do a favor

do someone a favor

and do someone a good turn

to perform a helpful service to someone. Would you please do me a favor and take this letter to the post office? My neighbor did me a good turn by lending me his car.

do yourself a favor

to do something that will have a good effect on you or give you an advantage Why don't you do yourself a favor and take a vacation this summer?

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Sergey	syer-GYAY (Russian), seer-GYAY (Russian)	Russian, Bulgarian
Sjeng	SHENG	Limburgish
Demyan	dyem-YAHN (Russian), deem-YAHN (Russian), dem-YAHN (Ukrainian)	Russian, Ukrainian
Milka (1)	-	Serbian, Croatian, Slovene, Macedonian, Bulgarian
Tamela	-	English
Dederick	-	English (Archaic)