say when
Signal when enough
Say when is what someone says while pouring a drink or serving food, inviting the recipient to indicate when they have enough: Say when—that's good, thanks.
The phrase functions as a request for a stop signal.
By extension, it can invite someone to name a time for an event: Want to grab coffee? Say when.
- pourSend liquid streaming out
- wine glassStemmed drinking vessel
- enough alreadyPlea to stop
- leave offTo stop or cease
- mannersCustoms of polite conduct
glass · refill · courtesy · etiquette · dinner party · serve · guest · brim · host · indicate · call it a day · measure · limit · leave it at that · idiom · agree · signal · social cue
- mannersetiquette, manners, polite, rude, politeness
- dining phrasesbon appetit, enjoy your meal, dig in, come and get it, help yourself
- readinessready, prepared, set, alert, primed