same to you

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Pronunciation

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Phrase

same to you

1. I wish to you what you have just wished to me.

   Synonyms: back at you, right back at you, same, likewise

   Jack: “Merry Christmas, Bob.” / Bob: “Same to you, Jack.”

   “Go to hell, bozo!” – “Same to you, fella!”

Usage notes

This is a way to answer someone who has just wished you something (e.g. Happy New Year, have a nice day, good luck, enjoy the holidays etc.), without repeating it. It can be used equally well in response to a positive or negative wish.

Translations

I wish to you what you have just wished to me

Azerbaijani: sizinlə bahəm (formal or plural), sizinlə birlikdə (formal or plural), səninlə bahəm (informal or singular), səninlə birlikdə (informal or singular) Croatian: također (sh) Czech: nápodobně Danish: i lige måde Dutch: van hetzelfde, insgelijks (nl) Finnish: samoin sinulle, samoin (fi) French: de même (fr), pareil (fr) German: auch so, ebenfalls (de), gleichfalls (de) Hungarian: viszont kívánom Indonesian: sama-sama (id) Italian: a lei (formal), a te (informal), altrettanto (it) Low German: German Low German: ok so, ik meen dat ok so Malay: sama-sama Norwegian: i like måte Polish: nawzajem (pl), wzajemnie (pl) Portuguese: igualmente (pt) Russian: взаи́мно (ru) (vzaímno), и ва́м того́ же (i vám tovó že) (formal), и тебе́ того́ же (i tebé tovó že) (informal) Spanish: igualmente (es) Swedish: detsamma (sv) Yiddish: גם־אַתּם (gam-atem)