go figure

English

Etymology

Calque of Yiddish גיי װייס (gey veys).

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ɡoʊ ˈfɪɡjɚ/

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Phrase

go figure

1. (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 forms

• go fig

Translations

expression of perplexity or surprise

• Dutch: kun je nagaan
• Finnish: mene tiedä, mene ja tiedä, 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 also

• huh
• no kidding
• what do you know
• who knows
• how about that
• what are the odds