BLESS YOU! | Meaning, Definition In Cambridge English Dictionary

Meaning of bless you! in English

bless you!

idiom Add to word list Add to word list something you say to a person who has just sneezed Linguistics: interjections

• aiyo
• attaboy
• attagirl
• auf Wiedersehen
• aw shucks
• doctor
• guess
• hip
• lord
• lordy
• marry
• mazel tov
• more
• roll
• yeah
• yeah, right! idiom
• yech
• yeet
• yoicks
• yoink

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bless you

idiom (also bless your heart) something you say to tell someone you are grateful to them when they have been kind to you: "Here, let me help you with your shopping." "Oh, bless you, dear." Relieved and thankful

• all's well that ends well idiom
• appreciate
• appreciative
• appreciative of something
• appreciatively
• beholden
• debt
• gratefully
• gratitude
• gratitude journal
• I owe you (one) idiom
• in acknowledgment of something
• indebted
• owe
• relievedly
• slay
• ta
• thank
• thank God, goodness, heaven(s), etc. idiom
• touched

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Translations of bless you!

in Chinese (Traditional) （在某人打噴嚏時説）大吉大利！, 上帝保佑你（們）… See more in Chinese (Simplified) （在某人打喷嚏时说）大吉大利！, （在表示感激时）上帝保佑你（们）… See more in Spanish ¡salud!… See more in Portuguese saúde!… See more Need a translator?

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