guess what

Meaning

  1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see guess, what.
  2. Used to introduce a surprising outcome or one that the hearer is not expected to try to guess.
  3. Used to dramatize the introduction of an unsurprising outcome.

Translations

rate mal

donner en mille

raad eens

Etymology

Perhaps an ellipsis of "(can you) guess what I am about to say/what happened next?"

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