寝ね言ごとは寝ねて言いえ

expression

don't talk nonsense; stop talking rubbish

A humorous, idiomatic retort meaning 'That's nonsense; you're talking in your sleep.' Literally: 'Say your sleep talk after you go to sleep.' Used to dismiss absurd or unrealistic statements.

• 「宝たからくじが当あたったら仕し事ごとを辞やめるよ」「寝ね言ごとは寝ねて言いえ」

  "If I win the lottery, I'll quit my job." "Don't talk nonsense."

• そんな無む理りな計けい画かく、寝ね言ごとは寝ねて言いえだよ。

  That impossible plan is just nonsense.