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here's to en · X

Pronunciation

Etymology

Shortening of "Here is a toast to […] ".

Meanings

  1. (idiomatic) A phrase used before drinking a toast.
    • Cheers! Here's to our future, and here's to absent friends!
    • And here's to you, Mrs. Robinson Jesus loves you more than you will know Whoa, whoa, whoa 1968 April 5, Paul Simon, “Mrs. Robinson”, in Bookends, performed by Simon & Garfunkel:
    • So ‘ere's to you, Fuzzy-Wuzzy, at your 'ome in the Soudan; ⁠You're a pore benighted ‘eathen but a first-class fightin’ man; An’ ‘ere’s to you, Fuzzy-Wuzzy, with your ‘ayrick 'ead of ‘air— You big black boundin’ beggar—for you broke a British square! 1919, Rudyard Kipling, “Fuzzy Wuzzy”:

Translations (4)

de auf (phrase used before drinking a toast) · es brindemos por (phrase used before drinking a toast) · es brindo por (phrase used before drinking a toast) · ga faoi thuairim (phrase used before drinking a toast)