what's what



what's what

(spoken)
the information about a person or situation You finally met her boyfriend, so now you know what's what. He's been in this business for a long time and really understands what's what. It will be hard for investors to tell what's what in the current stock-market crisis.

what's what

Informal
The fundamentals and details of a situation or process; the true state or condition.

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Marcellus-Ancient Roman, German, Dutch
CristenKRIS-tənEnglish (Modern)
Severinose-ve-REE-no (Italian, Spanish)Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
CuthbertKUTH-burtEnglish (Rare)
Alden['ɔ:ldən]
LazarLAH-zahr (Russian, Serbian, Croatian)Russian, Bulgarian, Serbian, Croatian, Macedonian