"that's what she said" meaning in All languages combined

See that's what she said on Wiktionary

Phrase [English]

Audio: en-us-that's what she said-male.ogg , en-us-that's what she said.ogg , En-au-that's what she said.ogg
Etymology: First attested in the early 20th century. "She" refers to the speaker's imagined sexual partner. Etymology templates: {{etydate/the|early 20th century}} the early 20th century, {{etydate|early 20th century}} First attested in the early 20th century Head templates: {{head|en|phrase}} that's what she said
  1. (US, humorous, idiomatic) A joking retort that draws attention to the possibility of sexual innuendo in what was just said. Tags: US, humorous, idiomatic Related terms: innuendo, as the actress said to the bishop, nudge nudge wink wink, I hardly know her, I've never heard it called that before, get one's mind out of the gutter Translations (retort): هٰذَا مَا قَالَتْهُ (hāḏā mā qālathu) (Arabic), هٰذِهِ مَا قَالَتْهَا (hāḏihi mā qālathā) (Arabic), det sagde hun også i går (Danish), dat zei mijn vrouw vannacht ook (Dutch), ...sano entinen likka! (note: as if continuing previous sentence) (Finnish), sa brura (Norwegian Bokmål), eso fue lo que ella dijo (Spanish), ...sade flickan. (Swedish)

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