Captain Obvious



Like this video? Subscribe to our free daily email and get a new idiom video every day!

Captain Obvious

A person who makes a statement or statements of such obvious meaning or implication as to be entirely redundant, superfluous, or unnecessary. Pauline: "The President has said that lower-class families are bearing the brunt of the recession worse than anyone else." Johnny: "Thank you, Captain Obvious!" A: "Your photos are out of focus because you didn't adjust the lens properly." B: "Wow, Captain Obvious strikes again!"
See also: captain, obvious

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Dragana-Serbian, Croatian, Macedonian
Greenwood['gri:nwud]
Nan[næn]
RobinRAH-bin (English)English, Dutch, Swedish
Gurutz-Basque
Christianekris-tee-AH-nə (German), krees-TYAHN (French)German, French