Is 'here you are' equivalent to 'thank you'?
On the Wiktionary, it says:
'here you are'
(idiomatic) Said when you hand something over to someone or do a favour to them, usually to draw the recipient's attention to the exchange; Equivalent to “thank you” when receiving something.
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/here_you_are
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Is 'here you are' really equivalent to 'thank you' when receiving something?
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Is 'here you are' really equivalent to 'thank you' when receiving something? No. '
- Is 'here you are' really equivalent to 'thank you' when receiving something?
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kadioguyWhat do you think of it?Is 'here you are' really equivalent to 'thank you' when receiving something?
No. What the writer means is that it is the complement or reciprocal of 'thank you': the giver says 'Here you are' and the receiver says 'Thank you.'
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