go play in the traffic
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Verb
- (idiomatic, often rude) To go elsewhere and feel free to engage in risky behavior; get lost.
- 2012 July 9, Terry Prone, "That ‘I must be adopted’ belief is more widespread than I thought," Irish Examiner (Ireland) (retrieved 7 Dec 2015):
- [H]is father is not a talkative man, so all he ever got was monosyllabic answers speedily followed by an instruction to do the dishes or go play in the traffic.
- 2013 March 5, Walter E. Williams, "Minimum wage has racist origin," Amarillo Globe News (retrieved 7 Dec 2015):
- Suppose the high-skilled worker came into your office and demanded $55 a day. What would be your response? You’d probably tell him to go play in the traffic and hire the three low-skilled workers.
- 2014 June 5, "'Star Trek' Writer Settles Capt. Debate . . . Kirk vs. Picard," TMZ (retrieved 7 Dec 2015):
- Comment by CyndiChainsaW: Yeah your homophobia is ridiculous. You should go play in the traffic.
- 2014 Nov. 14, "‘I was banned from Tesco... for wearing a onesie’," The News (Portsmouth, England) (retrieved 7 Dec 2015):
- “[S]he was pretty rude to me.” Jake has told The News that one member of staff told him to “go and play in the traffic”.
- 2012 July 9, Terry Prone, "That ‘I must be adopted’ belief is more widespread than I thought," Irish Examiner (Ireland) (retrieved 7 Dec 2015):
Usage notes
- Usually used in the imperative mood as an especially nasty way of saying "Beat it!" (especially to a child).
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