go figure

English

Pronunciation

(General American) IPA^(key): /ɡoʊ ˈfɪɡjɚ/

Phrase

(idiomatic) Expresses perplexity, puzzlement, or surprise (as if telling somebody to try to make sense of the situation).
The car wouldn't start yesterday no matter what I did, but today it works just fine. Go figure.

Translations

expression of perplexity or surprise

Finnish: otapa siitä nyt selvää
French: va savoir pourquoi
Galician: vai ti saber, quen sabe
Greek: τρέχα γύρευε (el) (trécha gýreve)
Hebrew: לך תדע‎‎ (lekh tedá)

Italian: vai a capire
Norwegian: skulle du ha sett, rare greier m pl, det hadde jeg ikke trodd, forklar
Portuguese: vai entender
Russian: пойди́ разбери́ (pojdí razberí), пойди́ зна́й (pojdí znáj)

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