what else is new

English

Pronunciation

• Audio (AU)

  (file)

Phrase

what else is new?

1. (rhetorical question) A rhetorical request for some real news, on hearing a report that was not news because it represents a continuing predictable and unsatisfactory situation.

   Synonym: what's new

   My mum is still giving me grief for not getting a job. ― What else is new?

Further reading

• “what else is new”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.

Anagrams

• swanee whistle