like assholes
- idiom
- Offensive
:
como los culos
- The saying goes that opinions are like assholes, meaning we all have them and they're not always welcome.
Examples
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He always says, 'Excuses are like assholes; everyone has one.'
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Don't be offended—she was just quoting that old line about how advice is like assholes; everyone has one.
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Stop acting like assholes!
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Everyone has an opinion, just like assholes.
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He often reminds his friends that advice is like assholes; everyone has one.
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She joked that opinions are like assholes, suggesting that everyone has one.
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The phrase reminds us that opinions are like assholes; everyone has one and they can be unwelcome.
Synonyms
Everyone has an opinion, but not every opinion is wanted or useful
Antonyms
How Common
Surface Forms
Morphology
The simile marker 'like' plus the insulting noun 'asshole' yields a directly inferable meaning in many contexts—i.e., 'behave in a way similar to an asshole' (rude, obnoxious)—so a B1 learner who knows the words can often get the basic sense. However, the proverb/pragmatic extension (e.g. 'opinions are like assholes; everyone has one') and the cultural/vulgar nuance require extra pragmatic knowledge, so the relation is only partially predictable.
Etymology
The saying like assholes comes from a rude image: people say 'opinions are like assholes, everyone has one', using assholes to picture something every person has. So the phrase means that something is common to all people and often not wanted or special.