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English
Etymology
Based on the fact that so and sew are homophonous.
Pronunciation
Interjection
sew buttons
- (idiomatic, humorous, slightly dated) Used in response to someone asking "so?"
2018, Lisa Super, chapter 13, in So Glad to Meet You:“Ah. So?” “Sew buttons.” “What was it like? I don't know.
2016, Rita Lakin, Getting Old is Criminal:“That's what my mother used to say when we kept saying 'so.'” At Jack's puzzled look I bat my hand at him. “Don't bother trying to get it. It's a non sequitur.” “Oh. So. Sew buttons. I get it.”
2012, Wendy Wunder, The Probability of Miracles, Penguin Random House Children's UK:“So.” “Sew buttons.” That phrase always made Cam laugh. Her grandmother was the only one who still used it because she was probably the only person who still actually sewed buttons.
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see sew, button.