"Knock yourself out" and others...

Question

I'm trying to learn more colloquial phrases and slang than I learn in my books, hopefully you can help! I'm especially interested in Mexican slang, but would be happy to hear from others, as well

In particular, I was hoping to find how one would say what would be the equivalent of "Knock yourself out, kid" which is used here usually as a snarky retort to someone who is being regarded as overzealous, naive, or eager and immature, by someone else who thinks they themselves have better things to worry about. ...as in (someone1) "Hey Mr. can I sweep all the rocks out of the street in front of your house for my super swell rock collection?" (someone2) "Yeah, sure, knock yourself out, kid..."

It definitely doesn't need to be a direct translation. I found some phrases like "échale ganas" and "anda, atrévete" but they're more about encouraging someone. I was looking for something a little more nonchalant.

Thanks!

Welcome to the forum! - mountaingirl123, Jan 18, 2012

Answer 1

oh thanks! long time listener, first time poster...

hahaha that's supposed to be a comment on the comment from my first post. what a noob! - erikapropst, Jan 18, 2012