Meanings
- idiomaticIndicates disapproval, disregard, disdain, disgust or disbelief.
Aerodynamics, my foot! The thing drives like a billboard.
2 more examples
Selfless service, my foot! Tom’s in the middle of a very important business deal with Cream. If it goes through, he’ll make a packet free of income tax. So he’s sucking up to him like a Hollywood Yes-man.
1960, P[elham] G[renville] Wodehouse, chapter 1, in Jeeves in the Offing, Harmondsworth, Middlesex [London]: Penguin Books, published 1963 (1975 printing), →OCLC, pages 8–9"He's clever at his business," Matilda said. "Clever my foot!" the Trunchbull shouted.
1988, Roald Dahl, Matilda
Synonyms & antonyms
interjectionUsed other than figuratively or idiomatically: see my, foot.
Translations
Finnish muka, kattia kanssa
- mukaIndicates disapproval, disregard or disbelief
- kattia kanssaIndicates disapproval, disregard or disbelief
French mon œil
- mon œilIndicates disapproval, disregard or disbelief
Italian un corno!
- un corno!Indicates disapproval, disregard or disbelief
Portuguese uma ova
- uma ovaIndicates disapproval, disregard or disbelief
Russian как бы не так
- как бы не так (kak by ne tak)Indicates disapproval, disregard or disbelief
Spanish sí, ¿cómo no?
- sí, ¿cómo no?Indicates disapproval, disregard or disbelief
Swedish pyttsan
- pyttsanIndicates disapproval, disregard or disbelief
Cite this entry
my foot. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/my%20foot
“my foot.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/my%20foot. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “my foot,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/my%20foot.
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