Skip to main content

What's up?

Phrase of the day

Discover a new phrase each day to use in your English! These are special phrases and sayings that English speakers use all the time, but you don't often see these phrases in English course books or other study material. Visit daily to learn some popular English phrases on a regular basis.

28 September 2026

What's up?

We use this expression to ask what has happened or what has gone wrong.

Written: Yes

Spoken: Yes

Formal: No

Informal: Yes

Example 1

What's up? Are you crying?

No, it's nothing. Just a little worried about something, that's all.

Example 2

What's up?

I'm not sure. They're having a huge argument about something.

Find more phrases

Previous Day
Next Day
Today's Phrase
Apr2026
18