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bug off
slang Get out of here; go away; get lost. Listen, I don't want to buy any, so why don't you just bug off and leave me alone!
See also: bug, off
bugger all
Nothing or next to nothing. Primarily heard in UK, Australia, New Zealand. I've been working on this project for three months straight, and I've got bugger all to show for it! Quit lecturing me, you know bugger all about the issue.
See also: all, bugger
bugger me
An exclamation of surprise or astonishment. Primarily heard in UK. Well, bugger me—I had no idea you guys would be here tonight too!
See also: bugger
bugger off
Get out of here; go away; get lost. Primarily heard in UK, Australia, New Zealand. Listen, I don't want to buy any, so why don't you just bugger off and leave me alone!
See also: bugger, off
bugger up
rude slang To ruin, spoil, or make a mess of something. A noun or pronoun can be used between "bugger" and "up." Primarily heard in UK, Australia. Try not to bugger up the report like you did last time, eh? The government rally buggered this legislation up.
See also: bugger, up
play silly buggers
To act in a foolish, irritating, or reckless manner. Primarily heard in UK, Australia. It's no wonder that we lost the game, with all of you playing silly buggers out here instead of training like professionals. I wouldn't be surprised if we end up in another war with the way the two countries' leaders have been playing silly buggers recently.
See also: bugger, play, silly
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
bug off
1. Sl. to cease bothering [someone]. Hey, bug off! Your comments are annoying. I wish you would bug off!
2. Sl. Get out!; Go away! (Usually Bug off!) Bug off! Get out of my sight! Bug off and leave me alone!
See also: bug, off
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
bug off
Also, bugger off. Go away, as in Bug off before I call the police. Both terms are often used as an imperative, as in the example, and the variant is heard more in Britain than in America. [Slang; c. 1900] For a synonym, see buzz off.
See also: bug, off
The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
bugger all
nothing.See also: all, bugger
bugger me
used to express surprise or amazement.See also: bugger
play silly buggers
act in a foolish way.See also: bugger, play, silly
Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary
play ˈsilly buggers (with something)
(British English, informal) behave in a stupid and annoying way: Stop playing silly buggers and answer the question.See also: bugger, play, silly
Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary
bug off
v. Slang
To go away. Used chiefly as a command: Bug off! I'm trying to get some work done.
See also: bug, off
bugger off
v. Chiefly British Vulgar Slang
To go away. Used chiefly as a command.
See also: bugger, off
The American Heritage® Dictionary of Phrasal Verbs.
bug/bugger off
Leave, get out of here. The American usage is mainly the first, the British the second. Both are slang and rude, especially given another meaning of “bugger” (sodomize), and both have been in use since at least 1900. James Joyce wrote, “Here, bugger off, Harry. There’s the cops” (Ulysses, 1922).
See also: bug, bugger, off
The Dictionary of Clichés by Christine Ammer
- bug off
- Bug off!
- bog off
- loon
- all in (one's) head
- bank on
- banking
- bozo
- a thing you don't want is dear at any price