take the piss

动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To tease, ridicule or mock (someone). Commonwealth,Ireland,UK,idiomatic,intransitive
    — You know, cos he was like taking the piss out of them and they took the piss out of him.
  2. To subject those present to teasing, ridicule or mockery, or to show contempt. Commonwealth,Ireland,UK,idiomatic,intransitive
    — He's either taking it easy or taking the piss by arriving at the eleventh hour.
  3. To be outrageously unreasonable. Commonwealth,Ireland,UK,idiomatic,intransitive
    — I've got three exams on the same day! That's taking the piss!

词形变化

takes the piss present,singular,third-person taking the piss participle,present took the piss past taken the piss participle,past piss-take alternative pisstake alternative

词汇关系

近义词
extract the urine take the mickey rip the piss
相关词
piss-taker piss and wind take the wind out of someone's sails

词源

Possibly from piss-proud (“falsely presenting as successful”). In which case taking the piss out of would mean deflating their false pride, usually through disparagement or mockery. As the piss-proud metaphor became dated, taking the piss out of someone came to refer to disparagement or mockery itself, regardless of the pride of the subject. Eventually the shortened, intransitive form taking the piss became common.
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