way-up1
/ˈweɪʌp/Geology
noun
Vertical orientation or sequence; especially the sequence of strata which corresponds to the chronological order of formation, with the most recent identified as uppermost.
Origin
1950s; earliest use found in Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London. From way + up.
way up2
/ˈweɪ ˌʌp/originally US
adverb
Far up; very high up.
adjective
Slang. Chiefly US. Excellent, first class; (sometimes) specifically of high social standing. Now rare.
Origin
Mid 19th century; earliest use found in Brother Jonathan. From way + up.
- you can't judge a book by its cover
- you can't keep a good man (or woman) down
- you can't lose
- you can't make a silk purse out of a sow's ear
- you can't make bricks without straw
- you can't (or can) talk (you shouldn't or should talk)
- you can't put an old head on young shoulders
- you can't teach an old dog new tricks
- you can't win them all (or win some, lose some)
- you could have fooled me!
- you could have knocked me (or her, him, etc.) down with a feather
- you couldn't make it up
- you'd
- you don't say (or you don't say so)!
- Youghiogheny River
- you have no idea
- you haven't lived!
- youing
- you know
- you know something (or what)?
- you-know-who (or you-know-what)
- you'll
- you may (or might) as well be hanged for a sheep as for a lamb
- you must be (or have to be) joking
- you must be (or have to be) kidding