be my guest

be my guest

English

Pronunciation

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Verb

be my guest (imperative)

1. (idiomatic) Do as you wish; go ahead; help yourself; go for it!

   If you want to give it a try, be my guest!

Translations

do as you wish

Chinese: Mandarin: 請便 (zh), 请便 (zh) (qǐngbiàn), 請自便, 请自便 (qǐng zì biàn), 別客氣 (zh), 别客气 (zh) (bié kèqì) Finnish: ole hyvä (fi) (informal in singular), olkaa hyvä (fi) (formal or plural), ole hyvä vain, olkaa hyvä vain, kaikin mokomin French: (formal) servez-vous (fr), je vous en prie (fr), (informal) sers-toi (fr), je t'en prie (fr), vas-y (fr), allez-y (fr) Georgian: როგორც გენებოს (rogorc genebos)

German: (formal) bedienen Sie sich (de), greifen Sie zu (de); (informal) bedien dich (de), greif zu (de) Japanese: ご遠慮なくお使いください (ja) (go-enryo naku o-tsukai kudasai) Portuguese: fique à vontade, sinta-se à vontade Russian: не стесня́йтесь (ru) (ne stesnjájtesʹ) (don't be shy, formal), не стесня́йся (ru) (ne stesnjájsja) (informal); угоща́йтесь (ru) (ugoščájtesʹ) (help yourself (food), formal), угоща́йся (ru) (ugoščájsja) (informal) Spanish: orale como vas, adelante, llegale con confinaza, adelante (es)

Quotations

• 2001 July 10, Robert Chin, “Re: Manila Girl in Chitown”, soc.culture.filipino, Usenet

  If you want to think you're smart because you and your stupid family elected to live in a cesspool...Hey, be my guest, ASSHOLE!

• 2002 October 11, Luc Besson and Robert Mark Kamen, The Transporter, 20th Century Fox

  Lai: Can I leave?

  Frank: Be my guest.