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up your nose with a rubber hose

up your nose with a rubber hose phrase: a derisive insult.

Phrase

up your nose with a rubber hose

  1. A derisive insult.

Origin of up your nose with a rubber hose

Popularized in the 1970's from use by the writers of US TV series Welcome Back, Kotter to replace the censored phrase up yours, but apparently already in use decades earlier.

Questions about up your nose with a rubber hose

What does up your nose with a rubber hose mean?
Up your nose with a rubber hose means a derisive insult.
What part of speech is up your nose with a rubber hose?
Up your nose with a rubber hose is a phrase.

Words near up your nose with a rubber hose in the dictionary

  1. up what spring
  2. up with the chickens
  3. up with the lark
  4. up with the larks
  5. up your ass
  6. up your nose with a rubber hose
  7. up yours
  8. up-
  9. up-and-comer
  10. up-and-comers
  11. up-and-coming

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