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ask a silly/stupid question (and you'll get a silly/stupid answer)

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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.

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