Meanings
Origin
Abbreviated from full sentence with verb, such as "you shouldn't have gone through all that trouble" or "you shouldn't have spent so much money".
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Chinese Mandarin 你太客氣了 /你太客气了
- 你太客氣了 /你太客气了 (nǐ tài kèqì le)used to express gratitude at unnecessary generosity
Finnish sinun ei olisi tarvinnut
- sinun ei olisi tarvinnutused to express gratitude at unnecessary generosity
French il ne fallait pas
- il ne fallait pasused to express gratitude at unnecessary generosity
Hungarian igazán nem kellett volna
- igazán nem kellett volnaused to express gratitude at unnecessary generosity
Portuguese não precisava
- não precisavaused to express gratitude at unnecessary generosity
Spanish no era preciso, no era necesario
- no era precisoused to express gratitude at unnecessary generosity
- no era necesarioused to express gratitude at unnecessary generosity
- no tener por quéused to express gratitude at unnecessary generosity
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you shouldn't have. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/you%20shouldn't%20have
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“you shouldn't have.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/you%20shouldn't%20have. Accessed November 5, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “you shouldn't have,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/you%20shouldn't%20have.
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