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I would like to translate the following English sentence into Japanese:

`Do you expect me to start jumping up and down (for joy)?`

I approximately know how to translate parts of the sentence, but do not know
how to deliver the irony. I am aware that Japanese speakers often say "We do
not use irony, it is impolite", but aside of being impolite, I still want to
try delivering a tint of irony in the sentence.

So far I came up with two versions:

私が飛んだり跳ねたりし始める **方がいい** と思うか。

私が飛んだり跳ねたりし始める **はず** と思うか？

I know that past form of the verb is preferred before 方がいい, but I am
intentionally using the non-past form to deliver irony. I also use the plain
form of 思う to sound harsher/ironic.

Do my translations sound natural to any degree?
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particle-と rhetorical-questions
How to ask rhetorically or with irony: Do you think I should start doing this?
One common construction is -とでも？ or if you want to make it slightly more
explicit -とでも思ったか？

> 私が飛んだり跳ねたりし始めるとでも思ったか？

> 私が飛んだり跳ねたりし始めるとでも？

This will be understood with the unsaid "of course I won't".
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