| 单词 | to pound sand |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto pound sand a. transitive. to pound sand: to engage in a pointless, menial task. Usually as a command, expressing dismissal or contempt. ΚΠ 1857 A. Smith City Poems 169 Peopled now By outcasts, sullen men, bold girls who sat Pounding sand in the sun. 1905 Decatur (Illinois) Rev. 9 Apr. 5/2 If he told them to pound sand, they would pound sand, and think that it was the finest thing in the world. 1926 L. H. Nason Chevrons vi. 195 You guys was too easy!.. Whyncha tell him to pound sand? 1977 Lethbridge (Alberta) Herald 7 May (Mag. section) 3/3 Masses of men and women are going to tell the McMartrys and Carters of this world to go pound sand. 2004 T. Berling Reeling in Years v. 153 Usually I tell the individual advancing the critique, ‘Go pound sand up your ass’. < as lemmas |
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