Dictionary

I told you so en · X

Pronunciation

/ɑe̯ təʉ̯ld jʉː səʉ̯/ (Australia, New-Zealand, also)
/ʌi̯ told jʉ so/ (Scotland)
/əi̯ told jʉ so/ (Scotland)
(Southern-England) audio
/ʌɪ̯ təʊ̯ld juː səʊ̯/ (Received-Pronunciation)
/ɑːj ʈoːlɖ juː soː/ (India)
/əj ʈoːlɖ juː soː/ (India)
/aɪ̯ toʊ̯ld ju soʊ̯/ (Canada, General-American)
/aɪ̯ təʊ̯ld juː səʊ̯/ (Received-Pronunciation)
/ɑe̯ tɐʉ̯ld jʉː sɐʉ̯/ (Australia, New-Zealand)
/aɪ̯ told jʉ so/ (Scotland)
ī tōld yo͞o sō

Meanings

(informal, ironic) Used to remind someone that they were already warned by the speaker or writer that a certain event would happen.
- And when you wake up next to him in the middle of the night ¶ With your head in your hands you’re nothing more than his wife ¶ And when you think about me all of those years ago ¶ You're standing face to face with ""i told you so"" 2024 April 5, Chappell Roan, Justin Tranter, Dan Nigro, “Good Luck, Babe!”performed by Chappell Roan, Amusement Records; Island Records, →OCLC:
- For the left, the seismic week delivered an “I told you so” years in the making. 2023 April 1, Jonathan Weisman, quoting Donald Trump and Fox News, “Trump and Fox News, Twin Titans of Politics, Hit With Back-to-Back Rebukes”, in The New York Times (A section), New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 08 Apr 2023, page 24:
- “See that, man!”[…]. Of this he took a taste, and straightening up, looked into my eyes with an expression of elation⁠—as much as to say “I told you so!” 1918 September–November, Edgar Rice Burroughs, “The Land That Time Forgot”, in The Blue Book Magazine, Chicago, Ill.: Story-press Corp., →OCLC; republished as chapter IV, in Hugo Gernsback, editor, Amazing Stories, part I, number 11, New York, N.Y.: Experimenter Publishing, February 1927, →OCLC, book I, page 997, column 1:

Forms

Spelling	Labels	Source
told you	alternative	lexicographic
I told you	alternative	lexicographic
I told you so !	canonical	lexicographic
told you so	alternative	lexicographic

what you see is what you get

Synonyms

what did I tell you

Translations (35)

hu nem megmondtam? (told you so!) · da hvad sagde jeg (told you so!) · pt eu te avisei (told you so!) · id apa kataku (told you so!) · vi tôi đã nói như thế rồi mà (told you so!) · oj gigii-wiindamoon (told you so!) · cmn 我說什麼來著 /我说什么来著 (told you so!) · fr je te l'avais bien dit (told you so!) · pl a nie mówiłem? (told you so!) · de ich hab's gesagt (ja) (told you so!) · es ya te lo dije (told you so!) · ja 言っただろ (told you so!) · cmn 我说什么来着 (told you so!) · ja 言ったでしょ (told you so!) · fi mitä minä sanoin (told you so!) · ja 言わんこっちゃない (told you so!) · ru я же тебе́ говори́л (told you so!) · ar قُلْتُ لَكِ ذٰلِكَ (told you so!) · tr ben demiştim (told you so!) · nl ik zei het toch (told you so!) · nl wat heb ik je gezegd? (told you so!) · nds-de ik heff't seggt (told you so!) · it té l'avévo détto ìo (told you so!) · kne kanak dedan en sik-a (told you so!) · ar قُلْتُ لَكَ ذٰلِكَ (told you so!) · tl sabi ko sa 'yo eh (told you so!) · id nah (told you so!) · sv vad var det jag sa (told you so!) · nds-de wat heff ik di seggt? (told you so!) · nl da's wat ik u gezegd heb he! (told you so!) · fi minähän sanoin (told you so!) · ru я же тебе́ говори́ла (told you so!) · tr ha (told you so!) · vi thấy chưa? (told you so!) · pt eu avisei (told you so!)