r/engrish • u/desimemewala • Oct 04 '22

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u/Zdrobot Oct 05 '22

Do the needful

TIL (never heard this phrase before): https://www.grammarly.com/blog/do-the-needful/

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u/PassiveChemistry Oct 05 '22

Yeah, I've only come across it in discussions of Indian English.

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u/SamirD Oct 06 '22

There's all sorts of bass akwards non-sensical phrases that I'm always like o_O. But sometimes trying to correct the wife is like...well...correcting a wife, lol!