This party is boring, so let's make like a tree and leave.
make like a tree and leave
idiomTo leave, depart.
Origin
disputed originA pun on leave (“depart”) and leave (“produce leaves”) (or its more common variant, leaf).
The movie was terrible, so we decided to make like a tree and leave before the final scene.
Realizing the conversation had turned hostile, he chose to make like a tree and leave rather than engage in a pointless argument.
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absence makes the heart grow fonder
One feels more love or affection for those one loves when parted from them.
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and the like
And other similar items; et cetera.
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bark up the wrong tree
To take the wrong approach to a situation; to follow a false lead; to attempt to solve a problem using mistaken assumptions about its true nature.
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be like
To say.
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built like a brick outhouse
Synonym of built like a brick shithouse.
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built like a brick shipyard
Synonym of built like a brick shithouse.
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built like a brick shithouse
Of a man, having a muscular body, particularly with well-developed muscles of the chest, arms and abdominals.
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cannot make it
Cannot reach satisfactory or expected standards or do something competently; describes someone in a hopeless situation.
Last updated April 17, 2026