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Be my guest.
Help yourself.; After you. (A polite way of indicating that someone else should go first, help himself or herself to something, or take the last one of something.) Mary: I would just love to have some more cake, but there is only one piece left. Sally: Be my guest. Mary: Wow! Thanks! Jane: Here's the door. Who should go in first? Bill: Be my guest. I'll wait out here. Jane: You're so polite!

guest of honor

a guest who gets special attention from everyone; the person for whom a party, celebration, or ceremony is given. Bob is the guest of honor, and many people will make speeches about him. The guest of honor sits at the front of the room on the dais.
See also: honor

Be my guest.
something that you say in order to give someone permission to do something 'Can I use your toilet, please?' 'Be my guest.'

be my guest (spoken)
I do not mind If you want to add an exclamation point to that sentence, please be my guest.
Usage notes: often used to answer a request: “May I cut in?” she asked. “Be my guest,” Angelo replied.


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16), and Rasta Thomas, who will be guesting with American Ballet Theatre this spring--use personal websites to publicize their projects and give potential employers a snapshot of their past experience.
Through the decades, he's made 20 albums of his own, and contributed to countless others, including guesting on Bonnie Raitt's Grammy-winning ``Longing in Their Hearts,'' the Blind Boys of Alabama's Grammy-winning ``Spirit of the Century,'' Tom Waits' ``Mule Variations'' and even played the driving blues harp on INXS' 1990 Top 10 hit ``Suicide Blonde.
Who would have dreamed that three of them (Gillman, Davis, and the other rookie assistant coach, Chuck Noll) would wind up in the pro football Hall of Fame; that the fourth person, quarterback Jack Kemp, would become a member of the President Ronald Reagan's cabinet, and that the fifth person, the editor, would set a record for permanent pre-season guesting (six Charger-Raider camps in a row)
 
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