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to piss on

to piss on

11 9.9
To say bad things about someone's ideas or work to show you do not respect them
  • phrasal verb
  • /pɪs ɑn/
  • Offensive
translation icon : despreciar
  • Denying counsel to a defendant just pisses on the Constitution of the United States of America.
  • gonna piss on

And I'm, I'm, I'm kind of pissing on that party in this book.

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Examples

  • She constantly pisses on my ideas, making it hard for me to feel valued.

  • Thank you for reading, but piss on the rest of it.

    Blog text (32)

  • But I would say these schools, and I piss on them all the time.

  • All you do is just piss on me!

    Sugar Hill (1994)

  • You just let everybody piss on you...

    She's So Lovely (1997)

  • We are just sick and tired of being pissed on by you college football snobs.

    Blog text (15)

  • Republicans piss on you and tell you it's raining; Democrats hand you an umbrella!

    Blog text (32)

  • Don't piss on my head and tell me it's raining, Mathayus.

    The Scorpion King 3: Battle for Redemption (2012)

  • I wish libertarians would stop pissing on conservatives, especially those of us who consider ourselves Christian conservatives.

    Blog text (19)

  • You should be rooting for this (which I hear is a great film), not pissing on it.

    Blog text (4)

Synonyms

to take the pee out of
vsto piss on
  • Offensive
9.9

Tease someone by making jokes about them

is harsher and shows clear contempt and strong belittling
to take the pee
vsto piss on
  • Slang
9.9

To tease someone by joking about them in a friendly way

is much harsher and aims to criticize or belittle with contempt

Antonyms

praise
161 1.0

Words or actions that show admiration for someone

How Disrespectful

to piss on
  • Offensive
11 9.9
insult
  • Offensive
313 1.3
to belittle
45 5.0
to dismiss
332 3.0
to ignore
∞ 1.0

Surface Forms

piss on infinitive
pissed on past
pissed on past participle
pissing on present participle
pisses on third person singular

Morphology

piss + on

The phrase arises from the literal act 'to piss on' (urinate on), which metaphorically conveys contempt or dismissal, so there is a clear link between the constituents and the figurative meaning. However, the metaphorical extension is culturally marked and vulgar, and a B1 learner who only knows the literal senses may not reliably infer the idiomatic sense without exposure, so the expression is only partially transparent.

Etymology

Piss on likely comes from the rude image of someone pissing on an object to show disrespect. That's why to piss on someone or their idea now means 'to treat them with contempt or disrespect'.