- Piss and wind
- futile exercise
Dictionary of Australian slang . 2013.
Piss and wind
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piss and wind* — Mere talk. Boasting. ♣ He s all piss and wind. He talks emptily, and too much … A concise dictionary of English slang
piss and wind — n See all piss and wind … Contemporary slang
piss and wind — Australian Slang futile exercise … English dialects glossary
all piss and wind — adj full of bluster and noise, but without real substance. This expression can have a similar meaning to all mouth and trousers, but can be applied for instance to a poli tician s speech or a theatrical perform ance, as well as to an individual.… … Contemporary slang
All piss and wind — loquacious, but insincere loquacious, but insincere … Dictionary of Australian slang
all piss and wind — Australian Slang loquacious, but insincere loquacious, but insincere … English dialects glossary
piss — /pɪs / (say pis) Colloquial (taboo) –verb (i) 1. to urinate. –noun 2. urine. 3. an act of passing water; urination. 4. a. any alcoholic drink, especially a weak one. b. beer. –phrase 5. all piss and wind (or piss n wind) …
piss — piss1 [pıs] v [i]spoken not polite [Date: 1200 1300; : Old French; Origin: pissier, from Vulgar Latin pissiare] 1.) to ↑urinate 2.) piss in the wind to waste time or effort trying to do something that is impossible 3.) it is piss … Dictionary of contemporary English
piss — 1 verb 1 (I) informal an impolite word meaning to urinate 2 piss all over sb spoken an impolite expression meaning to thoroughly defeat a person or a team 3 piss in the wind spoken an impolite expression meaning to waste time or effort trying to… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
take the piss (out of someone) — vb British to mock, deride, poke fun at. This vulgar ism has been in widespread use since the late 1940s. The original idea evoked by the expression was that of deflating someone, recalling the description of a self important blusterer as all… … Contemporary slang
