up the yin-yang

English dictionary entry

Meanings

prep_phrase
  1. Synonym of out the wazoo.

Pronunciation

En-au-up the ying yang.ogg

Word forms

up the yin-yang out the ying yang up the yin yang up the ying yang up the ying-yang

Etymology

It has been suggested to derive from the meaning of the phrase "up the yin-yang", where "yin-yang", a reference to a circular Taoist symbol, is used euphemistically for the human anus; the suggestion, therefore, is that one has so much of some thing that some of that thing is to be found in one's colon, or otherwise beyond one's anus. The meaning of "up the yin-yang", then, is actually "to an excessive degree".

Synonyms

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