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Wed 8 May, 2013 12:23 am
context: in an airport I give a friend of mine a send-off, can I say?:
Have a safe trip.
Is it idiomatic? Some say no, because whether a person can have a safe trip cannot logically be controlled by him; but I don't think this reason can stand, because English people may say HAVE A NICE DAY; by the same token A NICE DAY cannot be had by artificially controlling the event, but I still can't be sure whether that phrase can be use to see someone off.
@WBYeats,
Quote:Have a safe trip.
Is it idiomatic? Some say no, because whether a person can have a safe trip cannot logically be controlled by him; but I don't think this reason can stand, because English people may say HAVE A NICE DAY; by the same token A NICE DAY cannot be had by artificially controlling the event, but I still can't be sure whether that phrase can be use to see someone off.
Of course it's idiomatic and very common, WB.
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