be news to someone

Related to word: news

Idiom

Definition

  1. C2

    to be information previously unknown to someone.

    • "I heard the company is moving downtown." "Really? That's news to me."

    • "I thought you knew John was getting married." "No, that's news to me!"

    • "I heard they decided to cancel the project." "Is that so? That's news to me."