiousness · tale · tall tale · fable · disbelieving · not buying it · yarn · sarcasm · cynical · yeah, right · as if · oh sure · nice one · skeptical
- disbeliefdisbelief, no way, incredulity, unbelievable, yeah right
- skepticismdoubt, skeptic, doubts, debunker, doubtful
likely storyfair enough
Acknowledging reasonable logic
I understand · no doubt · of course · taking at face value · that explains it
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