would you be so kind as to

English

Phrase

would you be so kind as to

1. (colloquial) Would you please (do something); used to ask someone to do something politely.
   • 1987 February 1, Donnie Whitlock, “Personal advertisement”, in Gay Community News, volume 14, number 28, page 14:

     I'm in dire need of someone who will be so kind as to let me have a few moments of their leisure time in congenial correspondence as a much-needed friend.