Idiom
take a long walk on a short pier
Meaning
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.
Examples
“He told the rude man to take a long walk on a short pier.”
“When the salesman refused to leave my house, I told him to take a long walk on a short pier.”
“After the consultant demanded an unreasonable fee for his subpar work, the manager firmly suggested he take a long walk on a short pier.”
Examples
simple
“He told the rude man to take a long walk on a short pier.”
contextual
“When the salesman refused to leave my house, I told him to take a long walk on a short pier.”
complex
“After the consultant demanded an unreasonable fee for his subpar work, the manager firmly suggested he take a long walk on a short pier.”
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