what's the deal

Meaning

1. Oxford100% of films

   what is happening in the present situation?

   - Hmm. - So, so, I mean, so what's the deal?

In the movies · 13

• - Hmm. - So, so, I mean, so what's the deal?Husbands and Wives1992
• So what's the deal there, mister?Interstate 602002
• Hey, what's the deal with my dad?The Place Beyond the Pines2013
• What's the deal? What's the deal? What are...Long Shot2019
• What's the deal?Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse2023
• So what's the deal?The Hate U Give2018
• But, uh... What's the deal?Venom2018
• What's the deal? Seriously.Scott Pilgrim vs. the World2010

Learn it in full scenes

• Husbands and Wives1992
  • Jack and Sally Announce a Split
  • Gabe and Judy's Late-Night Talk
  • Sally Calls Jack During a Date
• Interstate 602002
  • The Legend of O.W. Grant
  • Neal's Dad Hijacks His Birthday Lunch
  • Neal Takes the Card Test

From the same entry

• deal a blow
• deal with it
• wheel and deal
• deal in
• deal in
• deal out
• deal with
• deal with
• deal with
• big deal
• a done deal
• strike a bargain

More idioms

• what's with
• be bad news
• for the love of god
• out of order
• round here
• nothing like
• have a roof over your head
• nothing much
• the last i heard
• keep clear
• what is more
• no matter