and how

English

WOTD – 3 January 2012

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈænd ˈhaʊ/

• Audio (General Australian):

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Phrase

and how

1. (idiomatic) Used to strongly confirm the preceding utterance.

   Did it create a disruption? And how!

   It created a disruption, and how.

   • 2011 December 10, David Ornstein, “Arsenal 1 - 0 Everton”, in BBC Sport‎^[1]:

     However, just as Wenger was preparing to introduce Andrey Arshavin and Tomas Rosicky, Van Persie struck - and how.

   • 2023 March 5, Phil McNulty, “Liverpool 7-0 Manchester United”, in BBC Sport‎^[2]:

     Liverpool have resembled a shadow of their real selves this season. The old guarantees, such as intensity and firepower, have been missing far too often.
     They all returned here - and how - in the most spectacular manner as Manchester United, who have been undergoing a revival this season, were blown away by a team in full cry.

Translations

strong confirmation of preceding

• Dutch: en hoe!
• Finnish: kyllä vain, tosi on, ja millä tavalla
• French: et comment (fr), (colloquial) un peu mon neveu (fr), (formal) assurément (fr)
• German: und wie!
• Hebrew: ועוד איך
• Icelandic: svo sannarlega
• Italian: eccome!
• Japanese: 勿論 (ja) (mochiron), 本当に (hontō ni), そうですとも (sō desu tomo), 間違いない (machigai nai)
• Kapampangan: at makananu
• Macedonian: и тоа како (i toa kako)
• Navajo: jó tʼáá aaníí
• Polish: jeszcze jak, i to bardzo, i to jaki
• Portuguese: e como
• Romanian: și încă cum
• Russian: ещё как (ješčó kak)
• Serbo-Croatian: još kako, itekako (sh), još koliko
• Spanish: ¡y cómo!, ¡y tanto!
• Tagalog: at paano
• Turkish: hem de nasıl!
• Ukrainian: ще й як (šče j jak)

See also

• and then some
• but good
• to say the least