What are you having?



What are you having?

Fig. What food or drink are you planning to order? (Either part of a conversation or a request from food service personnel. In a restaurant, sometimes the host or hostess will signal to a guest to order first by saying this. Sometimes a guest will ask this of a host or hostess to determine the price range that is appropriate.) Waiter: Would you care to order now? Tom: What are you having? Mary: You order. I haven't made up my mind. Waiter: May I help you? Tom: What are you having, Pop? Father: I'll have the roast chicken, I think, with fries. Tom: I'll have the same.

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Sadie['seidi]
Couch[kautʃ]
Koharuko-hah-ṙooJapanese
SocratesSAHK-rə-teez (English)Ancient Greek (Latinized)
Matia-Basque
ShanonSHAN-ənEnglish