Said in surprise or disappointment.

Alternative form of get it how one lives

Alternative form of get it how one lives

(African-American Vernacular, idiomatic) To achieve wealth or success by any means necessary.

The comfortable, luxurious lifestyles of those who are very wealthy.

The unpleasant way in which a process or activity is carried on behind the scenes.

(colloquial) you have chosen the wrong person / (colloquial, literally) you are good at picking people or things

A request for clarification of what the listener just said.

A rhetorical question asked to show that the person asking it neither knows the answer nor would be able to know it.

(idiomatic, dated) A phrase used at parting.