no poop on the stoop
- idiom
- Informal
:
sin caca en la entrada
- After her neighbor complained, she put up a 'no poop on the stoop' notice for dog owners.
Examples
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The sign outside the apartment read, 'no poop on the stoop,' making passersby smile.
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We joked about making a 'no poop on the stoop' rule for our front steps.
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Please make sure there's no poop on the stoop!
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The sign clearly says no poop on the stoop.
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To keep the porch clean, she placed a 'no poop on the stoop' sign where dog owners could see it.
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The resident put up a 'no poop on the stoop' notice, hoping to encourage responsible pet ownership.
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During the neighborhood meeting, they decided to enforce a 'no poop on the stoop' policy for pet owners.
Surface Forms
Morphology
The phrase is directly interpretable from its constituents: 'no' (not any) + 'poop' + 'on' + 'the' + 'stoop' yields a prohibition against feces being on the porch/steps. The expression is simply a humorous, rhyming formulation of a literal instruction and follows the transparent 'no X on Y' construction, so a B1 learner who knows the words will understand it.
Etymology
No poop on the stoop is a playful rhyme that uses the words poop and stoop to make a funny, clear sign for dog owners. That's why it means 'don't let dogs poop on the front steps'.
