{"id":6447,"date":"2025-10-09T00:46:05","date_gmt":"2025-10-09T05:46:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.espressoenglish.net\/?p=6447"},"modified":"2025-10-09T08:21:51","modified_gmt":"2025-10-09T13:21:51","slug":"10-conversational-english-expressions-with-the-word-what","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.espressoenglish.net\/10-conversational-english-expressions-with-the-word-what\/","title":{"rendered":"10 Cool English Phrases With WHAT"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"center\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/muBmY97o6oM?si=_X9MIWWjFal0iy19?rel=0\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><a class=\"elementor-button\" href=\"https:\/\/espressoenglish.lpages.co\/free-pdf-10-informal-phrases-with-what\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Download lesson PDF<\/a><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><a class=\"elementor-button large rounded blue\" href=\"https:\/\/espressoenglish.lpages.co\/everyday-english-speaking-course\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Everyday English Speaking Course<\/a><\/p>\n<p>What\u2019s the catch? What are you getting at? Whaddayasay?<\/p>\n<p>&#8230; what on earth do these phrases mean???<\/p>\n<p>Today we\u2019re looking at some informal English phrases that start with &#8220;what.&#8221; These aren\u2019t simple questions like &#8220;What\u2019s your name?&#8221; \u2014 instead, they\u2019re casual expressions you\u2019ll hear native speakers use &#8211; and that you can\u2019t always translate literally.<\/p>\n<p>By the end of this lesson, you\u2019ll understand what they mean and when to use them &#8211; so your English will sound more fluent and conversational. Let\u2019s get started!<\/p>\n<p>Make sure to <a href=\"https:\/\/espressoenglish.lpages.co\/free-pdf-10-informal-phrases-with-what\/\"><strong>download the free PDF<\/strong><\/a> of today\u2019s lesson. Enter your e-mail address, and I\u2019ll send you that PDF right away so you can remember and review what you\u2019re learning.<\/p>\n<div class=\"alert\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/espressoenglish.lpages.co\/free-pdf-10-informal-phrases-with-what\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-24405\" src=\"https:\/\/www.espressoenglish.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/whatphrases-1024x576.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.espressoenglish.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/whatphrases-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.espressoenglish.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/whatphrases-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/www.espressoenglish.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/whatphrases-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/www.espressoenglish.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/whatphrases.png 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><a class=\"elementor-button\" href=\"https:\/\/espressoenglish.lpages.co\/free-pdf-10-informal-phrases-with-what\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Download lesson PDF<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>We\u2019ll begin with the phrase:<\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #000080;\">&#8220;What&#8217;s the catch?&#8221;<\/span><\/h3>\n<p>Say this in response when something sounds too good to be true&#8230; and you suspect there&#8217;s a hidden problem. For example, if your friend says he&#8217;ll sell you his car for just $200, you could say, &#8220;What&#8217;s the catch?&#8221; because you are wondering if there&#8217;s something wrong with the car&#8230; or if your friend wants you to do some favor in return.<\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #000080;\">&#8220;What&#8217;s the drill?&#8221;<\/span><\/h3>\n<p>This phrase means, &#8220;What are the rules and procedures for doing this?&#8221; Imagine you need to buy a new computer for your office, but you don&#8217;t know exactly what the process is for doing this at your company. You can say to a colleague, &#8220;I need to put in an order for a new computer. What&#8217;s the drill?&#8221; and your colleague can then explain how to do it.<\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #000080;\">&#8220;What do you say? (Whaddayasay?)&#8221;<\/span><\/h3>\n<p>We use this phrase to ask someone else, &#8220;What is your answer \/ decision?&#8221; For example, imagine you&#8217;re making plans for the weekend, and you tell your friend, &#8220;I&#8217;m going to go shopping on Saturday and hit the beach on Sunday. I&#8217;d love for you to join me &#8211; what do you say?&#8221; You are asking her to give you an answer &#8211; yes or no &#8211; whether or not she will accompany you. This phrase is often pronounced fast, so it sounds like &#8220;Whaddayasay?&#8221; and not &#8220;What do you say?&#8221;<\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #000080;\">&#8220;What goes around, comes around.&#8221;<\/span><\/h3>\n<p>This saying means &#8220;If you do good things to other people, good things will happen to you. If you do bad things to other people, bad things will happen to you.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #000080;\">&#8220;What&#8217;s the point?&#8221;<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We say this when we don\u2019t see the purpose of an action. It often expresses doubt, frustration, or the idea that something is useless, unnecessary, or a waste of time. For example, \u201cWe\u2019ve already decided not to buy a house, so what\u2019s the point of looking at more listings?\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #000080;\">&#8220;What&#8217;s your problem?&#8221;<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This is a way of asking why someone is acting angry, rude, or unfriendly. We use it when someone seems upset or is behaving in a difficult way, and we want to confront them about their attitude. It\u2019s a bit of an aggressive phrase and can often lead to conflict or an argument.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We can also use it about someone else, for example,<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cHe just walked in and started yelling at everyone.\u201d<\/span><\/i><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/i><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cWow, what\u2019s his problem?\u201d<\/span><\/i><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">So you might be wondering, how do we ask about a problem when we see that someone else is having some difficulty (but not acting rude)? In that case we can ask one of these questions instead:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cWhat\u2019s wrong?\u201d<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cWhat\u2019s the matter?\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #000080;\">&#8220;What are you getting at? \/ What are you driving at?&#8221;<\/span><\/h3>\n<p>Both of these questions mean, &#8220;What are you implying?&#8221; or &#8220;What&#8217;s the final point that you want to express?&#8221; You can use these when talking to a person who is giving you information, but isn&#8217;t directly saying the main point. These questions encourage the other person to tell you directly what they want to say.<\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #000080;\">&#8220;What&#8217;s done is done.&#8221;<\/span><\/h3>\n<p>This saying expresses the truth that what is in the past is final; it can&#8217;t be changed. If your friend is regretting a decision he made in the past, and wishing it was different, you can tell him &#8220;what&#8217;s done is done&#8221; to emphasize the fact that the past can&#8217;t be changed.<\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #000080;\">&#8220;What&#8217;s with&#8230;?&#8221; \u00a0\/ \u00a0&#8220;What&#8217;s the deal with&#8230;?&#8221;\u00a0<\/span><\/h3>\n<p>These questions mean, &#8220;What&#8217;s the problem with&#8230;?&#8221; or &#8220;What&#8217;s the situation \/ status of&#8230;?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Imagine you try to use the copy machine at your office, but it doesn&#8217;t work. You could then ask your co-worker, &#8220;What&#8217;s with the copy machine? Is it broken?&#8221; The expression &#8220;What&#8217;s with&#8230;?&#8221; is typically only used for problems.<\/p>\n<p>The expression &#8220;What&#8217;s the deal with&#8230;?&#8221; can be used for problems OR for asking about the status. If you&#8217;re doing a project together with other students in your English school, and you want to ask about the status of part of the project, you can say, &#8220;What&#8217;s the deal with the pictures we needed to print out? Has anyone taken care of that yet?&#8221;<\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #000080;\">&#8220;What&#8217;s the rush\/hurry?&#8221;<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This is another way to ask, \u201cWhy are you going so fast?\u201d We use it when someone is moving quickly, trying to finish something very fast, or pressuring others to go faster \u2014 and we want to question if it\u2019s really necessary. It can be said jokingly, casually, or sometimes a little critically. For example, if your friend is walking really quickly to get to the restaurant, you could say \u201cHey, what\u2019s the rush? We\u2019ve got plenty of time.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><a class=\"elementor-button\" href=\"https:\/\/espressoenglish.lpages.co\/free-pdf-10-informal-phrases-with-what\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Download lesson PDF<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Great job \u2014 now you know a bunch of informal English phrases with &#8220;what&#8221;<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0that native speakers use in everyday life. 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