opinions are like assholes
- idiom
- Offensive
:
las opiniones son como los culos
- Some say opinions are like assholes: everyone has one, but that doesn't mean you want to hear about it.
Examples
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Whenever people start arguing about movies, someone reminds them that opinions are like assholes.
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In debates, remember that opinions are like assholes — everyone has one.
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He shrugged and said, 'Well, you know, opinions are like assholes.'
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You know what they say, opinions are like assholes.
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During discussions, he often quotes, 'opinions are like assholes.'
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She told her friend, 'opinions are like assholes; everyone has one, but not all are worth sharing.'
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In his lecture, the professor emphasized, 'opinions are like assholes — everyone has one, and they're often unsolicited.'
Synonyms
A rude way to say everyone has something, often unwanted like opinions
How Dismissive
- Offensive
- Archaic
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Surface Forms
Morphology
The simile structure 'X are like Y' and the literal senses of the constituents allow a learner to infer a basic metaphorical mapping (that opinions, like assholes, are common and often unpleasant). However, the precise pragmatic nuance—that opinions are typically unsolicited, of little value, and the expression's coarse, vulgar register—relies on cultural/pragmatic knowledge beyond the lexical meanings, so the full sense is not fully predictable from the parts.
Etymology
The saying opinions are like assholes uses a rude, clear image: opinions are compared to assholes because everyone has one and many people do not want to hear them. So, it means 'everyone has their own opinion' and often that those opinions are 'unwanted' or not worth much.