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2021-07-19 03:07
Take the piss (out of) (someone or something) British phrase
When someone takes the piss out of someone or something else, they laugh at them or make other people laugh at them, usually in an unkind way.
He has become reserved ever since they took the piss out of his wrong answer.
She hates those kids because they're always taking the piss out of her name.
When someone or something takes the piss, they are very irritating or unfair.
Can you turn off the music? It's taken the piss so far.
They are taking the piss! They said that girls were not allowed to take part.
Used to tell someone to go away and stop bothering you
Used to refer to an annoying or obnoxious person
To openly show ridicule or contempt for someone by literally laughing in front of them
To annoy someone or make them angry.
The verb "take" must be conjugated according to its tense.
"Take the piss" may be a reference to a related (and dated) idiomatic expression, piss-proud, which is a vulgar pun referring to the morning erections which happen when a man awakens at the end of a dream cycle (each about 90 minutes in length throughout the night) or may be caused by a full bladder pressing upon nerves that help effect erection. This could be considered a "false" erection, as its origin is physiological, not psychosexual, so in a metaphoric sense, then, someone who is "piss-proud" would suffer from false pride, and taking the piss out of them refers to deflating this false pride, through disparagement or mockery.[5][6] As knowledge of the expression's metaphoric origin became lost on users, "taking the piss out of" came to be synonymous with disparagement or mockery itself, with less regard to the pride of the subject. Conversely, the North East of England also lays claim to the phrase's origin, citing the urine trade which was seen as an undesireable cargo for sailors working from the River Tyne. Because the city collected urine from public facilities and exported a refined version of it, it was often used as ship's ballast in place of water - having a resale value at the other end of the journey. Consequently, sailors discussing their cargo in local establishments would genially accuse others reputed to be lying about their cargo of "taking the piss" - or hauling urine.[7] "Take the mickey" may be an abbreviated form of the Cockney rhyming slang "take the Mickey Bliss",[8] a euphemism for "take the piss." It has also been suggested that "mickey" is a contraction of "micturition,"[5] in which case "take the micturition" would be a synonymous euphemism for "take the piss." The phrase has been noted since the 1930s.
Do you see anything wrong?
Used to allude that the last force, problem or burden which is seemingly minor and small causes a person, system or organisation to collapse or fail
Her husband's violent act last night was the straw that broke the donkey's back and she left him
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