do me a favour en · X
Pronunciation
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Meanings
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(literally) Used to ask someone for a favour (may be polite or sarcastic).
Do me a favour and shut up.
Could you possibly do me a favour and pass me that newspaper?
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(UK, idiomatic) Expressing incredulity.
You expect me to clean up all this mess for you? Do me a favour.
Debbie remained seated. "Go to bed," she ordered. "With you here? Why what do you think I'll do, cut my throat with an electric razor? I know this dump's enough to drive anybody nuts but do me a favour."
2012, Keith Blackburn, Changes in a Landscape, page 134:
Translations (9)
cmn 拜託 /拜托 (expressing incredulity) · fi älä viitsi (expressing incredulity) · pl zrób mi przysługę (used to ask someone for a favour) · pt por favor (expressing incredulity) · cmn 少來 /少来 (expressing incredulity) · pt faça-me o favor (expressing incredulity) · fi tee minulle palvelus (used to ask someone for a favour) · af doen my 'n guns (used to ask someone for a favour) · cmn 幫我一個忙 /帮我一个忙 (used to ask someone for a favour)