your wish is my command

English

Pronunciation

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Phrase

your wish is my command

1. (often humorous) Whatever you say you wish for I will treat as a command and do straight away.
   • 1900 March 31, The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser, NSW, page 6, column 4:

     "Your Highness's wish is my command," says Sir Joshua suavely, for he is intensely curious as to the contents of the document.

Translations

what you wish for I will effect as if it were a command

• Basque: zure nahiak aginduak dira niretzat
• Bulgarian: Желанието Ви е заповед за мен (Želanieto Vi e zapoved za men)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 有求必應／有求必应 (zh) (yǒuqiúbìyìng)

• Czech: tvé přání je mi rozkazem
• Dutch: uw wens is mijn bevel
• Esperanto: via deziro, mia ordeno, via deziro estas mia komando
• Finnish: pyyntösi on käskyni, toiveesi on lakini
• French: vos désirs sont des ordres
• German: dein Wunsch ist mir Befehl
• Hungarian: (informal) kívánságod számomra parancs (hu), (formal) kívánsága számomra parancs
• Italian: ogni tuo desiderio è un ordine
• Korean: 너의 바램은 나에게 명령이다 (neoui baraemeun na'ege myeongnyeong'ida)
• Macedonian: вашите желби се моја заповед m pl (vašite želbi se moja zapoved)
• Norwegian: ditt ønske er min lov
• Polish: twoje życzenie jest dla mnie rozkazem
• Portuguese: o seu pedido é uma ordem, seu desejo é uma ordem
• Russian: слу́шаю и повину́юсь (slúšaju i povinújusʹ, literally “I listen and obey”), твоё жела́ние — для меня́ зако́н (tvojó želánije — dlja menjá zakón, literally “your wish is a law for me”)
• Slovak: tvoje želanie je mi rozkazom
• Spanish: tus deseos son órdenes para mí
• Swedish: din önskan är min lag
• Turkish: dileğin emrimdir

See also

• one's word is law