Taking a long walk off a short pier In english explanation

The meaning, explanation, definition and origin of the idiom/phrase "taking a long walk off a short pier", English Idiom Dictionary ( also found in Vietnamese )

author Jimmy Hung calendar 2021-11-12 12:11

Meaning of Taking a long walk off a short pier (redirected from take a long walk off a short pier )

Synonyms:

go jump in the lake , Go play in the traffic

Variants:

take a long walk on a short pier

Take a long walk off a short pier British informal verb phrase colloquial pejorative idiomatic

Used to say that someone goes away and leave you alone, usually because what they are doing or saying is really irritating

Take a long walk off a short pier! I don't want to hear you explain the reasons for what you did to me.

You are disturbing me. Take a long walk off a short pier!

Other phrases about:

go peddle your papers

Go away, and leave me alone!

make (oneself) scarce

To make oneself difficult to find in order to avoid something like trouble

go climb a tree

Used to ask somebody to go away and stop annoying you
 

Grammar and Usage of Take a long walk off a short pier

Verb Forms

  • taken a long walk off a short pier
  • takes a long walk off a short pier
  • taking a long walk off a short pier
  • took a long walk off a short pier
  • to take a long walk off a short pier

The verb "take" should be conjugated according to its tense.

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to throw in the towel

 To quit; to give up, stop doing something because you know that you cannot succeed; admit defeat

Example:

The team is not going to throw in the towel just because they lost one game.

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