you wish

English

Pronunciation

Audio (General Australian): (file)

Phrase

(idiomatic, colloquial) Used to express the speaker's skepticism about a preceding statement concerning some desired or assumed state of affairs.
"When I grow up, I'm going to be a superhero!" / "Huh, you wish!"

"They can't bench me. I'm the best shooter on the team." / "You wish!"

Usage notes

See I wish.

Synonyms

Related terms

I wish

Translations

(idiomatic, colloquial) used to express the speaker's skepticism about a preceding statement concerning some desired or assumed state of affairs

Chinese:
Cantonese: 你想呀！ (nei⁵ soeng² aa³!)
Finnish: älä unta näe
Hungarian: csak szeretnéd (informal) … / szeretné (formal) (lit. “you’d only like that”; i.e. “that’s only something you’d like to have”)
Neapolitan: te piacesse!
Polish: chciałbyś! (singular, to a male listener), chciałabyś! f (singular, to a female listener), chcielibyście (plural, with at least one male listener), chciałybyście! (plural, with no male listener)
Portuguese: quem te dera
Romanian: ai vrea tu, s-o crezi tu
Russian: мечта́ть не вре́дно! (mečtátʹ ne vrédno!), размечта́лся! (ru) (razmečtálsja!) (to a male listener), размечта́лась! (ru) (razmečtálasʹ!) (to a female listener), размечта́лись! (ru) (razmečtálisʹ!) (to a group)
Tagalog: asa ka pa
Turkish: rüyanda görürsün

See also

from your lips to God's ears

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