go figure

go figure

English

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.

Translations

expression of perplexity or surprise

Finnish: 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 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