Used to express the speaker's skepticism about a preceding statement concerning some desired or assumed state of affairs.
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"When I grow up, I'm going to be a superhero!" / "Huh, you wish!"
"They can't bench me. I'm the best shooter on the team." / "You wish!"
Submitted on July 07, 2010
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you snooze you loseyou'll get yoursyou whatyou thinkyou're never too old to learnyou shouldn't haveyou were sayingyou're damned if you do and you're damn…you punched my buttonyou said ityou scratch my back and i'll scratch yo…you'll be late for your own funeralyou really kick a horses assyou're good
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