Meaning of no, thank you | Babel Free

Definitions

Interjection. [C1]

Examples

“I knew just the time to come in for nursery tea, I knew just how to sit at table, I knew that when I was offered the third piece of cake I must say, “No, thank you,” even though I wanted it. I didn’t know everything though. For instance, once at nursery tea Mrs. Montgomery was in and I was offered the third piece of cake, and I said, “No, thank you, I’m full.” Now that evening I was having my nightly bath and Mrs. Montgomery came into the bathroom and said, “Irene, during nursery tea today you remember saying ‘No, thank you, I’m full?’ ” and I said, “Yes, Mrs. Montgomery.” “Well, Irene, you mustn’t say that again. In future you must say, “No, thank you. I’m quite satisfied’ Do you understand?””

“‘Have some tea?’ ‘No, thank you.’”

“I was left to play my part, grudgingly, in the eternal jugalbandi of tourist life: ‘Boat, sir?’ ‘No, thank you.’ ‘Rickshaw, sir?’ ‘No, thank you.’”

“As the smell of toasting Borodinski bread wafts through the apartment, Bill goes through other frozen foods—all Costco, stuffed this-and-that. No, thank you.”

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