APAD: Put that in your pipe and smoke it

Meaning:

 

Used, impolitely, to indicate that the person addressed will have to accept a

particular situation, even if it is unwelcome.

 

Background:

 

Examples of this expression crop up from the early 19th century and are presumed

to derive from the belief that pipe-smoking is a good aid to thought.

 

From Merriam-Webster online:

 

    used to tell someone that he or she must accept what one says is true even

    though he or she might not like it or agree with it. "It's a stupid movie."

    "Oh really? Well it was just nominated for an Oscar, so put/stick that in

    your pipe and smoke it!"

 

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It's great to learn I was wrong in thinking that the proverb meant "put oneself

in someone's shoes."

 

Another thought is that tobacco-smoking might not be as bad as it is made out to

be. But this is heresy in this day and age. I have to put that in my pipe and

smoke it.

所有跟帖： 

• 可以理解，高中时比较叛逆，没钱买真正的烟，在操场尽头，报纸卷树叶，那味道真呛 -移花接木- ♂ (0 bytes) () 02/04/2024 postreply 09:04:20

• Haha! That's nuts! :-) -7grizzly- ♂ (0 bytes) () 02/04/2024 postreply 09:08:19

• Similar to "shovel sth. down someone's throat"? -godog- ♂ (0 bytes) () 02/04/2024 postreply 09:07:15

• Sure. One active, the other passive. -7grizzly- ♂ (0 bytes) () 02/04/2024 postreply 09:10:22

• haha, that happened to us wrt "EEAO" movie. sigh ... -最西边的岛上- ♀ (0 bytes) () 02/04/2024 postreply 09:19:13

• What's EEAO? -7grizzly- ♂ (0 bytes) () 02/04/2024 postreply 09:24:20

• everything everywhere all at once ;-) -最西边的岛上- ♀ (0 bytes) () 02/04/2024 postreply 09:32:13

• Okay. Do you recommend watching? -7grizzly- ♂ (0 bytes) () 02/04/2024 postreply 09:34:13

• NO, we couldn't even finish watching, but it did get oscars -最西边的岛上- ♀ (0 bytes) () 02/04/2024 postreply 09:39:08

• Thank you. You saved me time. -7grizzly- ♂ (0 bytes) () 02/04/2024 postreply 09:41:19

• Just means accept it, right? Not solemn and moving enough. -唐宋韵- ♂ (0 bytes) () 02/04/2024 postreply 10:57:51

• 看二战的纪录片，那些小伙子，抽几口烟就去前线了，不准备回来了。。。 -唐宋韵- ♂ (0 bytes) () 02/04/2024 postreply 11:00:04

• Right. English favors variety. -7grizzly- ♂ (0 bytes) () 02/04/2024 postreply 11:36:59

• Put that in your pipe and smoke it. Live with it. -盈盈一笑间- ♀ (0 bytes) () 02/04/2024 postreply 11:29:20

• even we hate it. -盈盈一笑间- ♀ (0 bytes) () 02/04/2024 postreply 11:29:38

• The condition in the last clause is the key. -7grizzly- ♂ (0 bytes) () 02/04/2024 postreply 11:38:18

• Great ending. ”Take sth in one‘s stride” is more proactive？ -暖冬cool夏- ♀ (0 bytes) () 02/04/2024 postreply 11:29:37

• and less reluctant. Yes. -7grizzly- ♂ (0 bytes) () 02/04/2024 postreply 11:34:28

• 说你是，你就是，不是也是～是这个意思吗？ -妖妖灵- ♀ (0 bytes) () 02/04/2024 postreply 13:41:59

• Well. Tho things are connected, I'd vote no :-) -7grizzly- ♂ (0 bytes) () 02/04/2024 postreply 14:06:22

• It's more like you have to put up with what you hate. -7grizzly- ♂ (0 bytes) () 02/04/2024 postreply 14:08:10

• 就是凑合呗：）） -卫宁- ♂ (0 bytes) () 02/04/2024 postreply 18:47:04