sausage
hide the sausage
vulgar slang To have sexual intercourse. A: "Did you two hide the sausage last night?" B: "Well that's a personal question!"
See also: hide, sausage
how the sausage gets made
The process by which something is created or conducted away from public view. Typically refers to something that the average person would find unpleasant or unsavory, in the same way that making sausages might be off-putting to some. I know you don't like to accept the closed-door deals that go on in politics, but this is how the sausage gets made! Nearly everyone in the country has a smartphone, totally oblivious to the dire effects their production has on the planet and on the lives of workers who assemble them. But, as ever, people don't want to know how the sausage gets made.
See also: get, how, made, sausage
know how the sausage gets made
To understand or have knowledge about the process by which something is created or conducted away from public view. Typically refers to something that the average person would find unpleasant or unsavory, in the same way that making sausages might be off-putting to some. I know you don't like to know how the sausage gets made in politics, but these closed-door deals are the way anything gets done! Nearly everyone in the country has a smartphone, totally oblivious to the dire effects their production has on the planet and on the lives of workers who assemble them. But, as ever, people don't want to know how the sausage gets made.
See also: get, how, know, made, sausage
not a sausage
Nothing whatsoever. Primarily heard in UK. A: "Have you heard from the realtor since giving her the money for the deposit?" B: "Not a sausage. I'm starting to get worried. It was surreal seeing our family home with not a sausage in it.
See also: not, sausage
play hide the sausage
vulgar slang To engage in sexual intercourse. "Sausage" is a vulgar slang term for a penis. "Hide the sausage" is sometimes hyphenated. A: "So, did you two play hide the sausage last night?" B: "Hey, that's a very personal question!" They made out on the dance floor for a while before going back to her dorm room to play a little hide-the-sausage.
See also: hide, play, sausage
see how the sausage gets made
To understand or have knowledge about the process by which something is created or conducted away from public view. Typically refers to something that the average person would find unpleasant or unsavory, in the same way that making sausages might be off-putting to some. I know you don't like to see how the sausage gets made in politics, but these closed-door deals are the way anything gets done! Nearly everyone in the country has a smartphone, totally oblivious to the dire effects their production has on the planet and on the lives of workers who assemble them. But, as ever, people don't want to see how the sausage gets made.
See also: get, how, made, sausage, see
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
not a sausage
nothing at all. British informalSee also: not, sausage
Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary
not a ˈsausage
(old-fashioned, informal) nothing at all: There’s nothing in here at all. Not a sausage!See also: not, sausage
Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary
play hide the sausage
tv. to perform an act of copulation. (Jocular. Usually objectionable.) Then he said he wanted to play hide the sausage.
See also: hide, play, sausage
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions
- hide the sausage
- have (one's) hide
- have hide
- hide
- tan (one's) hide
- tan hide
- tan someone's hide
- neither hide nor hair
- neither hide nor hair of someone
- hide nor hair, neither