pound sand
To engage in a simple, useless activity that anyone would reasonably know how to performTo engage in a simple, useless activity that anyone would reasonably know how to perform.
» I told him to go pound sand.
Значение
значений: 3(идиома, разговорное)To engage in a simple, useless activity that anyone would reasonably know how to perform.
(идиома, разговорное)To engage in a futile activity.
(пренебрежительное, идиома, сленг)To go away; get lost; go to hell; to waste one's own time (with some other meaningless task) rather than waste the speaker's time with something equally irritating or pointless.
All you do is complain. Why don't you go pound sand up your ass and stop bothering the line staff.
Примеры
предложений: 2I told him to go pound sand.
It's just a job. Grass grows, birds fly, waves pound the sand. I beat people up.
Происхождение
First use appears c. 1857 in a poem by the Scottish poet Alexander Smith. Used as an exampFirst use appears c. 1857 in a poem by the Scottish poet Alexander Smith. Used as an example both of an activity so simple that almost anyone could do it and of an activity so pointless that only a fool would do it.
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Формы
pounds sand, pounding sand, pounded sand, pounded sand| Базовая форма | pound sand · to pound sand |
|---|---|
| 3-е лицо ед. числа | pounds sand |
| Причастие настоящего времени | pounding sand |
| Прошедшее время | pounded sand |
| Причастие прошедшего времени | pounded sand |
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Синонимы
синонимов: 10Уроки к слову
уроков: 3- A1Present Simple: настоящее простое время — Потому что это глагол
- A1Past Simple: правильные глаголы — Потому что у него есть форма прошедшего времени
- A2Present Perfect: введение — Потому что у него есть причастие прошедшего времени