Phrases & SayingsEveryday life
yeah but nah
Express resistance, qualification or disagreement.
In a sentence
Yeah but nah, I don’t think I’ll make it tonight.
Where it came from
A highly contextual Australasian response in which an initial acknowledgement is followed by hesitation, qualification or refusal.
- First recorded
- 2000
- Initial era
- 2000–today
- Where used
- Australia and New Zealand