take the piss

短语

发音

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词形变化

taken the piss takes the piss 三单 takes the piss taking the piss took the piss taking the piss 现在分词 took the piss 过去式 taken the piss 过去式 taken the piss 过去分词

别名

pisstake piss-take

释义与例句

v.
  1. 1.

    To tease, ridicule or mock (someone).

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  2. 2.

    To subject those present to teasing, ridicule or mockery, or to show contempt.

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  3. 3.

    To be outrageously unreasonable.

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    I've got three exams on the same day! That's taking the piss!

词源

Possibly from piss-proud (“falsely presenting as successful”). In which case taking the piss out of would mean deflating their false pride, usually through disparagement or mockery. As the piss-proud metaphor became dated, taking the piss out of someone came to refer to disparagement or mockery itself, regardless of the pride of the subject. Eventually the shortened, intransitive form taking the piss became common.

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