after you, Alphonse

== English == === Etymology === Paraphrase of a line in Alphonse and Gaston, an American comic strip by Frederick Burr Opper. === Phrase === after you, Alphonse An exchange indicating excessive formality or effort at politeness, particularly where two people each refuse to go forward because each insists on allowing the other to go forward first. ==== Related terms ==== Alphonse and Gaston ==== See also ==== after you