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there you have it

there you have it

35 6.1
That shows the work is finished or the result is ready
  • idiom
translation icon : ahí lo tienes
  • So there you have it, we're all done.
  • So, there you have it
  • Well, there you have it
  • there you have it, folks

All right, well, there you have it, the hat, it's empty.

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Examples

  • So there you have it, an incredible year here at Crack in the Man Code and this YouTube channel.

  • Frustrating, I know, but there you have it.

    Fiction book (1996)

  • Oh, OK, there you have it, Bill Will, a man who was prepared to lose for the good of us all.

  • Yeah, all right, there you have it.

    The Place Beyond the Pines (2013)

  • Then there you have it: starting points for any conversation you might find yourself in.

    Blog text (8)

  • All right, well, there you have it, the hat, it's empty.

    First We Feast

  • So there you have it, some recession era prices of exotic cars.

  • So Paul's advice, there you have it, from the words of a legend.

  • It's at best incorrect and at worst a self-fulfilling prophecy, but there you have it.

    Blog text (9)

  • So there you have it, we're all done.

Synonyms

there you go
vsthere you have it
  • Informal
426 4.9

Say this to show you have given something or finished a task

is a neutral statement showing completion or a concluded explanation
there you are
vsthere you have it
113 3.5

Say this when you find what you are looking for or when something becomes clear

focuses on completion or explained result rather than locating someone
mission accomplished
vsthere you have it
11 3.7

A phrase people say when they finish a task successfully

is a general remark noting completion or an explained outcome

Surface Forms

there you have it main

Morphology

there + you + have + it

The phrase's meaning ('that is the result' or 'that's it') can be directly inferred from its parts: 'there' (at that point) plus 'you have it' (you possess/this is what you have), yielding a pointed statement of completion or conclusion. This compositional, discourse-marker usage is common and has parallels in other languages, so a B1 learner who knows the constituents will very likely understand the intended meaning.

Etymology

There you have it may come from the simple act of showing or handing someone something, because the speaker points and says there and have it to mean 'now you have it'. That's why the phrase is used to show a result or to say something is finished.