I wish



I wish

An exclamation that shows the speaker's belief that something will not happen in the ideal way another person proposes. A: "Do you think you'll get an A in this class?" B: "I wish! I would need to ace my final project and my exam just to have a chance of bringing my average up."
See also: wish

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Hosni-Arabic
Harkaitz-Basque
Juliska-Hungarian
Euphemios-Ancient Greek
Purnima-Indian, Hindi, Marathi, Bengali, Tamil, Kannada
Alojz-Slovene, Slovak, Croatian