Can I help you?
Can I help you?
An offer for assistance, often from a salesperson. A: "Can I help you?" B: "Yes, I'm looking for a cocktail dress."
See also: can, help
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
Could I help you?
and Can I help you?; May I help you?Could I assist you? (Said by shopkeepers, clerks, food service workers, and people who answer the telephone.) The clerk came over and said, "Could I help you?" Clerk: May I help you? Mary: No thanks, I'm just looking.
See also: could, help
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
- Could I help you?
- May I help you?
- plough
- plough (one's) own furrow
- ploughed
- ploughs
- furrow
- help a lame dog over a stile
- helping
- lame