don't ask

idiom

informal

—used to say that something is too strange, embarrassing, or complicated to explain

"She married and divorced a man in the same day? How is that possible?" "Don't ask."

Examples of don't ask in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

There's so much pressure to do everything perfectly, but millennials grew up in a very different age and turned out pretty great (just don't ask Gen Z). —Alyce Collins, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Aug. 2025

For example, don't ask your host to pick you up from the airport or borrow their car to go sightseeing. —Andee Tagle, NPR, 9 Aug. 2025

But live and learn — don't ask her for another favor ever, ever again. —Toria Sheffield, People.com, 29 June 2025

Kevin Bacon asks wedding DJs not to play 'Footloose' song so guests don't ask him to dance The idea for the project came to Weithorn via several real-life experiences. —Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 3 June 2025

The entrepreneurs winning at this don't ask AI to create their core message. —Jodie Cook, Forbes.com, 7 Apr. 2025

Delivery robots, which don't ask for tips, will make deliveries cheaper, increasing demand among consumers and leading to more human and robotic delivery jobs, Kashani says. —Martin Vassolo, Axios, 4 Mar. 2025