When do you say "thank you but not thank you"?

Answer 1

do you actually mean 'not'? Or do you mean 'No'? If you mean 'No' the people above are right. If you mean 'not' I think it should be 'Thank you but not thanks to you'...meaning that something succeeded and your gratefull for that but the one who you're talking to is NOT the one who caused it to succeed. Example:
You have to make dinner. Your friend, whos an awfull cook steps by and decides to help you. After several catastrophies, oil-fires and smoke explosions the dinner is finally ready. in relief you sigh 'Thank you...but not thanks to you!' (turning to your friend)

Answer 2

You may be thinking of a humorous expression that people sometimes use: "Thanks, but no thanks!" When people say it, they place the stress on the word "no".

Because of the surprising turnabout -- positive and then negative -- the second half of the expression seems stronger and more noticeable. In other words, it is a stronger than usual way to say "No thanks." It's also kind of funny.

One more thing: people always say this in a casual way. It has to be "Thanks", not "thank you".

Answer 3

when someone is offering you something that you don't want
e.g.

-do you want a cup of coffe?
- thank you but no thank you

it's a little redundant since you can simply say "no, thank you"

Hope that helps ;)

Answer 4

if someone offers you something and you appreiciate the offer but don't want it.


"would you like another cup of cofee?"

"thank you, but no thank you"