Meaning of piss on someone's cornflakes | Babel Free

Definitions

Forma verbal. Verb. [C2]

Examples

“I really did piss on everyone’s cornflakes. I knew what I was doing but basically I got too big for my boots but please take into consideration, the fact that you and every other person involved in this operation, goes home at night, eats a decent meal, relaxes in a nice warm bath, talks to the wife, plays with the kids, watches the box, puts on a favourite record, gets pissed if he feels like it.”

“He had a precise, almost affected manner of speaking, as if words were precious and had to be husbanded. There was, as well, an undertone of something very like resentment. Maybe someone pissed on his cornflakes.”

“‘Tom, they’ve shot down a Russian helicopter on the other side of the village. They’re all off to see it.’ […] I didn’t want to piss on their cornflakes, but there was something they were forgetting: ‘Listen, lads, if you’ve taken out a helicopter, the Russians are going to be back to get the crew.’”

“I remember the first day of practice he gave me jersey number 77, to which I replied, “77? I’m a halfback, not a lineman.” He stared at me like I had just pissed on his cornflakes. “Son,” he whispered, “we run the Single Wing here. All backs wear numbers in the 70s. If you want to play, you’ll wear this number.””

“‘Why don’t you tell me what trouble you’re causing for me?’ / ‘I figure that you’ve walked all the way to this Hall to tell me yourself what I’ve done to upset you, so the last thing I want to do is piss on your cornflakes.’”

“The faces in front of us became confused, then irate, when the opening bars of ‘Safety Dance’ rang out. This wasn’t what they were expecting, and they looked at us as if we’d pissed on their cornflakes. With blood-flecked urine.”

“I don’t want to piss on your cornflakes or anything, but women don’t just change out of nowhere from my experience. She clearly wants something.”

“I don’t want to piss on your cornflakes, boys, but the imprint of an ‘S’ in the left-hand comer of an envelope isn’t exactly Nathan Leopold’s glasses prescription, is it?”

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