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как это понимать?stresses
gen. what is that supposed to mean? (Юрий Гомон); what's all this? ('What's all this? You can't start swigging brandy just before dinner.' (P.G. Wodehouse) ART Vancouver)
cliche. what's the idea? (недовольно ART Vancouver)
inf. what is that about? (Andy); what's up with that? (Выражает недовольство, удивление какой-либо ситуацией.: He didn't tell me about this. What's up with that? • My car broke down twice this month. What's up with that? TranslationHelp)
sarcast. go figure (The author has a rather cumbersome, boring, personal story to tell that in the end does not make any sense. He tells people that they should live in small houses, and blames everybody around for not saving the planet. However, he himself lives on relatively large square footage of 1000sf+/person. Go figure. vancouversun.com ART Vancouver)
как же это понимать?
gen. what is one to make of this? (raf)
как это понимать: 19 phrases in 7 subjects
American usage, not spelling1
Cliche / convention2
General10
Informal1
Literature1
Makarov2
Programming2