You can’t fight city hall.sent. You cannot
fight a bureaucracy. I finally gave up.
You can’t fight city hall. You can’t fight
city hall. Pay the parking ticket and for-
get it.
You can’t get there from here.sent.
Where you want to go is in a very remote
location. (A catchphrase.) Well, you
can’t get there from here. Adamsville?
Sorry, you can’t get there from here.
You can’t take it with you.sent. You can-
not take wealth with you when you die.
Enjoy it now. You can’t take it with you.
My uncle doesn’t believe that saying,
you know, “You can’t take it with you.”
He’s going to try.
You can’t win them all. and You can’t
win ’em all.sent. No one succeeds all the
time. (Said when someone fails.) Don’t
fret about it, Tom. You can’t win them all.
You can’t win ’em all, but you can’t lose
’em all, either.
You could have knocked me over with
a feather.sent. I was completely sur-
prised. I was shocked. You could have
knocked me over with a feather. Yo u
could have knocked me over with a feather,
I was so zapped!
You don’t know the half of it.sent.
Things are far more complicated than
you think. You think that’s bad? You
don’t know the half of it. You don’t know
the half of it, and I’m too much a lady to
tell.
You eat with that mouth?Go to (Do) you
eat with that mouth?
You got it! 1. exclam. I agree to what you
asked!; You will get what you want! Yo u
want a green one? You got it! This one?
You got it! 2. exclam. You are right!
That’s it! You got it! That’s the answer.
Yo u g o t i t!
You got that?interrog. Do you understand?
You are not to go into that room! You got
that?
You guys bitchin’?interrog. Hello, how are
you? Tsup? You guys bitchin’? Yo u
guys bitchin’? What’s poppin’?
You (had) better believe it!exclam. It is
true without question! It’s true. You
better believe it. Yes, this is the best, and
you had better believe it!
You heard the man.sent. Do what the
man tells you. (See also man.) Yo u
heard the man. Get over there and stand
still. Shut up! You heard the man.
You kiss your momma with that mouth?
Go to (Do) you eat with that mouth?
young blood 1. n. a newcomer. The
young blood gets a desk by the window.
We keep young bloods so busy they never
have a chance to look out the window. 2.
n. a young, black male. (Black. See also
blood.) A young blood from two streets
over came around asking for trouble today.
Tell that young blood to beat it.
young Turkn. a contentious young person
who goes against the system. The
young Turks are acting up again. Not
another young Turk!
You’re the doctor.sent. I will do anything
you say!; You are in charge! I’ll do it if
you say. You’re the doctor! Put it over
here. Okay, you’re the doctor.
Your guess is as good as mine.sent. I
don’t know either. I don’t know. Your
guess is as good as mine. Your guess is as
good as mine as to when the train will
get in.
Your place or mine?interrog. Shall we
carry on an affair at your dwelling or
mine? Then I said to her, “Your place
or mine?” Then she clobbered me. Yo u r
place or mine? It doesn’t matter.
yours trulyn. me, the speaker or writer.
If yours truly had a problem like that, it
would be settled by nightfall. If it was
up to yours truly, there wouldn’t be any
such problem.
You’ve got another think coming.sent.
You have made an error. Think again.
If you think I’m going to let you get away
with that, you’ve got another think com-
ing. You’ve got another think coming if
you think I’ll do it.
You want to step outside?interrog. Do
you intend to start a fight?; Shall we goYou want to step outside?