guess what (English, phrase)
expansion: guess what
Senses:
glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see guess, what.
qualifier: by ellipsis; rhetoric question; by ellipsis; rhetoric question
glosses: Used to introduce a surprising outcome or one that the hearer is not expected to try to guess.
tags: idiomatic
glosses: Used to dramatize the introduction of an unsurprising outcome.
tags: idiomatic
Forms: