help yourself
Serve your own
Help yourself is an invitation to take something without waiting for assistance or permission: Help yourself to some cake.
It implies the host wants you to feel comfortable acting freely.
Sarcastically, it can express annoyance when someone takes something without asking: Oh, help yourself—it's not like I was saving that.
- serveAttend to needs
- buffetSelf-service meal display
- all you can eatUnlimited food for fixed price
- takeCapture or filmed segment
- grabSeize abruptly
indulge · plate · second · portion · generous · potluck dinner · hospitality · guest · open house · offer · feast · spread · dig in · freely · welcome · pantry · kitchen · leftovers
- Pleasantriesplease, thank you, thanks, sorry, excuse me
- dining phrasesbon appetit, enjoy your meal, dig in, come and get it, pass the salt
- eating phrasesdig in, chow down, bon appetit, eat up, gobble up
- sharing phraseshere you go, for you, go halves, share and share alike, pass it on
- indulgenceindulgence, indulge, indulgent, overindulgence, pamper
- permissionpermission granted, granted, allowed, permitted, authorization
help yourselffull service
Complete provision of amenities
table service · butler service · allow me · silver service · white-glove service
help yourselfhands off
Forbidding contact or meddling
don't touch · keep out · leave it alone · off-limits · restricted access
help yourselfwait your turn
Defer to those ahead
hold back · sit and wait · be patient · queue up · stand in line
help, yourself, helps, helped, helping, helper, helpers, helpful, helpfully