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shove it up your ass

shove it up your ass

1 9.9
A very rude way to tell someone you strongly refuse their idea or order
  • idiom
  • Offensive
translation icon : metérselo por el culo
  • If you don't like my decision, you can shove it up your ass.

Examples

  • You can shove it up your ass if you think I'm doing that!

  • She replied, 'You can shove it up your ass,' and walked out of the room.

  • He got so angry that he told his boss to shove it up your ass.

  • When he told me to quit, I said shove it up your ass!

  • When he suggested an early start, she told him to shove it up his ass.

  • I can't believe you think I'll take that advice; just shove it up your ass!

  • After he made that ridiculous demand, she simply replied, 'shove it up your ass'.

Synonyms

kiss my ass
vsshove it up your ass
  • Offensive
49 9.9

To tell someone rudely that you do not care about their opinion or order

is more strongly used to reject requests with vulgar contempt
to shove it
vsshove it up your ass
  • Offensive
38 9.9

Tell someone angrily to go away and that you will not accept their idea

is harsher and more vulgar when rejecting someone
to go fuck oneself
vsshove it up your ass
  • Offensive
37 9.9

A rude way to tell someone to go away and show strong anger

is used mainly to refuse suggestions or demands rather than order someone away
to eat shit
vsshove it up your ass
  • Offensive
8 9.9

Tell someone in a rude way to go away or warn they will be badly embarrassed

is mainly a blunt refusal without implying consequence or harm
to get stuffed
vsshove it up your ass
  • Offensive
2 9.9

Tell someone rudely to go away or leave you alone

is more vulgar and harsher when rejecting requests or people
to pound sand
vsshove it up your ass
  • Offensive
2 9.9

Tell someone to go away in a rude way

is more explicitly vulgar and contemptuous in its rejection
where to shove it
vsshove it up your ass
  • Offensive
9.9

A rude phrase telling someone you refuse their request and they should go away

is more vulgar and harsher in its refusal
to tell someone where to shove it
vsshove it up your ass
  • Offensive
9.9

Rudely say to someone that you want them to go away

is more vulgar and blunt when dismissing someone
bite my ass
vsshove it up your ass
  • Offensive
9.9

A rude, angry reply that shows you do not care what someone says

is stronger and more vulgar when rejecting someone or their words
to bite one's ass
vsshove it up your ass
  • Offensive
9.9

Tell someone angrily to go away using rude words

is a harsher vulgar form used to reject or dismiss people
heck no
vsshove it up your ass
  • Informal
8.9

A strong way to refuse a suggestion or request

is a vulgar rude dismissal rather than a plain negative reply

Antonyms

793 1.0

To take something someone offers, for example a gift or invitation

20 3.4

A warm, willing acceptance of someone or an idea

How Rude

shove it up your ass
  • Offensive
1 9.9
to fuck off
  • Offensive
104 9.9
to shove it
  • Offensive
38 9.9
to bug off
  • Informal
4 8.9

Surface Forms

Morphology

shove + it + up + your + ass

The expression is largely compositionally interpretable — 'shove' (push) + 'up your ass' (into someone's butt) gives a crude, literal image that a B1 learner who knows the words can understand. However its common use is a pragmatic, idiomatic insult meaning strong rejection or dismissal ('screw you'/'get lost'), which is a conversational extension not fully predictable from the literal components, so it is only partially transparent.

Etymology

Shove it up your ass comes from a rude, literal image: telling someone to shove something up their ass as an angry insult. That's why people use it today to strongly and rudely 'reject' someone or tell them to 'go away'.