not here to fuck spiders

phrase

Used to indicate one has serious business to pursue and should not be wasting time.

Meanings

phrase
  1. AustraliavulgarUsed to indicate one has serious business to pursue and should not be wasting time.

    'What are you doing here, Novik?' 'Well I'm not here to fuck spiders, Karylon. I'm here for you, of course.'

    2012, Maree Anderson, Lightning Rider
    2 more examples

    The big double gates of the holding paddock were swung open. Cattle bellowed, whips cracked, voices shouted out. Pat rode up to Alex. 'Come on, boyo, come on, we're not here to fuck spiders.' Alex grinned at him and cracked his whip.

    1997, Beverly Harper, chapter 7, in Edge of the Rain (ebook), Pan Macmillan Australia, published 2009, →ISBN

    But they wouldn't find out by standing around. Eva clapped her hands together. “We're not here to fuck spiders, let's do this."

    2017, Dave Sinclair, The Amnesiac's Guide to Espionage: An Eva Destruction Novel, →ISBN
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MLA

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Chicago

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