rest in piss
- idiom
- Offensive
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- When her old laptop finally stopped working, she joked it could rest in piss.
Examples
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His critics online posted memes telling his failed project to rest in piss.
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After the company went bankrupt, many former employees said it could rest in piss.
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May he rest in piss!
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He can rest in piss.
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When the local team lost the championship, their fans sarcastically said the season could rest in piss.
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After his controversial show was canceled, the host's critics claimed it could rest in piss.
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When the old car broke down for the last time, he laughed and said it could rest in piss.
Synonyms
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8.6
To die, said in casual or joking speech
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6.1
People say someone is not alive in a gentle, respectful way
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9.0
People say it to show respect for a man who has died
Surface Forms
Morphology
This expression is a deliberate, vulgar play on the conventional idiom 'rest in peace' by replacing 'peace' with 'piss', so the literal meanings of the constituents ('rest' + 'in' + 'piss') point toward a disrespectful variant but only via awareness of the original idiom and its pragmatics. A B1 learner who knows the words may guess it is insulting if they recognise the source phrase, but without that cultural/idiomatic knowledge the intended contemptuous meaning is not fully derivable from the parts alone.
Etymology
The phrase rest in piss comes from a rude joke on the funeral saying 'rest in peace'; it keeps rest and in but swaps the calm word 'peace' for the dirty piss, creating an insulting image. So people use rest in piss to mock or show they do not respect someone or something that is dead, gone, or no longer working.