you-know-what

Also, you know what? Listen to what I'm going to tell you, as in You know something? He's always hated spicy food, or You know what? They're not getting married after all. Both these colloquial expressions are shortenings (Of Do you know something? or Do you know what?) and are used to emphasize the following statement or to introduce a surprising fact or comment. The first dates from the mid-1900s. The variant, from the late 1800s, should not be confused with what do you know or you know .

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - du-ved-hvad

Français (French)
n. - vous-savez-quoi, tu-sais-quoi

Deutsch (German)
n. - Du-weißt-schon (was), Sie-wissen-schon (was)

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - το αποτέτοιο, ξέρεις ποιο

Italiano (Italian)
sai di cosa parlo

Português (Portuguese)
n. - você sabe o que

Русский (Russian)
сам знаешь что

Español (Spanish)
n. - tú ya sabes qué

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - du vet vad

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
那个东西, 指不必明言或不便明言的东西, 你知道吗

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 那個東西, 指不必明言或不便明言的東西, 你知道嗎

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 저 그거 말이야

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - あれ

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮אתה-יודע-מה, אתה-ידוע-במה מדובר‬

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