believe you me

== English == === Etymology === Derived from an archaic English sentence structure. Compare I kid you not. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /bɪˈliːv juː ˈmiː/ (General American) IPA(key): /bɪˈliv ju ˈmi/, /bi-/, /bə-/ Hyphenation: be‧lieve you me === Phrase === believe you me (idiomatic) An emphatic form of believe me: you (the subject) had better believe me (the speaker). ==== Translations ==== === Further reading === “believe you me, phrase” under “believe, v.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, September 2011. “believe me, phrase”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.