Definition von you's im Englisch Englisch wörterbuch
- Contraction of you is
AAVE, also youse) You's a damn fool!.
- you'se
- Eye dialect spelling of you is; Second-person singular present indicative of to be; Second-person plural present indicative of to be
- you
- The group of persons spoken, or written to, as an object
You are all supposed to do as I tell you.
- you
- Anyone, one; an unspecified individual or group of individuals
You have to be at least 36 inches high to go on this ride.
- you
- The individual or group spoken or written to
Have you gentlemen come to see the lady who fell backwards off a bus?.
- you
- The person spoken to or written to, as an object
You must do as I tell you.
- you
- The person spoken to or written to, as a subject
You must do as I tell you.
- you
- The group of persons spoken to or written to, as a subject
You are all supposed to do as I tell you.
- you
- Used before epithets for emphasis
You idiot!.
- you all
- Plural form of you or singular formal form of you
You all are driving that truck?.
- you all
- Alternative form of all of you. Plural form of you, including everyone being addressed
I'm glad you all came here today.
- you and what army
- Alternative form of you and whose army
- you and whose army
- You can't do all that on your own
I'm going to stop you from going out with that girl! - Yeah? You and whose army?.
- you are welcome
- you're welcome
- you are what you eat
- If you eat well, you will be well; but if you eat badly you will feel bad
- you bet
- Expresses support, agreement, certainty or emphasis
You bet they'll re-run such a successful show next season.
- you bet
- Certainly; you're welcome; a reply to thank you or to a request
Could you give me a hand?/You bet!.
- you can lead a horse to water but you can't make him drink
- You can show someone how to do something, but you can't make them do it
- you can say that again
- That is very true
- you can talk
- used when someone receives criticism for something by someone else who is guilty of the same thing
- you can't always get what you want
- It is not always possible to get what is wanted
- you can't fight city hall
- Nothing can be done to change the situation, because it is a governmental decision
I see they're going to build the airport after all. I suppose you can't fight city hall.
- you can't get a quart into a pint pot
- Expression said to indicate that what is being discussed is not possible
They've asked me to get to New York by five o'clock, but you can't get a quart into a pint pot!.
- you can't judge a book by its cover
- It is not possible to make reliable judgments about things or people by considering external appearances alone
- you can't make a silk purse of a sow's ear
- It is not possible to produce something refined, admirable, or valuable from something which is unrefined, unpleasant, or of little or no value
- you can't make an omelette without breaking eggs
- In order to achieve something, it is inevitable and necessary that something should be destroyed
- you can't polish a turd
- Something inherently bad cannot be improved
- you can't run with the hare and hunt with the hounds
- You can't have it both ways
- you can't say fairer than that
- That is good, reasonable, or fair; one cannot hope for a better decision or outcome
- you can't teach an old dog new tricks
- It is almost impossible to change people's habits or traits or mindset
- you can't tell a book by its cover
- Alternative form of you can't judge a book by its cover
- you don't dip your pen in company ink
- One should avoid romantic relationships in the workplace
It wasn't money that attracted his current wife, Madeleine Deininger, who started working for Ravenswood in 1985. . . . We had the policy that you don't dip your pen in company ink. We stayed good friends for a long time, Peterson says.
- you don't dip your pen in the company inkwell
- Alternative form of you don't dip your pen in company ink
- you don't dip your pen in the company's ink
- Alternative form of you don't dip your pen in company ink
- you don't dip your pen in the inkwell
- Alternative form of you don't dip your pen in company ink
- you don't need a weatherman to know which way the wind blows
- You don't need an expert to tell you what you already know
- you don't say
- really?; no kidding!; is that so?
Hey, guess what? There's a country called Brazil! You don't say..
- you get more with a kind word and a gun than you do with a kind word alone
- It is advantageous not to rely solely on being nice
- you get that
- That's a normal occurence; that's typical
I tried driving into the city this morning during peak hour and it was so crowded. ― Yeah, you get that.
- you get what you pay for
- In commercial transactions, the quality of goods and services increases as the prices increase, i.e., the more one pays, the better the merchandise
Though it may sound unapologetically capitalistic to say so—there are times when even a certain crass Americanism has the ring of authority: you get what you pay for.
- you go, girl
- A feminist expression of encouragement
- you guys
- Plural of you
Hey you guys!.
- you had to be there
- Used to indicate to the interlocutor that the situation being talked about could only be properly understood if that person had been present
What he did was so hilarious, the way he was dancing... well, you had to be there.
- you have the advantage of me
- You know my name, but I do not know yours; what is it, please?; you know me but I do not know you
- you kiss your mother with that mouth
- Used to indicate that the other person's speech has become too obscene or vulgar
You kiss your mother with that mouth? mocked the man-who-was-ten. Matthew replied, No, but I kiss yours!.
- you know
- Expression signifying a pause or hesitation
I don’t usually get nervous in games and, you know, taking free kicks and penalties but that’s the first time I’ve been that nervous in, in a game, where I have to, I’m in a situation where I’m, you know... - BBC Interview with David Beckham.
- you know
- Expression used to imply meaning, rather than say it, such as when a person is embarrassed to say a word
Person 1: I heard you want to do that thing with me. Person 2: Do what? Person 1: You know... umm... Person 2: Oh do you mean sex? Person 1: Yeah.. that..
- you know it
- Indicates agreement, approval, encouragement
Man, I wonder if David found out. Is that why they divorced? You know it..
- you know what
- A phrase used to get someone's attention before announcing something
Well, you know what, he's got a cloud over him. You have to live with who you are and make your peace with your maker about what you really are.
- you know what they say
- Used to introduce, or alluding to, an apt adage
You know what they say about men with big feet, don't ya? A man in back smirked at me. I really didn't know what to say. I had heard the saying about men with big feet were supposed to be well hung, but I had no idea what would happen if I said something.
- you knows it
- You're right; I wholeheartedly agree with your statement
You knows it, bra!.
- you knows it
- Indicates agreement, approval, encouragement
We welcome you, you knows it. Didn't even need to ask, but it fine all right you did..
- you learn something new every day
- Uttered after acquiring new knowledge
- you made your bed, now sleep in it
- A moralizing rejection said to someone looking for an easy out, especially of a situation they put themselves into
- you make the bed you lie in
- A person's circumstances are normally the result of their own actions
- you name it
- Used after a short list to show that further examples are unnecessary; all kinds of things
There were ducks, geese, swans, you name it on the lake.
- you need a bath
- You need to take a bath
- you never know
- Used to speculate about a slight possibility
They are only running times in the 13.20s, but next year he could run 13.25 and you never know, he may end up running 13.1 quite easily.
- you never know what you've got till it's gone
- Good friends and acquaintances shouldn't be taken for granted
- you pays your money and you takes your choice
- Each person should make their own decisions
You can get there by bus, or train, or taxi. Whatever. You pays your money and you takes your choice.
- you people
- Members of a particular group, collectively
That is the type of thing you people would say.
- you people
- any outsiders of a clique
- you scratch my back and I'll scratch yours
- If you do me a favor then I will do you a favor; quid pro quo
- you shouldn't have
- Used to express gratitude at unnecessary generosity, especially when receiving a gift
What a lovely vase! You shouldn't have!.
- you snooze you lose
- If you are not alert and attentive, you will not be successful
- you welcome
- Eye dialect spelling of you're welcome
- you what
- An intensified version of what or huh
- you win
- Used to express resignation. To concede defeat even though one is not convinced of the opposing arguments
Ok. You win. I can't spend all day arguing over such a small detail. I've got much more important things to do.
- you wish
- Used to express the speaker's skepticism about a preceding statement concerning some desired or assumed state of affairs
They can't bench me. I'm the best shooter on the team. / You wish!.
- you'd
- You should
- you'd
- You would
- you'd
- You had
- you'd've
- you would have; you’d have, you would’ve; you woulda
If you had been there, you'd've laughed your head off.
- you'll
- you will
- you'll
- you shall
- you'll've
- You will have
If you never do another thing you'll've done more than any architect I know.
- you'ns
- Contraction of you ones
- you'ns
- You, you all
- you're
- you are
You're smarter than I am.
- you're never too old to learn
- It is possible to learn new things, at any age; (implying) follow your desires and dreams
- you're on
- Used to indicate acceptance by the speaker of a proposal or challenge, especially a competitive one
Let's play a game of chess. ― You're on!.
- you're right
- Indicates that what the interlocutor said/says is correct
- you're telling me
- Used to indicate that the speaker was in agreement with the preceding statement before it was made
- you're welcome
- Used to acknowledge thanks; you are welcome; ritual reply to “thank you”
- you've
- you have
- you've got to crack a few eggs to make an omelette
- In order to achieve something, it is inevitable and necessary that something should be destroyed
- you've got to laugh
- Used when somebody sees the funny side to a tough situation, to remind not to take things so seriously
The army teaches you to rely on yourself. It teaches you a whole lot of crap, like that some of those guys are real arseholes, and wouldn't stand a chance in the outside world. But you've got to laugh at that, man. It doesn't matter. It teaches you not to give a damn about anything, that nothing really matters.
- you've made your bed, now lie in it
- You must accept the consequences of your actions
- you'ven't
- you have not
- you-know-what
- Something whose name one does not want to mention, but which is known to the person to whom one is speaking
- you-know-who
- Person or entity whose name one does not want to mention but which is known to the person to whom one is speaking
And 'St—'st—'st and What's-his-name, and also You-know-who / The task of filling up the blanks I'd rather leave to you.
- you-uns
- You (as subject or object)
Guthrie turned upon him a face aglow with gratification. ‘That's what makes me like you-uns, stranger,’ he said, cordially.
- your mission, should you choose to accept it
- Your mission or task; what you must do
We recently heard about a particularly daring espionage coup. Your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to listen to our panelists as they describe a tactic that even Matt Helm had never thought of.
- you left me at the altar
- If someone told me "you left me at the altar", they were accusing me of not showing up at the wedding when I had promised to marry them. "The altar" is the church altar that the man and wife stand in front of during the wedding ceremony
- you left me at the altar
- someone is rejected or his/her hopes are not fulfilled
- you
- pron. being one especially
- you
- {p} second person
- You can catch more flies with honey than with vinegar
- (Atasözü) You can win people to your side more easily by gentle persuasion and flattery than by hostile confrontation
- You can lead a horse to water but you can't make it drink
- (deyim) you can give someone the opportunity to do something, but you cannot force them to do it
- You know the drill
- (deyim) An expression meaning "You know what to do, no questions required"
- you betcha
- That is correct! Right! You got it! "When I asked, "Are you coming?", she said, "You betcha.""
- you know
- Implying something generally known or known by the listener; used as a gap-filler in conversation
- you snooze you lose
- (Atasözü) If you are not alert you will lose an opportunity, seize the opportunity. "Store clerks sometimes charge too much for a product. If you snooze, you lose."
- you'ns
- (US, regional, North, North East) Contraction of you ones
- you've got me there
- Something that you say when you do not know the answer to a question
A: 'How many miles is five kilometres?' B: 'You've got me there.'.
- you are what you eat
- concept that to be fit and healthy you must eat good nutritious food
- you can't always get what you want
- one must make a distinction between what one desires and what one already has
- you don't know what you are saying
- you're talking trash, you're talking foolishly, your words are highly illogical
- I have to love you and leave you
- Used as an affectionate way of saying goodbye
- I'll see you and raise you
- Used to accept a bet, and at the same time raise the stakes
I'll see your $20 and raise you $200.
- I'll see you and raise you
- More generally, used when someone produces or reveals something. One says this to announce they will answer by producing or revealing something of their own
I'll see your gigabyte and raise you a terabyte.
- as you sow, so shall you reap
- The personal consequences of one's actions are in proportion to the good or bad intentions towards others
- give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish and you feed h
- It is more worthwhile to teach someone to do something, than to do something for them
- if you lie with dogs you will get fleas
- It is important whom to choose as one's closest acquanitances
- it's
- It has
It’s been a long time since I’ve had cheesecake.
- it's
- It is
It’s coming right for us!.
- it's
- there's, there is; there're, there are
It's a package for you by the door.
- it's not what you know but who you know
- For success, and especially to obtain employment, one's knowledge and skills are less useful and less important than one's network of personal contacts
It's not what you know but who you know, Shelby said, as she rummaged through a bag to find the business card he'd handed her.
- once you go black, you never go back
- An expression assuming that once a person of another race gets in a sexual relationship with a black person they won't return to their own race
- some days you get the bear, other days the bear gets you
- One cannot always overcome a powerful adversary
- somebody's
- Contraction of somebody is
- somebody's
- Contraction of somebody has
- somebody's
- Possessive case of somebody
- someone's
- The possessive adjective for someone
- someone's
- someone is
- someone's
- someone has
- something's
- Contraction of something is
- that's
- That is
That's the book I've been looking for.
- that's
- That has
I've managed to find the solution to the problem that's been bugging me all day.
- the fucking you get isn't worth the fucking you get
- The sexual satisfactions that one receives from a spouse or romantic partner are not sufficient to compensate for the significant periods of bad faith and unpleasant treatment which such relationships routinely involve
I can't believe a little pussy got me into dis mess. Shit happens, Service said. Sometimes the fucking you get isn't worth the fucking you get..
- the fucking you get isn't worth the fucking you take
- Alternative form of the fucking you get isn't worth the fucking you get
- the fucking you get isn't worth the fucking you're going to get
- Alternative form of the fucking you get isn't worth the fucking you get
- the screwing you get isn't worth the screwing you get
- Alternative form of the fucking you get isn't worth the fucking you get
- the screwing you get isn't worth the screwing you take
- Alternative form of the fucking you get isn't worth the fucking you get
- the screwing you get isn't worth the screwing you're going to get
- Alternative form of the fucking you get isn't worth the fucking you get
- what you see is what you get
- The image corresponds to the reality
With fresh material, taxonomic conclusions are leavened by recognition that the material examined reflects the site it occupied; a herbarium packet gives one only a small fraction of the data desirable for sound conclusions. Herbarium material does not, indeed, allow one to extrapolate safely: what you see is what you get.
- what you see is what you get
- The screen image resembles the printed output
- what-you-see-is-what-you-get
- Maintaining close correspondence between screen image and printed image
- what-you-see-is-what-you-get
- Alternative spelling of what you see is what you get
- wherever you go, there you are
- An admonition that one cannot run from one's problems indefinitely
- who are you and what have you done with someone
- Said to express surprise due to a perceived drastic change of behaviour of a person
- your's
- yours
- it's
- {f} it was
- it's
- It's is the usual spoken form of `it is'. It's the best news I've heard in a long time
- it's
- It's is the usual spoken form of `it has', especially when `has' is an auxiliary verb. It's been such a long time since I played
- it's
- {f} it exists, it lives, it occupies a position, it exists in a particular condition (third person singular form)
- once you go black you never go back
- it is a phrase saying once you have been with a black man sexually, no white man will ever be able to satisfy you
- If I tell you will you buy me a beer
- will you get me a beer if I reveal the secret?
- Where You Point Is Where You Go
- (Computers) the place you indicate is the place where you go (mode for computer pen/tablet pointers that emulates true writing movements), WYPIWYG
- that's
- That's is a spoken form of `that is'
- that's
- {i} specific person or thing is
- where do you think you are?
- what do you think this place is?, who do you think you're talking to?
- who do you think you are!
- who the hell are you anyway!, who are you to tell me what to do! (reaction of scorn and despise)
