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age before beauty

A humorous way to tell someone to go ahead of one, meant as a playful insult. Chuck held the door open for Tim, motioned for him to go ahead, and said, "Age before beauty."
See also: age, beauty, before

be in for a rude awakening

To have some very shocking and unpleasant or unwelcome truth (about something) due to be revealed to one. A lot of people were in for a rude awakening when the crappy high-interest mortgages they bought turned out to be worthless. If you think your computer's default antivirus software is able to deal with all the latest threats on the internet, then you're in for a rude awakening.
See also: awaken, rude

rude awakening

The shocking instance of learning the unpleasant or unwelcome truth about a situation. We had a rude awakening when the waiter brought us the bill and we saw how much we had spent on dinner and drinks.
See also: awaken, rude
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

age before beauty

a jocular and slightly rude way of encouraging someone to go ahead of oneself; a comical, teasing, and slightly grudging way of indicating that someone else should or can go first. "No, no. Please, you take the next available seat," smiled Tom. "Age before beauty, you know."
See also: age, beauty, before
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.

a rude awakening

COMMON If you have had a rude awakening, you have been forced to realize the unpleasant truth about something. Such details as have emerged about the new economic package suggest that these citizens are indeed in for a rude awakening. Johnson was confident he could make a quick profit. But, instead of quick profits, he got a rude awakening.
See also: awaken, rude
Collins COBUILD Idioms Dictionary, 3rd ed.

a rude awakening

a sudden realization of the true (bad) state of affairs, having previously been under the illusion that everything was satisfactory.
2004 The New Farm It must have been a rude awakening for the world powers when upstart Third-World countries began to flex their collective muscle.
See also: awaken, rude
Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary

a rude aˈwakening

(written) a sudden, unexpected discovery of an unpleasant fact, truth, etc: If he thinks that the exam’s going to be easy, he’s going to get a rude awakening.
See also: awaken, rude
Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary

rude

1. mod. undesirable; unpleasant. The prof in my history class is a rude dude, for sure.
2. mod. cool; pleasant; excellent. Man, that’s a rude bike!
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions

age before beauty

Defer to the older person. This phrase is traditionally used when inviting another individual to pass through a doorway before one. Eric Partridge described it as a mock courtesy uttered by a young woman to an older man. Currently it is used only ironically or sarcastically. According to an old story, it was said rather snidely by Clare Boothe Luce when ushering Dorothy Parker through a doorway, and Parker replied, “Pearls before swine.” A related cliché is after you, Alphonse—no, after you, Gaston, repeated a number of times (in Britain, after you, Claude—no, after you, Cecil). The American version is based on a comic strip by Frederick Burr Opper, Alphonse and Gaston, which was popular in the early 1900s, and pokes fun at exaggerated politeness.
See also: age, beauty, before
The Dictionary of Clichés by Christine Ammer
See also:
  • age before beauty
  • slightly
  • get ahead
  • push ahead of
  • remain ahead of (someone or something)
  • be ahead of the game
  • go ahead with (something)
  • lie ahead of
  • lie ahead of (someone or something)
  • see ahead
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Rude has six senior returning starters to build his 3-3-5 defense around.
Sesser-Valier/Waltonville expects to make another playoff run this fall Red Devils add Hall of Fame coach, Mike Rude, to the staff
Places like Scunthorpe, Penistone and Clitheroe suffer from the weird IT issue because of the rude words in their names that the internet can't deal with.
People are sharing hilarious examples of 'The Scunthorpe Problem' - when the internet censors 'offensive' names; Places like Scunthorpe, Penistone and Clitheroe suffer this bizarre online issue that even plagues some people
Julian Roberts, who was behind the project at Irving & Co, says the design objective was "to build on the "pop art" aesthetic of the Rude Health umbrella rebrand that was unveiled in 2013.
Pop art inspires Rude Health's pillow-pack bags
Synopsis: Five-time Emmy Award-winning television producer Digger O'Brien gets to the heart of being a dad in his brave debut memoir, Pointing Is Rude. When his son Frederick was diagnosed with Autism, Digger embarked on an exhausting, emotional, and often comical journey to find a cure, visiting several prestigious hospitals and a long list of specialists--including one who referred to himself as "The Poop Whisperer." Digger's poignant and occasionally outrageous adventures hit multiple dead ends before taking off in a surprising new direction with the adoption of an infant boy from Ethiopia.
Pointing is Rude Digger O'Brien
A PLAN for the former Rude Grooming salon has been lodged with Middlesbrough Council - and it could be turned into another bar.
Paving the way for a new bar
The Bureau of Immigration (BI) has advised foreigners visiting the country not to be rude and disrespectful toward immigration officers or they will be disallowed entry for being undesirable aliens.
Show respect or be disallowed entry, BI advises foreign visitors
IT may look as though Banksy has returned to Liverpool - but these Rude Kids are not what they seem.
Liverkids on city walls
[U.S.A], November 30 (ANI): Hollywood actress Jennifer Lawrence has revealed that she tends to be "incredibly rude" if approached in public, in order to avoid pushy fans asking for selfies.
JLaw turns 'incredibly rude' to avoid selfies with fans
Becca Bamford, a waitress at the pub, posted a reply saying: "As a member of staff at the Old Station last night, you were extremely rude to our young waitress about our menu, saying it was stupid and you liked nothing on it, so why did you stay?
MUM OF AUTISTIC BOY MOCKED BY PUBSTAFF; Chef posts rude pic on Facebook and waitress calls her family 'weird'
"He was a bit rude and when it comes to being rude you can never beat the Pakistanis on it.
Riaz insists no one 'ruder' than a Pakistani
When the father accuses him of being rude, he said: "You are rude, not me, you're the person who's parked their *** car there.
Warden filmed swearing at man in street
It was hardly a month since he had been in their class and he had become famous for his rude behaviour.
Story Time: The rude dude
"It was a very poor ride, and he didn't ride to instructions, but what annoyed me most and stirred me into sending the tweet was the rude response I got when asking a perfectly civil, simple, decent question.
Noseda blames fury on jockey's rudeness
THE VERDICT Rude, crude and hilarious, the Inbetweeners sequel hits the comedy sweet spot as the sexobsessed foursome head off to Australia for some gap-year fun and games.
Rude boys go down under; MOVIES