What's "as if" mean and when's it used?

Native speaker’s answer
Rebecca
"As if" and "as though" mean the same thing, meaning "as would be the case if." You can use these phrases when you explain/say that something appears to be the case when it is not. It's often used as a way of emphasizing something. For example, "as if that weren't enough" (meaning as would be the case it it weren't bad enough), is used here to emphasize that the number of ways in which chronic stress can harm your body. Ex: As if being late to work wasn't bad enough, I also got splashed by a car. Ex: As if she wasn't smart enough with a Ph.D, she also speaks five languages.