grand bien vous fasse

French

Alternative forms

• grand bien te fasse (T–V distinction)

Etymology

Literally, “much good may it do you”.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡʁɑ̃ bjɛ̃ vu fas/

Interjection

grand bien vous fasse

1. good for you

   Synonym: tant mieux pour vous

Usage notes

• Chiefly used ironically, to suggest that the preceding fact is uninteresting or futile.
• Also used in the second- and third-person singular and plural: grand bien vous fasse, grand bien lui fasse (“much good may it do him/her”), grand bien leur fasse (“much good may it do them”).