Definition of You had to be there

1. Phrase. (non-gloss definition Used to indicate to the interlocutor that the situation being talked about could only be properly understood if that person had been present.) ¹

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Lexicographical Neighbors of You Had To Be There

you can catch more flies with honey than with vinegar
you can lead a horse to water but you can't make him drink
you can say that again
you can talk
you don't dip your pen in company ink
you don't dip your pen in the company's ink
you don't dip your pen in the company inkwell
you don't dip your pen in the inkwell
you don't need a weatherman to know which way the wind blows
you don't say
you get more with a kind word and a gun than you do with a kind word alone
you get that
you get what you pay for
you go, girl
you guys
you had to be there (current term)
you have beautiful eyes
you have the advantage of me
you kiss your mother with that mouth
you know
you know it
you know what
you know what I mean
you know what they say
you knows it
you learn something new every day
you lot
you make the bed you lie in
you name it
you need a bath

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