whaddaya know? phr.
1. (US, also whaddarya?) a rhetorical question, used more as an affirmation than a query.
Come in Spinner (1960) 320: ‘Well whaddayaknow!’ Sport chuckled. ‘Is that a fact?’. | ||
Dict. of Kiwi Sl. 122/2: whaddarya? rhetorically questioned contempt. | ||
Observer Rev. 3 Oct. 5: I bet it anyway and whaddya know, the Hat has nothing but a lousy king-10. | ||
Reed Dict. of N.Z. Sl. [as cit. 1988]. |
2. see what do you know? phr.