English

Adverb

believe you me

1. (idiomatic) An emphatic form of "believe me"; you [the subject] had better believe me [the speaker].
   • 1841, Caesar Otway, Sketches in Erris and Tyrawly, by the author of 'Sketches in Ireland ..., p. 185:

     Well, sir, believe you me, I'll give that lassy as good a strapping as ever she got when she comes back.

   • 1870, Garland, In re Garland, p. 94:

     But many a time, believe you me, I bought a rabbit from you, when I could put something else in the pot...

   • 1877, Justin McCarthy, Miss Misanthrope: A Novel, p. 21:

     That's change, if you like to call it so. But the heart of things is just the same. Balzac stands for Paris, believe you me.

   • 1887, Alexander Wardrop, Mid-Cauther Fair: A Dramatic Pastoral : with Other Poems, Songs, and Prose, p. 113:

     But, Sandy lad, believe you me, I loe ye like a brither!

   • 1912, George A. Birmingham, The Simpkins Plot, p. 75:

     "Believe you me," said Meldon, " she'll know how to manage him."