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Thanks but no thanks

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10 April 2025

Thanks but no thanks

We use this expression to decline an offer someone has made, or to give a negative opinion of something we don't want to or wouldn't want to do.

Written: Yes

Spoken: Yes

Formal: No

Informal: Yes

Example 1

We're going to the cinema. Do you want to come with us?

Thanks but no thanks. I've got something planned.

Example 2

You could earn double by working in the city, you know?

With all the pollution, the crime, the stress. Thanks but no thanks.

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