put that in your pipe and smoke it
Used after stating something surprising or undesired, in order to emphasize its truth.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
“I finished the project early, so put that in your pipe and smoke it.”
“My team won the championship despite your doubts, so put that in your pipe and smoke it.”
“The evidence clearly proves your theory is entirely incorrect; put that in your pipe and smoke it.”
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end in smoke
To be destroyed or ruined; to go up in smoke.
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go up in smoke
To be completely ruined, devastated, or reduced to nothingness.
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holy smoke
An expression of astonishment.
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lipstick on a pig
To make superficial or cosmetic changes to something in a doomed attempt to disguise its fundamental flaws.
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not to put too fine a point on it
Used to apologize for a possibly impolite statement one is making; to put it bluntly; to express it in plain terms.
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pass the bottle of smoke
To acquiesce in some falsehood; to make pretence.
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pipe down
To be quiet; to refrain from being noisy.
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pipe dream
A desire or idea which is unlikely to materialize, or a plan which is unlikely to work; a near impossibility.
Last updated August 10, 2026