Monday 12 January 2009

Help your self!

Today's idiom is:

to help yourself

We use "to help yourself" in a few situations.

It bacisally means that it is okay to use/take/eat something by yourself.

Example 1

I hope you don't mind. I helped myself to some coffee while you were out. (I hope you don't mind. I drank some of your coffee)

Example 2

A: Help yourself to some more cookies. (Have some cookies)

B: Thanks, but I've had enough already.

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