eat my shorts
1
9.9
- idiom
- Offensive
:
mandar a alguien a la mierda
- If you think I'm waking up before dawn on a Sunday, you can eat my shorts.
Examples
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When his brother told him to stop playing video games, he replied, 'eat my shorts!'
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If you think I'm going to agree, then eat my shorts!
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He knew the challenge was impossible, so he laughed and said, 'If you can do it, I'll eat my shorts.'
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You want me to do that? Eat my shorts!
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When she asked me to change my mind, I told her to eat my shorts!
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If they think I'll give up that easily, they can just eat my shorts!
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After hearing his ridiculous demands, I laughed and said, 'You can eat my shorts!'
Synonyms
49
9.9
To tell someone rudely that you do not care about their opinion or order
10
9.9
A rude phrase people use to tell someone you are annoyed and do not care
8
9.9
Tell someone in a rude way to go away or warn they will be badly embarrassed
A rude, angry reply that shows you do not care what someone says
Tell someone angrily to go away using rude words
Antonyms
How Defiant
- Offensive
67
9.5
- Offensive
1
9.9
- Informal
13
4.2
716
1.7
∞
1.0
Surface Forms
Morphology
The literal combination 'eat' + 'my' + 'shorts' yields a nonsensical command to consume clothing and does not transparently convey the joking, defiant refusal sense; the phrase is a culturally specific, idiomatic insult popularized in media. An average B1 learner who knows the words would not reliably derive the intended dismissive meaning without prior exposure or cultural context.
Etymology
The idiom eat my shorts is a rude, funny dare that makes a strong picture: someone literally eating their own shorts, which is gross and impossible. One popular story says the TV character Bart Simpson made the line famous, and because it is an insulting, impossible dare it came to mean 'defiance' or a strong 'refusal'.