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
Finn (1)-Irish Mythology, Irish
JakobYAH-kawp (German), YAH-kob (Danish)German, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Icelandic, Dutch, Slovene
Aby['eibi]
Ignacyeeg-NAH-tsiPolish
Gl&Aelig;Dwine-Anglo-Saxon
Rod[rɔd]