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
Bieitobee-AY-tawGalician
HeinrichHIEN-rikh (German)German, Ancient Germanic
Toni (1)TO-nee (Finnish)Finnish, Croatian
Dawud-Arabic
Philippus-Biblical Latin
Gabrielius-Lithuanian