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don't drop the soap

don't drop the soap proverb: used as a mockery to someone who is about to be or should be confined in prison.

Proverb

don't drop the soap

  1. (idiomatic) Used as a mockery to someone who is about to be or should be confined in prison.

Origin of don't drop the soap

From the exposure of one's buttocks when bending over in a male group shower, in reference to prison rape.

Questions about don't drop the soap

What does don't drop the soap mean?
Don't drop the soap means used as a mockery to someone who is about to be or should be confined in prison.
What part of speech is don't drop the soap?
Don't drop the soap is a proverb.

Words near don't drop the soap in the dictionary

  1. don't cut yourself on that edge
  2. don't diet, try it
  3. don't dip your pen in company ink
  4. don't do anything I wouldn't do
  5. don't drive faster than your guardian angel can fly
  6. don't drop the soap
  7. don't even think about it
  8. don't feed the troll
  9. don't feed the trolls
  10. don't fight the tape
  11. don't fish off the company dock

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