"what can I say" meaning in English

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Phrase

Audio: En-au-what can I say.ogg [Australia]
Head templates: {{head|en|phrase|head=what can I say?}} what can I say?
  1. (idiomatic) Indicating that nothing that could be said would add to or improve the situation. Tags: idiomatic Categories (topical): English rhetorical questions Translations (indicating that there is nothing to be said which would improve matters): شو بدي أحكيلك لأحكيلك؟ (šū baddī ʔaḥkīlak laʔaḥkīlak?) [North-Levantine-Arabic] (Arabic), إيش بدي أحكيلك لأحكيلك؟ (ʔēš baddī ʔaḥkīlak laʔaḥkīlak?) [South-Levantine-Arabic] (Arabic), mitä tähän voi sanoa? (Finnish), mitä tuohon voi sanoa? (Finnish), que veux-tu (French), que voulez-vous (French), co tu dużo mówić (Polish), vad kan jag säga? (Swedish)

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