Idiom idiom
you wish
Meaning
Used to express the speaker's skepticism about a preceding statement concerning some desired or assumed state of affairs.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“You think you will win the game? You wish.”
“He told me he was going to be the next manager, but I just laughed and said, you wish.”
“When he boasted that the promotion was already his, she simply looked at him and replied, you wish, knowing full well that the board had other candidates in mind.”
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Last updated August 10, 2026