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you ain't seen nothing yet

you ain't seen nothing yet phrase: there's more where that came from; what you have seen so far is only the beginning. Used to inform the listener that they should expect further surprises, and that the speaker has only just begun doing something.

Phrase

you ain't seen nothing yet

  1. (colloquial) There's more where that came from; what you have seen so far is only the beginning. Used to inform the listener that they should expect further surprises, and that the speaker has only just begun doing something.
    • Sam Montgomery (Hilary Duff): Rhonda, you sure do have a knack for taking something simple and making it beautiful. / Rhonda (Regina King): Well, you ain't seen nothin' yet.2004, Leigh Dunlap, 0:30:29 from the start, in A Cinderella Story
  2. (colloquial) You haven't seen everything yet
    • "Ain't it a great show?" said the man. " / "'Tain't so great as 'twas last year in the Garden," she answered. / "Yes, 'tis, too, greater," he contended; "it’s a heap higher. We’ve just come in on the main floor. Why, you ain’t seen nothing yet. This show is in stories—begins on the ground floor...1897 February 14, “At the Bicycle Show: A look about with the enthusiasts and the cynic”, in The Sun (New York City), page 27

Origin of you ain't seen nothing yet

From you ain't heard nothing yet, a phrase originally popularized by Al Jolson.

Questions about you ain't seen nothing yet

What does you ain't seen nothing yet mean?
You ain't seen nothing yet means there's more where that came from; what you have seen so far is only the beginning. Used to inform the listener that they should expect further surprises, and that the speaker has only just begun doing something.
What part of speech is you ain't seen nothing yet?
You ain't seen nothing yet is a phrase.

Words near you ain't seen nothing yet in the dictionary

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