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be_my_guest

be my guest

English

Verb

be my guest ‎(imperative)

(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)
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; (informal) bedien dich (de), greif zu

Japanese: ご遠慮なくお使いください (ja) ‎(go-enryo naku o-tsukai kudasai)
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

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

Lai: Can I leave?

Frank: Be my guest.