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you wish

you wish phrase: used to express the speaker's skepticism about a preceding statement concerning some desired or assumed state of affairs.

Phrase

you wish

  1. (colloquial, derogatory, idiomatic, often, sarcastic) Used to express the speaker's skepticism about a preceding statement concerning some desired or assumed state of affairs.
    • "When I grow up, I'm going to be a superhero!" / "Huh, you wish!"
    • "They can't bench me. I'm the best shooter on the team." / "You wish!"

you wish meaning in Tamil and Tagalog

you wish in Tamil

(idiomatic, colloquial) used to express the speaker's skepticism about a preceding statement concerning some desired or assumed state of affairs
ஆச தோச அப்பளம் வட āca tōca appaḷam vaṭa

you wish in Tagalog

(idiomatic, colloquial) used to express the speaker's skepticism about a preceding statement concerning some desired or assumed state of affairs
asa ka pa

Synonyms of you wish

Questions about you wish

What does you wish mean?
You wish means used to express the speaker's skepticism about a preceding statement concerning some desired or assumed state of affairs.
What is you wish in Tamil?
You wish in Tamil is ஆச தோச அப்பளம் வட (āca tōca appaḷam vaṭa). See You wish meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is you wish?
You wish is a phrase.

Words near you wish in the dictionary

  1. you were saying
  2. you what
  3. you will own nothing and be happy
  4. you win
  5. you win some, you lose some
  6. you wish
  7. you wish, jellyfish
  8. you would think
  9. you&
  10. you'd
  11. you'd better believe it

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