no thank you
English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From earlier no, thank you.
Interjection
- A polite way of saying no in response to an offer.
- Synonyms: no thanks, thanks but no thanks
- Antonym: yes please
- “Do you want all the strawberries we didn't eat?” “No thank you, I'm full.”
- 1970, Iris Murdoch, A Fairly Honourable Defeat, London: Chatto & Windus, published 1979, →ISBN, page 357:
- ‘Have some tea?’ ‘No, thank you.’
- 2022 September 15, 9:20 from the start, in David Blaine Freaks Jimmy Out with a Terrifying Card and Nail Trick The Tonight Show (Comedy), spoken by David Blaine and Jimmy Fallon, The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, archived from the original on 16 September 2022:
- Fallon: David Blaine is eating nails right now. This is insane. This is...this is all real. This is crazy.
Blaine: You want some?
Fallon: No thank you, I don't want to eat...how? How?
Usage notes
- This phrase is typically spoken with no pause in speech. The comma after no is typically included in formal writing.
Translations
polite way of saying no
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References
- “no, thank you” in TheFreeDictionary.com, Huntingdon Valley, Pa.: Farlex, Inc., 2003–2024.
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