What does that prove?

What does that prove?
What does that prove?
Fig. So what?; that does not mean anything. (A defensive expression. The heaviest stress is on

that

. Often with

so

, as in the examples.) •

Tom: It seems that you were in the apartment the same night that it was robbed. Bob: So, what does that prove? Tom: Nothing, really. It's just something we need to keep in mind.

Rachel: You're late again on your car payment. Jane: What does that prove? Rachel: Simply that you can't afford the car and we are going to repossess it.


Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.

Игры ⚽ Нужен реферат?

Look at other dictionaries:

  • What Computers Can't Do — Book cover of the 1979 paperback edition See also: Philosophy of artificial intelligence Hubert Dreyfus has been a critic of artificial intelligence research since the 1960s. In a series of papers and books, including Alchemy and AI (1965), What… …   Wikipedia

  • prove — W1S2 [pru:v] v past tense proved past participle proved or proven [ˈpru:vən] especially AmE ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(show something is true)¦ 2¦(be)¦ 3 prove yourself/prove something (to somebody) 4 prove yourself (to be) something 5 what is s …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • That's So Raven — Format Family Teen sitcom Fantasy Created by Michael Poryes Susan Sherman …   Wikipedia

  • That Obscure Object of Desire — Directed by Luis Buñuel Produced by Serge Silberman …   Wikipedia

  • What I Like About You — Infobox Television show name = What I Like About You caption = Jennie Garth, Amanda Bynes : genre = camera = picture format = audio format = runtime = 30 Min creator = Wil Calhoun Dan Schneider developer = producer = executive producer = Wil… …   Wikipedia

  • That's Got His Own — Infobox The Wire episode caption = episode name = That s Got His Own episode no = 49 epigraph = That all there is to it? Bubbles teleplay = George Pelecanos story = Ed Burns and George Pelecanos writer = director = Joe Chappelle guest star = see… …   Wikipedia

  • What's Happening!! — Infobox Television show name = What s Happening!! caption = What s Happening!! opening titles from the show s third season format = Sitcom runtime = 30 Minutes creator = Eric Monte executive producer = Bernie Orenstein Saul Turteltaub Bud Yorkin… …   Wikipedia

  • What Women Want — Infobox Film name = What Women Want caption = Film poster director = Nancy Meyers producer = Susan Cartsonis Bruce Davey Gina Matthews Nancy Meyers Matt Williams writer = Josh Goldsmith Cathy Yuspa Diane Drake starring = Mel Gibson Helen Hunt… …   Wikipedia

  • What Happens in Vegas — Infobox Film name = What Happens in Vegas caption = Theatrical release poster director = Tom Vaughan producer = Michael Aguilar Dean Georgaris writer = Dana Fox starring = Cameron Diaz Ashton Kutcher music = Christophe Beck cinematography =… …   Wikipedia

  • What Kate Did — Infobox Television episode | Title = What Kate Did Series = Lost (TV series) Season = 2 Episode = 9 Airdate = November 30, 2005 Production = 209 Guests = L. Scott Caldwell Sam Anderson Fredric Lane Beth Broderick Lindsey Ginter James Horan J.… …   Wikipedia

  • The Antichrist (book) — The Antichrist   Cover of the 2005 Cosimo edition …   Wikipedia

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”