where to shove it
- idiom
- Offensive
:
metérselo por el culo
- She told her boss where to shove it when he demanded she work overtime again.
Examples
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If you don't like my decision, you know where to shove it.
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I told him where to shove it after his rude comment.
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After the unfair criticism, he just said, 'You can guess where to shove it.'
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You can take your advice and know where to shove it!
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If you don't like my decision, you know where to shove it.
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She told her boss where to shove it when he demanded she work overtime again.
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I told him where to shove it after his rude comment.
Synonyms
67
9.5
Tell someone angrily that you do not care about them
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9.9
To tell someone rudely that you do not care about their opinion or order
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9.9
Tell someone angrily to go away and that you will not accept their idea
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9.9
Tell someone rudely to go away or leave you alone
2
9.9
Tell someone to go away in a rude way
1
9.9
A very rude way to tell someone you strongly refuse their idea or order
Rudely say to someone that you want them to go away
A strong way to refuse a suggestion or request
Antonyms
How Rude
- Offensive
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2.1
- Offensive
- Offensive
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9.9
- UK
- Informal
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6.7
716
1.7
272
3.4
Surface Forms
Morphology
where + to + shove + it
Although 'shove' means 'to push' and 'it' is a pronoun, the use 'shove it' (and the variant 'where to shove it') functions as a contemptuous, idiomatic dismissal rather than a literal instruction about pushing. This rude/metaphorical sense is language-specific and not predictably derivable from the constituent words, so a B1 learner who only knows the parts would likely not infer the meaning.
Etymology
The idiom where to shove it comes from a rude, literal image: to shove (push hard) it into a private or hidden place. One popular story says this image means 'I reject your idea with anger and disrespect', so today people use it to tell someone off and refuse them completely.