take a long walk on a short pier
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English
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]From the fact that if one walks longer than the walkway, one will find oneself falling into the body of water.
Pronunciation
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Verb
[edit]take a long walk on a short pier (third-person singular simple present takes a long walk on a short pier, present participle taking a long walk on a short pier, simple past took a long walk on a short pier, past participle taken a long walk on a short pier)
- (idiomatic, derogatory, colloquial) Used to tell someone to go away, or that their request will not be met.
- 1952, Hospitals: the journal of the American Hospital Association, volume 26, page 40:
- Well, it was a busy day and I was really cut down to size — in fact, once I was told to take a long walk on a short pier.
- 2001, Tad Crawford, The Money Mentor: A Tale of Finding Financial Freedom, page 183:
- She smiled, but she wasn't the same Tina who had told her banker dad to take a long walk on a short pier.
Synonyms
[edit]- get lost, go jump in the lake, beat it, push off, go away, fuck off, take a hike, piss off, bugger off, clear off, away with you, on with you, forget you, vamoose
- See also Thesaurus:go away