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.
Значення
значень: 3(ідіома, розмовне)To engage in a simple, useless activity that anyone would reasonably know how to perform.
(ідіома, розмовне)To engage in a futile activity.
(зневажливе, ідіома, 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.
Приклади
речень: 2I told him to go pound sand.
It's just a job. Grass grows, birds fly, waves pound the sand. I beat people up.
Походження
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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Форми
pounds sand, pounding sand, pounded sand, pounded sand| Базова форма | pound sand · to pound sand |
|---|---|
| 3-я особа однини | pounds sand |
| Дієприкметник теперішнього часу | pounding sand |
| Минулий час | pounded sand |
| Дієприкметник минулого часу | pounded sand |
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Синоніми
синонімів: 10Уроки до слова
уроків: 3- A1Present Simple: теперішній простий час — Бо це дієслово
- A1Past Simple: правильні дієслова — Бо у нього є форма минулого часу
- A2Present Perfect: вступ — Бо у нього є дієприкметник минулого часу