same to you

English

Phrase

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)
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
Italian: a lei (formal), a te (informal)
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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