English Explanatory Dictionary

up your nose with a rubber hose

English dictionary entry

Meanings

phrase
  1. A derisive insult.

Word forms

up your nose with a rubber hose

Etymology

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.

Related words

up yours
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