to piss in someone's cornflakes
- idiom
- /pɪs ɪn ˈsʌmˌwʌnz ˈkɔrnˌfleɪks/
- Offensive
:
aguar la fiesta a alguien
- You've really pissed in my cornflakes.
Examples
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Why do you always have to piss in my cornflakes whenever I'm excited about something?
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Her constant negativity is really starting to piss in my cornflakes at work.
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I can't believe you had to piss in my cornflakes by telling everyone my secret.
Synonyms
1
9.9
To make someone very annoyed or angry
1
7.4
Make someone less happy or excited by pointing out problems
To spoil someone's good mood or stop them enjoying something
To say or do something that spoils other people's enjoyment
To make someone feel disappointed or upset
To make someone feel worried, angry, or very annoyed
To make someone angry or upset
To annoy someone by doing the same small things again and again
Antonyms
How Spoiling
∞
2.0
- Offensive
80
2.8
- Informal
11
5.8
16
4.4
Surface Forms
Morphology
piss + in + someone's + cornflakes
The literal image — someone urinating in another person's cornflakes — directly communicates the idea of ruining or spoiling that person's enjoyment, so a learner who knows 'piss', 'in', 'someone's' and 'cornflakes' can readily infer the metaphorical meaning. Although informal and vulgar, the mapping from the literal constituents to the figurative sense is straightforward rather than arbitrary.
Etymology
The idiom piss in someone's cornflakes comes from a rude image: imagine someone pouring piss into another person's bowl of cornflakes, ruining their breakfast. That's why it now means 'to spoil someone's enjoyment' or 'to ruin someone's fun'.