have a nice day

English

Phrase

have a nice day

1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see have,‎ a,‎ nice,‎ day.
   • 2011, Josh Linkner, Disciplined Dreaming, page 99:

     "Oh great, dear; have a nice day at the playground."

2. (US) Goodbye.

Usage notes

• Have a nice day is used as a salutation similar in meaning to goodbye.
• Have a nice day is a commonly spoken valediction, typically spoken by service employees or clerks to customers at the end of a transaction, particularly in North America. This repetitious and dutifully polite usage has resulted in the phrase developing a cultural connotation as a stereotypical display of impersonality, disinterest, or passive-aggressive behavior.
• The related form have a good evening is more common at night.

Synonyms

• HAND
• (goodbye): have a good one, have a great one

Derived terms

• have a nice day syndrome

Translations

goodbye

• Afrikaans: lekker dag
• Arabic: يَوْمًا سَعِيدًا! (yawman saʕīdan!)
• Basque: egun ona izan
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 祝你今天愉快！ (zhù nǐ jīntiān yúkuài!)

• Czech: hezký den
• Dutch: een prettige dag verder
• Estonian: head päeva
• Finnish: hyvää päivänjatkoa
• French: bonne journée (fr)
• Galician: teña un bo día
• German: einen schönen Tag!
• Greek: καλή σου μέρα (kalí sou méra)
• Hungarian: legyen egy szép napod, szép napot
• Icelandic: hafðu góðan dag, hafðu það gott í dag, njóttu dagsins
• Italian: buona giornata, arrivederci (it), (formal) arrivederla (it), (informal) ciao (it)
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• Japanese: (informal) いい日を！ (ii hi o!), (informal) よい一日を！ (yo i- hi o!)
• Korean: 좋은 하루 되세요 (joheun haru doeseyo)
• Latgalian: kab skaista dīna!, kab tev breineiga dīna!
• Lithuanian: geros dienos
• Low German:

  German Low German: en schönen Dag!

• Navajo: nizhónígo nee adooʼááł, nizhónígo nihee adaʼdooʼááł
• Norwegian: ha en fin dag
• Ossetian: хӕрзбон (xærzbon)
• Polish: miłego dnia
• Portuguese: tenha um bom dia
• Russian: до́брого дня (dóbrovo dnja), всего́ хоро́шего (ru) (vsevó xoróševo), прия́тного дня (prijátnovo dnja)
• Spanish: que tenga un buen día (formal), que tengas un buen día (informal), buen día
• Swedish: ha en trevlig dag, Ha en bra dag!
• Turkish: iyi günler (tr)
• Ukrainian: бажаю гарного дня (bažaju harnoho dnja)