what do you think, eh?

9.8

To ask someone if they agree or what they think

idiom

New Zealand

: ¿qué opinas, eh?

This movie is fantastic! What do you think, eh?

Examples

I love this restaurant. What do you think, eh?
I feel like we should go for a hike this weekend; what do you think, eh?
That movie was pretty exciting, what do you think, eh?
This is the best pizza I've ever had, what do you think, eh?
We're making good progress, what do you think, eh?
I just finished reading the book; what do you think, eh?
The band's new album sounds great; what do you think, eh?

Synonyms

to let's have it

vswhat do you think, eh?

Informal

3 8.2

Tell us what you think

is shorter and works as a question tag rather than a direct command

amirite

vswhat do you think, eh?

Slang

2 9.9

Say as a joke to ask if others agree

is less joking and more neutral in casual conversation

n'est-ce pas

vswhat do you think, eh?

1 9.9

A short French phrase added at the end of a sentence to ask if someone agrees

is an English casual tag rather than a borrowed foreign phrase

Surface Forms

what do you think, eh? main

Morphology

what + do + you + think, + eh?

The core phrase 'what do you think' is fully compositional and directly asks for someone's opinion, so a B1 learner who knows the words will understand the intended meaning. The final particle 'eh?' acts as a colloquial tag requesting confirmation or agreement (like 'right?' or 'isn't it?') and does not obscure the overall, transparent function; similar tag-question logic exists cross-linguistically.

Etymology

What do you think, eh? comes from adding the small word eh at the end of a question as a friendly way to ask for someone's 'opinion' or 'agreement'.