English Words: Y

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You.

An expression used when someone had only one simple job to do but still failed it.

Used to indicate to the interlocutor that the situation being talked about could only be properly understood if that person had been present.

you happy jiu OKphrase

Used to show snide disagreement.

you have beautiful eyesphrase

Used by the speaker to compliment the interlocutor's eyes.

you haven't livedphrase

Used to indicate that someone is missing out on something very important or exciting.

you hear meintj

Used to emphasize a command or an opinionated statement.

you just had tophrase

Used to scold someone.

you kiss your mother with that mouthphrase

Used to indicate that the other person's speech has become too obscene or vulgar.

you knowintj

Expression signifying a pause or hesitation.

you know itintj

Indicates agreement, approval, encouragement.

you know nothing, Jon Snowintj

Used to imply that someone lacks experience, knowledge, or understanding, especially as a rebuttal of a previous statement.

you know somethingphrase

Synonym of you know what (“used, often as a question, to get someone's attention before announcing something”).

you know whatphrase

Used, often as a question, to get someone's attention before announcing something.

you know what I meanphrase

You are familiar with the situation I am describing; used to establish common ground with the interlocutor

you know what they sayphrase

Used to introduce, or alluding to, an apt adage.

you knows itintj

Indicates agreement, approval, encouragement.

you lotpron

You (plural).

you manpron

You (plural).

you miss 100% of the shots you don't takeproverb

To make no attempt to do something guarantees failure, so you should always try.

you must be fun at partiesphrase

A sarcastic retort to somebody who has said something perceived as boring or pedantic.

you must be new herephrase

Used to express (often sarcastically) that someone has in some way displayed their ignorance, unfamiliarity, or incompetence.

you name itpron

All kinds of things; expresses that further examples are unnecessary, often after a short list of items.

you never knowphrase

Used to speculate about a possibility; especially, a slight one.

you only go around onceproverb

A person has only one lifetime, and should therefore take every opportunity to enjoy a wide variety of experiences in order to maximize their achievements and satisfaction.

you pays your money and you takes your chancesproverb

There is no guarantee that you will get the result you want.

you pays your money and you takes your choiceproverb

Each person can make his or her own decisions.

you peoplenoun

Any outsiders of a clique.

you problemnoun

an issue for which the responsibility is claimed to lie with another person

you rangintj

Asks what the summoner desires.

you said itphrase

Used to express complete agreement with a previous statement by the interlocutor.

you scratch my back and I'll scratch yoursproverb

If you do me a favor then I will do you a favor; quid pro quo.

you seeintj

Used to indicate that the speaker hopes the listener understands what is being said.

you shouldn't havephrase

Used to express gratitude at unnecessary generosity, especially when receiving a gift.

you thinkphrase

A sarcastic, rhetorical response to an obvious statement.

you think whatphrase

What do you think this is?; do you think this is some kind of […] ?; said in response to an impractical or naïve suggestion.

you understoodnoun

The unstated subject of a command sentence, where it is assumed the subject is the person to whom the command is directed.

you want a piece of meintj

A battle cry.

you were sayingphrase

Prompts the interlocutor to resume what they had been saying prior to an interruption.

you winphrase

Used to express resignation, or concede defeat even though one is not convinced of the opposing arguments.

you wishphrase

Used to express the speaker's skepticism about a preceding statement concerning some desired or assumed state of affairs.

you wish, jellyfishphrase

Synonym of you wish.

you would thinkphrase

An expression denoting surprise or lack of understanding due to reality being very different from what is the norm or expected.

you'dcontraction

You had.

you'd better believe itphrase

Used to emphasise a previous comment

you'd'vecontraction

you would have

you'inspron

Alternative form of you-uns.

you'llcontraction

you will

you'll livephrase

Used to comfort or reassure someone after an injury or in response to a complaint, often in a playful or sarcastic tone: you will be fine.

you'll'vecontraction

You will have.

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