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A cooloquial idiom used, according to Wiktionary, to express the speaker's scepticism about a preceding statement concerning some desired or assumed state of affairs.
-"When I grow up, I'm going to be a superhero!" / "Huh, you wish!"
-"They can't bench me. I'm the best shooter on the team." / "You wish!"
Synonyms are 'in your dreams/you wish, jellyfish'.
According to glosbe Greek-English, the Greek equivalent τρομάρα σου can mean ' Good grief!, as if, as if!, eat my shorts, woe betide you!, in what world?, in your dreams!, like hell!, my ass!, my foot! Is this true or are there better renderings?
-"When I grow up, I'm going to be a superhero!" / "Huh, you wish!"
-"They can't bench me. I'm the best shooter on the team." / "You wish!"
Synonyms are 'in your dreams/you wish, jellyfish'.
According to glosbe Greek-English, the Greek equivalent τρομάρα σου can mean ' Good grief!, as if, as if!, eat my shorts, woe betide you!, in what world?, in your dreams!, like hell!, my ass!, my foot! Is this true or are there better renderings?
