go figure
phraseUS /ɡoʊ ˈfɪɡ(j)ɚ/
Etymology Calque of Yiddish גיי װייס (gey veys).
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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.
- It’s hard for some of us to look at a vicious flogger or a set of restraints used to hang someone upside-down and think of them as toys but kinky people do. Go figure.2005, Annabelle du Fouet, “Toys for kinky girls and boys—It’s not just whips and chains anymore.” (chapter 3), in Weather Balloons Make Rotten Sex Toys, Ellora's Cave, →ISBN, page 52:
- Related terms
- huh, no kidding, what do you know, who knows, how about that, what are the odds