what do you expect

Meaning

1. Oxford78% of films

   used to tell sb not to be surprised by sth

In the movies · 26

• Yeah, well, two bright parents. I mean, what do you expect?Mighty Aphrodite1995
• What do you expect from a girl's toy?Toy Story 32010
• Well, what do you expect?Requiem for a Dream2000
• What do you expect?Wreck-It Ralph2012
• What do you expect?Knock at the Cabin2023
• so what do you expect?American History X1998
• Well, what do you expect?American Beauty1999
• What do you expect?GoodFellas1990

Learn it in full scenes

• Mighty Aphrodite1995
  • Lenny and Amanda Debate a Baby
  • Lenny and Amanda Name the Baby
  • Lenny and Amanda's Hamptons Fight
• Wreck-It Ralph2012
  • Ralph's Opening Monologue
  • Ralph Shows Up to Bad-Anon
  • Ralph Crashes the Anniversary Party
• American History X1998
  • Sweeney Makes Danny a Deal
  • Derek Vinyard's TV Interview
  • The Basketball Court Bet

From the same entry

• be expecting a baby
• be to be expected

More idioms

• how can you
• get wrong
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• one of these days
• been there done that
• if i were in your shoes
• look in the eye
• not cup of tea
• loud and clear
• be starving
• in favour