Meaning

1 senses
  1. (idiomatic)To understand the current situation; to know what is going on.

    He seems to have no trouble understanding stuff that, to me, sounds like hot garbage. He really does know what's what.

    She said she was going to house to study French, but I wasn't born yesterday. I know what's what.

Examples

10223 sentences
  1. I don't know what you mean.

    Я не знаю, що ти маєш на увазі. — triantafillou

    ruЯ не понимаю, что ты имеешь в виду. — zmoo

    deIch weiß nicht, was du meinst. — kroko

  2. I didn't know what to say.

    Я не знав, що сказати. — deniko

    ruЯ не знал, что сказать. — odexed

    deIch wusste nicht, was ich sagen soll. — riotlake

  3. Do you know what it is?

    Ти знаєш, що це? — deniko

    ruВы знаете, что это? — joulin

    deWeißt du, was es ist? — Manfredo

  4. Do you know what this is?

    Ти знаєш, що це? — deniko

    ruТы знаешь, что это? — Balamax

    deWeißt du, was das ist? — Esperantostern

  5. I don't know what to think.

    Я не знаю, що й думати. — deniko

    ruНе знаю, что и думать. — marafon

    deIch weiß nicht, was ich denken soll. — Wolf

Translations

2 languages

Forms

knows what is what, knowing what is what, knew what was what, known what was what
Base formknow what is what · to know what is what
3rd person singularknows what is what
Present participleknowing what is what
Past simpleknew what was what
Past participleknown what was what

irregular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyknow what is what
he, she, itknows what is what

Past simpleLesson

all personsknew what was what

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave known what was what
he, she, ithas known what was what

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill know what is what

Synonyms

1 synonyms

See also

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