* had I, did I, would I
German | Austrian Dialect Austria
Idiom USED On Occasion BY Everyone
Similar to "woulda, coulda, shoulda", this phrase is used to dismiss hypothetical thoughts of what could have been.
"Wann i gwusst hätt, dass so staut, wär i früher losgfahren!" "Hätti, wari, dadi!"
"If I had known there would be this much traffic, I'd left earlier!" "Had I, did I, would I!"
Submitted February 2021 by lechnermichi