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put that in your pipe and smoke it
Idioms and Phrases
Take that information and give it some thought, as in I'm quitting at the end of the week—put that in your pipe and smoke it . This term alludes to the thoughtful appearance of many pipe smokers. [ Colloquial ; early 1800s]Example Sentences
In solitary splendor, the SigAlert even has its own traffic app, so put that in your pipe and smoke it, Waze.
‘Put that in your pipe and smoke it,’ she said to him.
Put that in your pipe and smoke it … man.
“If that doesn’t pass, there won’t be a pumpkin farm,” Eda Muller told critics at a recent city council meeting, muttering under her breath, “Put that in your pipe and smoke it.”
But the ending -- "Put that in your ** pipe and smoke it!" -- is better than any malapropism Yogi Berra produced.
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