All related terms of 'you what'

You say ' Tell you what ' to introduce a suggestion or offer .

You say what have you at the end of a list in order to refer generally to other things of the same kind.

whatever you like

a thing or person that the speaker cannot or does not want to specify

People sometimes say ' What do you know ! ' when they are very surprised about something.

If you say to someone ' what do you want ? ', you are asking them in a rather rude or angry way why they have come to the place where you are or why they want to speak to you.

If you ask what possessed someone to do something, you are emphasizing your great surprise that they have done something which you consider foolish or dangerous .

said to mean that everything that happens is a result of things which you have done in the past

a person or thing the name of which is unknown , temporarily forgotten , or deliberately overlooked

to behave in the way that you encourage other people to behave

If you ask what someone is playing at , you are angry because you think they are doing something stupid or wrong .

You can say ' What can you expect ? ' or ' What do you expect? ' to emphasize that there is nothing surprising about a situation or a person's behaviour, especially if you find this disappointing .

You can ask someone what they did with something as another way of asking them where they put it.

You can use expressions such as you know what I mean and if you know what I mean to suggest that the person listening to you understands what you are trying to say , and so you do not have to explain any more.

You say guess what or do you know what to introduce a piece of information which is surprising , which is not generally known , or which you want to emphasize .

If you say that someone practises what they preach , you mean that they behave in the way that they encourage other people to behave in.

If you say to someone ' What are you waiting for? ' you are telling them to hurry up and do something.

You use I'll tell you what or I tell you what to introduce a suggestion or a new topic of conversation .

You use ' Say what you like about someone or something' when you are about to mention one good thing about a person or thing that many people do not like.

an object or person whose name one does not know or cannot recall

If you say that someone has it coming to them, you mean that they deserve everything bad that is going to happen to them, because they have done something wrong or are a bad person. If you say that someone got what was coming to them, you mean that they deserved the punishment or bad experience that they have had.