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Caroline Tran
2021-03-14 09:03
Go jump in a lake! offensive spoken language informal
Used to tell someone in a rude way to go away and stop bothering you
I'm not in the mood for your stupid things right now. Go jump in a lake!
I was so sick of her that I told her to go jump in a lake.
This idiom is often used to express that you should accept an unpleasant situation or event because you cannot change it.
Once something has been done, you can do nothing but face the consequences.
Either "a" or " the" is accepted in this idiom.
This term is used especially in Minnesota by grandmas who are angry but are to civilized to swear. Also found in some quotations from the 1900s.
Do you see anything wrong?
people often do irrational or foolish things when they are in love.
I and my boyfriend have decided to get married in the summer. I don't think that's wise, since we won't have enough money saved by then to set up house. But then, one cannot love and be wise.
