What of it?
Related to What of it?: what if
What of it?
What does someone care? What business is it of someone? What does it matter? Usually said out of annoyance, anger, or offence. I pay my rent and my share of the bills—what of it if I want to spend the rest of my money on comic books and video games? A: "I heard you're not going to college after high school?" B: "Yeah, what of it? Plenty of people who don't go to college end up being successful."
See also: of, what
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
What of it?
Inf. What does it matter?; Why treat it as if it were important?; Why do you think that this is any of your business? (A bit contentious.) John: I hear you've been having a little trouble at the office. Bob: What of it? Sue: You missed a spot shaving. Fred: What of it?
See also: of, what
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
what of it?
Also, what's it to you? What does it matter? Also, how does it concern or interest you? For example, I know I don't need another coat but what of it?-I like this one, or What's it to you how many hours I sleep at night? The first term, a synonym of so what, dates from the late 1500s; the second, another way of saying "mind your own business," dates from the early 1900s.
See also: of, what
The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
what ˈof it?
(spoken) used when admitting that something is true, to ask why it should be considered important: Yes, I wrote the article. What of it?See also: of, what
Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary
- accompany (one) on a/(one's) journey
- accompany on a journey
- a stranger to (someone or something)
- be out of (one's) league
- be out of somebody's league
- be in bad with (someone)
- be in somebody's shoes
- be in (someone's) shoes
- be in another person's shoes
- (one) puts (one's) pants on one leg at a time