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take a long walk on a short pier

idiom

Used to tell someone to go away, or that their request will not be met.


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  1. 01

    a day late and a dollar short

    Too late and too feeble to achieve the desired effect.

  2. 02

    a little of something goes a long way

    Only a small amount of something is usually required to produce a great effect.

  3. 03

    a short drop and a sudden stop

    A fall to one's death by hanging.

  4. 04

    a week is a long time in politics

    In politics, much change can occur in a short space of time.

  5. 05

    as the day is long

    Unceasingly; very; thoroughly; to a very high degree.

  6. 06

    Ball and Chalk

    [Cockney slang]walk

  7. 07

    cake walk

    Something extremely easy.

  8. 08

    caught short

    unprepared or without enough of something when it is needed

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