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English [ edit ] Pronunciation [ edit ] you wish
( 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 [ edit ] Synonyms [ edit ] Related terms [ edit ] Translations [ edit ] (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 )
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
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