same to you

English

Phrase

same to you

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

Synonyms

Translations

I wish to you what you have just wished to me

Czech: nápodobně
Danish: i lige måde
Dutch: van hetzelfde, insgelijks (nl)
Finnish: samoin sinulle, samoin (fi)
French: pareil (fr), de même (fr)
German: ebenfalls (de), gleichfalls (de), auch so
Hungarian: viszont kívánom
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)

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