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.