and how

English

WOTD – 3 January 2012

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈænd ˈhaʊ/

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Phrase

(deprecated template usage) and how

1. (idiomatic) Used to strongly confirm the preceding utterance.

   Did it create a disruption? And how!

   It created a disruption, and how.

   • 2011 December 10, David Ornstein, “Arsenal 1 - 0 Everton”, in BBC Sport‎^[1]:

     However, just as Wenger was preparing to introduce Andrey Arshavin and Tomas Rosicky, Van Persie struck - and how.

Translations

strong confirmation of preceding

• Dutch: en hoe!
• Finnish: ja millä tavalla
• French: et comment (fr), (colloquial) un peu mon neveu (fr), (formal) assurément (fr)
• German: und wie!
• Icelandic: svo sannarlega
• Italian: eccome!
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Navajo: jó tʼáá aaníí
• Portuguese: e como
• Russian: ещё как (ješčó kak)
• Spanish: ¡y cómo!, ¡y tanto!
• Turkish: hem de nasıl!
• Ukrainian: ще й як (šče j jak)

See also

• and then some
• but good
• to say the least