go jump off a building
Used to tell someone to go away, or that their request will not be met.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
“He told me to go jump off a building when I asked for money.”
“When the rude salesman refused to leave, she told him to go jump off a building.”
“After he demanded that she sacrifice her hard-earned promotion, she firmly told him to go jump off a building.”
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all dressed up and nowhere to go
Elaborately attired or otherwise fully prepared for an anticipated situation or activity which, nevertheless, fails to occur.
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all systems go
Everything is ready.
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as you go
While one is doing (something); as one progresses.
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boldly go where no man has gone before
To break new ground.
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come and go
To repeatedly appear and disappear; to be transient.
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don't go there
Do not broach that topic.
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easy come, easy go
Easily won and easily lost (usually said when resigned to a loss; something that comes in the same way, goes in the same way)
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Elvis has left the building
A phrase used to announce the end of a show, usually one performed by an Elvis impersonator.
Last updated August 10, 2026