to bite one's ass
- idiom
- /baɪt wʌnz æs/
- Offensive
:
mandar a alguien a la mierda
- She looked her accuser in the eye and said, 'You can bite my ass if you don't like it.'
Examples
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When the company ignored his ideas, he quit and told them all to bite his ass.
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Don't bite my ass just because I disagreed with you!
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After the constant nitpicking from management, Sam finally told his supervisor to bite his ass.
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Stop biting my ass!
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After the constant nitpicking from management, Sam finally told his supervisor to bite his ass.
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She looked her accuser in the eye and said, 'You can bite my ass if you don't like it.'
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When the company ignored his ideas, he quit and told them all to bite his ass.
Synonyms
153
7.7
To reply angrily or sharply, often without warning
49
9.9
To tell someone rudely that you do not care about their opinion or order
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7.0
Scold someone angrily in front of others
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9.9
A rude phrase people use to tell someone you are annoyed and do not care
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9.9
Tell someone in a rude way to go away or warn they will be badly embarrassed
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7.1
To scold someone angrily and severely
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9.9
A very rude way to tell someone you strongly refuse their idea or order
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9.9
To attack or punish someone suddenly and violently, often for something they did
A rude, angry reply that shows you do not care what someone says
Say something suddenly and sharply when angry or annoyed
To angrily tell someone they did something wrong, often in front of others
To yell at or threaten someone to make them try harder
Antonyms
How Defiant
Surface Forms
Morphology
Although the constituent words have clear literal meanings, the idiomatic sense 'to answer someone with defiance or rudeness' is not directly predictable from 'bite' + 'one's' + 'ass'. The expression is vulgar and idiomatic (similar to other unpredictable verbal insults), so a B1 learner who only knows the parts would likely misunderstand or take it literally rather than infer the intended retort sense.
Etymology
Bite one's ass is a rude expression that paints a sharp, physical picture: telling someone to actually bite your ass is a shocking dare that shows anger and refusal. So the phrase now means 'to respond with defiance or rudeness'.