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put that in your pipe and smoke it
put that in your pipe and smoke itTake that decisive information or outcome and live with it! I pay your wages, and I'll say whether you can go on your break or not, so put that in your pipe and smoke it. Ha! I told you my team would win. Put that in your pipe and smoke it!See also: and, pipe, put, smoke, thatPut that in your pipe and smoke it!Fig. Inf. See how you like that!; It is final, and you have to live with it. Well, I'm not going to do what you want, so put that in your pipe and smoke it! I'm sick of you, and I'm leaving. Put that in your pipe and smoke it!See also: and, pipe, put, smoke, thatput that in your pipe and smoke itTake that information and give it some thought, as in I'm quitting at the end of the week-put that in your pipe and smoke it. This term alludes to the thoughtful appearance of many pipe smokers. [Colloquial; early 1800s] See also: and, pipe, put, smoke, thatput that in your pipe and smoke it You say put that in your pipe and smoke it to tell someone that they must accept what you have said, even if they do not like it. As for rules, the only person who makes rules in this house is me. So she can put that in her pipe and smoke it.See also: and, pipe, put, smoke, thatput that in your pipe and smoke it used to indicate that someone should accept what has been said, even if it is unwelcome. informal 1947 W. Somerset Maugham Creatures of Circumstance I'm engaged to her, so put that in your pipe and smoke it. See also: and, pipe, put, smoke, thatput ˈthat in your pipe and smoke it (informal) used after telling somebody an unpleasant fact or truth, to say that they should accept it: I’m not giving you any more money to spend on that car. So put that in your pipe and smoke it!See also: and, pipe, put, smoke, thatPut that in your pipe and smoke it! exclam. Take that!; See how you like that! You are the one who made the error, and we all know it. Put that in your pipe and smoke it! See also: and, pipe, put, smoke, thatput that in your pipe and smoke itTake that and think about it; digest that if you can. This term alludes to the frequent appearance of pipe smokers as thoughtful and/or contemplative. The term has been current since the early nineteenth century. R. H. Barham used it in The Lay of St. Odille (1840): “For this you’ve my word, and I never yet broke it. So put that in your pipe, my Lord Otto, and smoke it.”See also: and, pipe, put, smoke, thatAcronymsSeePTIYPASI |