| 单词 | how say you to | 
| 释义 | > as lemmashow say you to  a.    what do (also would) you say to: ‘would you like?’, ‘do you fancy?’ (typically as a polite offer of a specified item of food or drink). In early use in  what say you to (now rare),  †how say you to.In quot. 1893   with humorous inversion of subject and prepositional object. ΚΠ 1597    W. Shakespeare Romeo & Juliet  iii. iv. 28  				But what say you to  Thursday.       View more context for this quotation a1616    W. Shakespeare Taming of Shrew 		(1623)	  iv. iii. 20  				How say you to a fat Tripe finely  broyl'd?       View more context for this quotation a1625    J. Fletcher Bonduca  ii. iii, in  F. Beaumont  & J. Fletcher Comedies & Trag. 		(1647)	 sig. Gggg3v/1  				What say you to a leg of Beef now, sirha? 1693    T. Southerne Maids Last Prayer  iii. 34  				What say you to a Pooile at Comet, At my House? 1752    H. Fielding Amelia III.  viii. x. 203  				What say you to..a Tiff of Punch, by Way of Whet? 1832    Eton Coll. Mag. 22 Oct. 188  				What say you, Mr. Editor, to an Eton Newspaper, to contain all intelligence that could be necessary to Etonians? 1851    S. Warner Wide Wide World I. xxi. 272  				‘What would you say to a cup of chicken broth?’ ‘O should like it very much!’ said Ellen with new energy. 1852    H. B. Stowe Uncle Tom's Cabin II. xxiii. 77  				What do you say to a game of backgammon? 1893    E. Saltus Madam Sapphira iv. 57  				‘What would a Scotch and soda say to you?’ ‘That I am vile and vicious I suppose. No thanks. I think I will be getting home.’ 1929    Melody Maker Jan. 20/2  				What do you say to a beaker of ‘the boy’? 1930    A. Ransome Swallows & Amazons ix. 96  				‘What would you say to a bit of toffee?’ said Mrs Dixon. 1948    M. Laski Tory Heaven vi. 84  				I'm getting a bit peckish... What do you say to us going out and looking for a bite? 1997    R. Bennett Catastrophist 		(1999)	 210  				‘What would you say to a drink?’ he asks. 2011    O. Wilde Dawn of Silva vii. 49  				What do you say to going fishing? < as lemmas  | 
	
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