Idiom
open a can of whoop ass
Vulgar
Meaning
A good-humored threat of physical harm.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“If you touch my lunch again, I will open a can of whoop ass.”
“The coach told the team that if they didn't start playing harder, he would open a can of whoop ass on them.”
“The veteran fighter grinned at his opponent, jokingly warning that he was about to open a can of whoop ass if the match continued.”
Examples
simple
“If you touch my lunch again, I will open a can of whoop ass.”
contextual
“The coach told the team that if they didn't start playing harder, he would open a can of whoop ass on them.”
complex
“The veteran fighter grinned at his opponent, jokingly warning that he was about to open a can of whoop ass if the match continued.”
Origin
From English whoop (variant of whip) + ass.
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