go howl at the moon
English
[edit]Verb
[edit]- (imperative, colloquial) Go away; get lost; a rude dismissal.
- 2008, Tom Magliozzi, Ray Magliozzi, Ask Click and Clack: Answers from Car Talk, page 28:
- Tell him to go howl at the moon, Charles.
- 2017, Jessica Beck, Cast Iron Motive:
- I'm not proud of it, but I lost my temper, and I told her she could go howl at the moon if that was the way she felt about it.