piss up a wall

present singular third person pisses up a wall · participle present pissing up a wall · participle past pissed up a wall · past pissed up a wall

1. alternativeidiomaticslangAlternative form of piss something up the wall.

   He was a scattered man, always pulling a geographical escape, always adopting a new name. His money he pissed up a wall – yes, I liked that expression.

   2011, Katherine Govier, The Ghost Brush, page 392

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   I'd thought it wouldn't be a problem for them to pitch instead of me, but Brett said people knew about their mom – it was like this open secret – and there had been too much money pissed up a wall by nepotist fuckwits just lately.

   1998, Matthew Branton, The Love Parade, page 107

   This is why it's no joke being a social tenant; at the stroke of someone's pen you might find that your life is impossible, to save money that in another government context would be pissed up a wall on a PR exercise.

   2015, Zoe Williams, Get It Together: Why We Deserve Better Politics, page 110