thanks a million

English

Etymology

Shortening of "thank you a million times"

Interjection

thanks a million

1. (informal) thank you, intensified.
   • 1963, J P Donleavy, A Singular Man, published 1963 (USA), page 186:

     Smith taking leave gently on the grey porch. With a thanks a million. One is enough stranger. And stepping down three steps to the hard path underneath the three great trees at the fork of this road. Turning to look back. The shadow standing in the light of the hall, gun at port arms.

Translations

thanks a great many times

• Basque: mila esker (eu) (literally “a thousand thanks”)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 万分感激

• Danish: tusind tak (literally “a thousand thanks”)
• Dutch: duizendmaal dank (literally “a thousand thanks”)
• Faroese: túsund takk! (literally “a thousand thanks”)
• Finnish: paljon kiitoksia (literally “lots of thanks”), kiitos tuhannesti (literally “thank you a thousand times”)
• French: merci mille fois (literally “thanks a thousand times”), mille mercis (fr) (literally “a thousand graces”)
• German: tausend Dank (literally “a thousand thanks”)
• Greek: χίλια ευχαριστώ (el) (chília efcharistó, literally “a thousand thanks”)
• Icelandic: þúsund þakkir (literally “a thousand thanks”)
• Italian: grazie mille (it) (literally “a thousand graces”)
• Norwegian: tusen takk (no) (literally “a thousand thanks”)
• Polish: stokrotne dzięki (literally “hundredfold thanks”)
• Romanian: mii de mulțumiri (literally “thousands of thank-yous”)
• Spanish: un millón de gracias (literally “a million thanks”)
• Swedish: tusen tack (sv) (literally “a thousand thanks”)

See also

• thanks a lot
• you're welcome a million

References

• Oxford English Dictionary, 1884–1928, and First Supplement, 1933.