"what do you know" meaning in English

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Phrase

Audio: En-au-what do you know.ogg
Head templates: {{head|en|phrase}} what do you know
  1. (colloquial, set phrase, rhetorical question, often sarcastic) What a surprise; guess what. Tags: colloquial, often, rhetoric, sarcastic Categories (topical): English rhetorical questions Translations (what a surprise): etskae (Estonian), kappas kummaa (Finnish), mikä yllätys (Finnish), devine quoi (French), a que non sabes? (Galician), sabes que? (Galician), ჰოი საოცრებავ (hoi saocrebav) (Georgian), Wer hätte das gedacht? (German), no proszę! (Polish), olha só (Portuguese), ce să vezi (Romanian), ну надо же (nu nado že) (Russian), ser man på (Swedish), ai dè (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-what_do_you_know-en-phrase-4yOcZzzm Categories (other): Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with Galician translations, Terms with Romanian translations, Terms with Swedish translations Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 45 55 Disambiguation of Terms with Galician translations: 45 55 Disambiguation of Terms with Romanian translations: 45 55 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 45 55 Disambiguation of 'what a surprise': 95 5
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see what, do, you, know; especially, synonym of you don't know what you're talking about.
    Sense id: en-what_do_you_know-en-phrase-sWj2JiNs Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Estonian translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Galician translations, Terms with Georgian translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Romanian translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Vietnamese translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 26 74 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 22 78 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 12 88 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 11 89 Disambiguation of Terms with Estonian translations: 43 57 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 45 55 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 25 75 Disambiguation of Terms with Galician translations: 45 55 Disambiguation of Terms with Georgian translations: 44 56 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 23 77 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 45 55 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 42 58 Disambiguation of Terms with Romanian translations: 45 55 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 22 78 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 45 55 Disambiguation of Terms with Vietnamese translations: 43 57
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: who knows, you never know
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