[sent; fixed WO]
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⇒ used to express the speaker's reaction upon learning that sth. he maintained earlier has been confirmed:
- what did I tell you!;
- (that's) just <exactly> what I said!;
- just like I said!;
- didn't I tell you!;
- I told you so!
♦ "Знаешь, Вере действительно за сорок!" - "А что я говорила!" "You know, Vera really is over forty!" "What did I tell you!"
Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь. — М.: ACT-ПРЕСС КНИГА. С.И. Лубенская. 2004.