| 单词 | you wish |
| 释义 | > as lemmasyou (or I) wish int. colloquial (originally U.S.). you (or I) wish: (as a response suggesting, esp. with resignation, irony, or sarcasm, that the stated prospect, however desirable, is highly unlikely: you (or I) might wish it, but in vain; some hope; not a chance. ΚΠ 1989 R. A. Spears NTC's Dict. Amer. Slang (1991) 103/1 Don't you wish! and You wish! exclam. ‘I'm sure you wish it were true.’.. There's no school tomorrow? You wish! 1991 Z. Edgell In Times like These xxix. 172 ‘But I will be by then,’ Eric said. ‘You wish,’ Lisa laughed. 1991 R. P. MacIntyre Yuletide Blues xvii. 124 ‘Vodka?’ Dad says. ‘I wish,’ says Daphne. ‘It's sugar water or something.’ 1995 Just Seventeen 5 Apr. 21 But Ellen thinks I'm going out with Tom. Like, I wish. 1998 M. Binchy in Irish Times (Electronic ed.) 17 Jan. Someone tells you you're looking great, you must have lost a stone and you answer ‘I wish’... Or else, you say..that you're going to de-clutter your house.., and someone says in a down-putting way ‘You wish’, meaning in your dreams you're going to do this. < as lemmas |
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