30 Minutes to Improve Your English Listening Comprehension! [ Ссылка ] New Video, 10 Idiom Examples with Reworded Sentences [ Ссылка ] Despite the clickbait videos to the contrary, yes it is absolutely correct to respond to 'thank you' with 'you're welcome.' But in this video you will learn 8 ways to respond to 'thank you' instead of 'you're welcome' in English. These are all standard ways to respond to thank you in Engish, most of them less formal for use with friends and close acquaintances. These thank you responses are all English idioms! For each, you will get examples of use as well as the specific meaning or allusion of each response.

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You're welcome is a standard English response to gratitude or 'Thank You.' These 8 thank you responses are used just as often. Each of them can have its own subtle shade of meaning, but they are all used offhand as standard alternatives to 'You're welcome.' If you are learning to speak English, this video will help you learn how to respond to thank you.
You're welcome and all other thank you responses are actually idioms. Here are 8 of the most common alternatives. Although each of these idioms can have its own subtle shade of meaning and their own specific allusions, they are used routinely and offhand as standard substitutes for “You’re welcome.”
Don't Mention It: When someone thanks you for something and you say “Don’t mention it,” you are saying that there is no need to thank you and, in fact, there is no need to even mention it. This is a warm response to gratitude, and you are telling someone that your help is to be expected and no expression of gratitude is needed.
Examples Of Use
“Thanks for picking me up for work, I don’t know what I would have done without you,” said Maurice. “Don’t mention it,” replied Richard.
Don't mention it has been used as an idiom since the early 1900s.
Not At All: Not at all is similar to don't mention it. Translate it as "your thanks are not needed at all. I was glad to do it."
Example Of Use
"I appreciate your help in this matter," said Janice. "Not at all," said Scott.
My Pleasure And also the more formal version 'The pleasure was all mine.': When you use this response you are telling the person who thanked you that it was your pleasure to help them; they do not need to thank you because you actually enjoyed helping.
Examples Of Use
“Thanks for writing that letter of recommendation, Mr. Foster.” “My pleasure,” replied Mr. Foster.
My pleasure has been used as a thank-you response since the mid-1900’s.
No Problem: Saying no problem when someone says thank you means 'it caused me no problem.' This is a way of saying that helping was no trouble or required little effort. A variation of this expression is no trouble or it was no trouble at all.
Examples Of Use
“Thanks for lending me that ten dollars," said Sarah. “No problem,” said Don.
No problem as a thank you response has been used since around 1960.
No Sweat: No sweat, as a thank-you response, is quite similar to the last idiom no problem although it is more slangy. It means, figuratively, “helping you was not hard work for me and it did not cause me to sweat.” This idiom is very informal.
Examples Of Use
“Thanks for picking me up for work,” said Emily. “No sweat!” said Drummond.
This one has been used since around 1950.
These last two, no problem and no sweat, in some instances, can seem to lack warmth unless combined one of the other standard idiomatic thank you responses.
Forget It: "Thanks so much for helping me." "Forget it." This response means much the same as don't mention it or not at all. In fact, it "forget it, not at all" is often heard. I personally never say "forget it" as a thank you response. To my ears, it sounds rude.
This next idiom is a confusing one for those learning to speak English. It is a simple one-word response: Sure. This is very informal but means much the same as the more formal response 'certainly.' It basically means "of course I don't mind helping you." As well, it is sometimes combined with the other responses such as Sure, no problem. Sure, don’t mention it. And, sure, my pleasure. Despite the allusion, I would advise you to use the word sure alone sparingly and only with close friends as it does tend to sound terse and detached. When a statement is terse, it means that it uses very few words and this can sometimes seem abrupt and unfriendly.
Examples Of Use
“Thanks for your help earlier,” said Chris. "Sure,” replied Seth.
“Thanks a million for fixing my car again,” said Clark. “Sure, no problem at all,” replied Rick.


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