English Dictionary

newsflash

間投詞

口語

(colloquial) Introduces an obvious fact of which the person addressed is ostensibly not aware.

日本語の意味

（口語）誰もが知っているはずの明白な事実を、あたかも相手が知らないかのように紹介する表現 / （皮肉を含む）当然の事実をわざと強調して伝える際に用いられる間投詞的な表現

newsflash, the meeting starts at nine, so being late won't make it start later.

今さら言うまでもないけれど、会議は9時に始まるので、遅刻しても開始時間は変わりません。

意味（1）

(colloquial) Introduces an obvious fact of which the person addressed is ostensibly not aware.

In the 1980s we thought that fat was the root of all evil, but now people are saying that insulin is what is making us fat or that we should eat paleo, like our prehistoric friends (um, newsflash: most people in the Paleolithic era died from starvation).