put that in your pipe and smoke it

English

Phrase

put that in your pipe and smoke it

1. (idiomatic, colloquial, pejorative) Used after stating something surprising or undesired, to emphasize its truth. Also used after refuting an argument. Sometimes an adjective is inserted before pipe.
   • 1871, Richard Rowe, Episodes in an Obscure Life, Kessinger Publishing, page 91:

     "There's plenty of room for improvement in it, I don't deny; but it's my belief, Snap, if you was to try to do some of the improvement, you'd find you'd such a lot to do in your own self that you'd begin to doubt whether you was quite a proper judge about other folk's badness. Put that in your pipe, old boy, and smoke it. Good night, Snap; we'll be going now, sir, if it's convenient."

   • 1988, Janet Tanner, The Emerald Valley, Critics Choice Paperbacks, page 228:

     "And you two can put that in your pipe and smoke it!' Tea over, Harry pushed back his chair and got up."

   • 1996, Mary Lee Settle, Charley Bland, Univ of South Carolina Press, page 27:

     "Mamma set up a card table, and one of the men said, "You don't want a table for a picnic." She said, "I do. I can't stand dirt. Put that in your pipe and smoke it." She had started saying that a lot, like a habit, and I did, too."

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• how do you like them apples