no prize for guessing

English

Alternative forms

• no prizes for guessing

Noun

no prize for guessing

1. (idiomatic) Used to form expressions emphasizing the unsurprising nature of what follows

   You get no prize for guessing what happened when the spider landed on her plate.

Usage notes

This phrase can be used as an interjection:

The top student was — no prizes for guessing — Sharon.

There seems to be significant use of this phrase that disregards the normal plural agreement of verb and noun:

There's no prizes for guessing why my mum wasn't happy with that.