grand bien vous fasse

French

Alternative forms

Etymology

Literally, “much good may it do you”.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡʁɑ̃ bjɛ̃ vu fas/

Interjection

grand bien vous fasse

  1. good for you
    Synonym: tant mieux pour vous

Usage notes

  • Chiefly used ironically, to suggest that the preceding fact is uninteresting or futile.
  • Also used in the second- and third-person singular and plural: grand bien vous fasse, grand bien lui fasse (“much good may it do him/her”), grand bien leur fasse (“much good may it do them”).
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