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like a fart in church

like a fart in church prepositional phrase: in a way that is very poorly received.

Prepositional phrase

  1. (slang, vulgar, simile) In a way that is very poorly received.
    • Rick's scam to palm her off on Huey went over like a fart in church, just like Huey had predicted. She had indignantly scolded him when he brought it up.2012, Jeff Brooks, Life During a Nation's Death, page 199
  2. (slang, vulgar, simile) With great incongruity; so as to stick out like a sore thumb.
    • Their blue uniforms and badges stick out like a fart in church.2006, Michael Diamondstein, Cloaked in Doubt

Questions about like a fart in church

What does like a fart in church mean?
Like a fart in church means in a way that is very poorly received.
What part of speech is like a fart in church?
Like a fart in church is a prepositional phrase.

Words near like a fart in church in the dictionary

  1. like a dream
  2. like a drowned rat
  3. like a duck takes to water
  4. like a duck to water
  5. like a dying duck in a thunderstorm
  6. like a fart in church
  7. like a hawk
  8. like a headless chicken
  9. like a headless chook
  10. like a hen on a hot griddle
  11. like a hole in one's head

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