there you go
Ieyasu
my-wings
"Ieyasu" <kkl...@cse.cuhk.edu.hk> wrote in message
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> What does "there you go" mean?
In my experience, it's used in cases where one might say: "You were waiting
for [something]; here it is!" This "something" could be a physical object,
such as the coffee delivered by your counterperson <cough> with a cheery:
"There you go!" It could also be an event that you either anticipated or
wondered about. Imagine sitting in traffic at a lengthy stoplight and
wondering to your passenger if it would ever change. If the passenger
spotted "green" first, he might say, "There you go!"
Alice
There you go!
CyberCypher
ser4:
> What does "there you go" mean?
It means many things, depending on context.
1. A gives B something that B has asked for. A says "There you go",
meaning "Here you are" or "Here it is".
2. A and B are discussing what will heppen next in the plot of a movie,
A says X will happen, and B says Y. Y happens. B says "There you go!
Didn't I tell you that Y would happen?" In this case, it means "Aha!"
or "See? Y happened".
3. A and B are at the airport waiting for different very late planes to
land. In the middle of their conversation, a PA announcement says
"China Airlines flight 707 from Taipei is now landing, and will
discharge its passengers at gate 5". B says to A, "There you go. The
plane you're waiting for has finally arrived". In this case it means
something like "There's the announcement about the plane you've been
waiting for".
4. Etc.
Tony Cooper
<kkl...@cse.cuhk.edu.hk> wrote:
>What does "there you go" mean?
When used as an expression, it really doesn't mean anything. Others
here have offered definitions, but they are based on the concept that
something with words must have meaning based on the words.
"There you go" can mean what was anticipated has finally happened.
It can be used as a supportive exclamation when the speaker agrees
with something someone else has said. It is best looked at as an
expression that represents one of these two usages, but not as an
expression that actually means something.
--
Tony Cooper aka: tony_co...@yahoo.com
Provider of Jots, Tittles, and Oy!s
Peter Morris
Wasn't this a running gag on the TV show McCloud? (Its years since I saw it)
IIRC, McCloud would say "Well, there you go" someone would say "what
does that mean?" and never got an answer.
Jerry Friedman
In an extended sense, it can mean, "That's an example of what I was
talking about."
A: I think he's a racist.
B: There were those campaign commercials, I guess, but--.
A: Well, there you go!
By the way, "There you go again" has nothing to do with "There you
go." It means, "You just did the thing I've talked to you about."
(The "talking about" was probably criticism.) You can substitute any
other personal pronoun for "you" if appropriate, which you can't do in
"There you go."
--
Jerry Friedman
Mike Lyle
> On Thu, 12 Jun 2003 08:13:40 +0000 (UTC), Ieyasu
> <kkl...@cse.cuhk.edu.hk> wrote:
>
> >What does "there you go" mean?
>
> When used as an expression, it really doesn't mean anything. Others
> here have offered definitions, but they are based on the concept that
> something with words must have meaning based on the words.
>
> "There you go" can mean what was anticipated has finally happened.
> It can be used as a supportive exclamation when the speaker agrees
> with something someone else has said. It is best looked at as an
> expression that represents one of these two usages, but not as an
> expression that actually means something.
It also means the same thing as "Here you go".
Consider also "There you are" and "Here you are". All four mean the
same thing. As do "There we are" and "Here we are". In fact, sometimes
they all mean the same thing as "There it is" and "Here it is".
Meanwhile, in place of it you'll often hear "There she is" or "Here
she is". Did I mention "There he is" and "Here he is"? No? Sorry: they
mean the same thing, too.
Some of the above, though by no means all, mean "I told you so".
Which, unlike many of the expressions quoted, can not often mean
"We've arrived".
I won't go into detail here, but I hope this short account helps.
Mike.
Rebbe Rambam Thank You Ma'am
<tony_co...@yahoo.com> wrote:
>On Thu, 12 Jun 2003 08:13:40 +0000 (UTC), Ieyasu
><kkl...@cse.cuhk.edu.hk> wrote:
>
>>What does "there you go" mean?
>
>When used as an expression, it really doesn't mean anything. Others
>here have offered definitions, but they are based on the concept that
>something with words must have meaning based on the words.
>
>"There you go" can mean what was anticipated has finally happened.
>It can be used as a supportive exclamation when the speaker agrees
>with something someone else has said. It is best looked at as an
>expression that represents one of these two usages, but not as an
>expression that actually means something.
Well, there you are, then.
Steve Hayes
wrote:
>What does "there you go" mean?
I've put your spaghetti on the table.
--
Steve Hayes from Tshwane, South Africa
http://www.geocities.com/Athens/7734/stevesig.htm
E-mail - see web page, or parse: shayes at dunelm full stop org full stop uk
R J Valentine
Dennis Weaver (who also played Chester Goode on _Gunsmoke_) had a hit song
called "There You Go", too. The lyrics are probably on the Web.
--
R. J. Valentine <mailto:r...@smart.net>