Obvious
Unsubtle
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It's somewhat implied that he already knows, especially after Sherlock figures it out as well in the most obvious and unsubtle fashion ever.
Source: Series / Sherlock - From DC Comics: Qurac, the Trope Namer for its particular type, home of Cheshire, and a rather unsubtle Fictional Counterpart to Iraq (pre-Iraq War, obviously), right down to its leader, President Marlo, who is an obvious expy of Saddam Hussein.
Source: Fictional Country - Orwell's message, like "Slavery is bad" from Harriet Bleecher-Stowe or "Hitler is bad" from Chaplin's "Great Dictator", seems obvious today and saying so in an unsubtle way may seem somewhat silly.
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