Originally Posted by
LondonElite
That's exactly what I would (and do) say!
It's exactly what I would say and do as well. That, or "you'd better not've stuck us with your drink bill!".
Originally Posted by
henry999
Again: the question is not about the wish; the wish is understood. The question is how to translate this German phrase into natural English. If you're in the pub with your mates and someone leaves (and you know he lives across the road and 100 metres down), you're not going to say 'have a safe trip home' unless you're taking the p!ss. Does the German Heimweg carry any sense of irony here? I didn't think so.
The German
Heimweg in this case carries no irony, sarcasm, or double entendre that I can detect here. It just fills the space on the point-of-sale receipt by sprinkling an ounce of sunshine-at-night onto a patron who contributed to keeping the place in business.
Obviously, the question is not how to translate this German phrase into natural English. The question is whether any of us can help you figure out what you should say to your mate in idiomatic English next time he leaves a pub to walk home. I'm afraid I've tried and failed.
