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to soak your head

to soak your head

9.9
A rude phrase that tells someone to stop complaining and leave for a while
  • idiom
  • Offensive
translation icon : irse a la mierda
  • Just soak your head and relax!

Examples

  • Stop whining and just soak your head for a while.

  • If you're so upset about it, why don't you soak your head?

  • He stormed out after she shouted at him to soak his head.

  • You should soak your head instead of complaining.

  • If you can't handle the pressure, maybe you should just soak your head for a bit.

  • After he got so worked up about the issue, I told him to soak his head and take a break.

  • When she started complaining again, I said, 'Why don't you just soak your head and let it go?'

Synonyms

to suck it
vsto soak your head
  • Offensive
26 9.9

To tell someone to accept bad news or defeat without complaining

asks the person to calm down instead of forcing acceptance
to put a sock in it
vsto soak your head
  • UK
9 9.1

Tell someone to be quiet

asks to calm down or leave rather than only be silent
go jump in the lake
vsto soak your head
  • Offensive
9.1

Rudely tell someone to go away and stop bothering you

asks the person to calm down rather than just leave

Surface Forms

soak your head infinitive
soaked your head past
soaked your head past participle
soaking your head present participle
soaks your head third person singular

Morphology

soak + your + head

The literal meanings of 'soak' + 'your' + 'head' yield 'wet your head,' which does not transparently convey the dismissive sense 'calm down / go away / stop complaining.' This is a colloquial, idiomatic directive (often as 'go soak your head') whose pragmatic force is not predictable from its parts, so a B1 learner knowing the constituents would most likely not infer the intended meaning.

Etymology

Soak your head may come from the image of telling someone to put their head in cold water to cool down — to soak it — when they are angry. One popular story says people used this as a rude way to tell someone to 'calm down' or 'leave', so it now means 'stop complaining'.