take a long walk on a short pier

present singular third person takes a long walk on a short pier · participle present taking a long walk on a short pier · past took a long walk on a short pier · participle past taken a long walk on a short pier · alternative take a long walk off a short pier

1. colloquialderogatoryidiomaticUsed to tell someone to go away, or that their request will not be met.

   She smiled, but she wasn't the same Tina who had told her banker dad to take a long walk on a short pier.

   2001, Tad Crawford, The Money Mentor: A Tale of Finding Financial Freedom, page 183

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   Well, it was a busy day and I was really cut down to size — in fact, once I was told to take a long walk on a short pier.

   1952, Hospitals: the journal of the American Hospital Association, volume 26, page 40

   Synonyms: get lost, go jump in the lake, beat it, push off, go away, fuck off, take a hike, piss off