go figure

EnglishEdit

EtymologyEdit

Calque of Yiddish גיי װייס‎ (gey veys).

PronunciationEdit

(General American) IPA^(key): /ɡoʊ ˈfɪɡjɚ/
Audio (AU) (file)

PhraseEdit

(idiomatic) Expresses perplexity, puzzlement, or surprise (as if telling somebody to try to make sense of the situation).
The car wouldn't start yesterday no matter what I did, but today it works just fine. Go figure.

Alternative formsEdit

go fig

TranslationsEdit

expression of perplexity or surprise

Finnish: ota siitä sitten selvää, ota siitä nyt selvää, otapa siitä sitten selvää, otapa siitä nyt selvää
French: va savoir pourquoi (fr), va savoir (fr)
Galician: vai ti saber, quen sabe
German: stell dir vor
Greek: τρέχα γύρευε (el) (trécha gýreve)
Hebrew: לך תדע‎ (lekh tedá)
Hungarian: ezt add össze, erre varrjál gombot, ezt kapd ki
Italian: vai a capire
Norwegian: skulle du ha sett, rare greier m pl, det hadde jeg ikke trodd, forklar
Polish: i bądź tu mądry
Portuguese: vai entender
Russian: пойди́ разбери́ (pojdí razberí), пойди́ зна́й (pojdí znáj)

See alsoEdit

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