your mission, should you choose to accept it
English
editEtymology
editFrom the TV series Mission: Impossible.
Phrase
edityour mission, should you choose to accept it
- (informal, humorous) Your mission or task; what you must do.
- 2000 January 15, Peter Sagal, “Wait, Wait...Don't Tell Me!”, in National Public Radio:
- We recently heard about a particularly daring espionage coup. Your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to listen to our panelists as they describe a tactic that even Matt Helm had never thought of.