English Dictionary

what gives

フレーズ

口語 古風 推量

(colloquial) What is wrong? Why is this happening? / (colloquial, possibly dated) What is happening? What is going on? / (colloquial) How are you?

日本語の意味

どうしたの？ / 何が起こっているの？ / どうしてこんなことになっているの？ / 調子はどう？

I logged into the system and found all my files missing — what gives?

システムにログインしたら、すべてのファイルが消えていた――一体どういうことだ？

意味（1）

(colloquial) What is wrong? Why is this happening?

Not even thirty minutes after leaving the shower, my head starts itching. What gives?

意味（2）

(colloquial, possibly dated) What is happening? What is going on?

What gives with you and Martha?

意味（3）

(colloquial) How are you?

What gives （ canonical ）